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05/12/2020 at 11:18am
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Hi all
can anyone advise me how to get a mailing address that can be used for mail and also to register with doctors.We are going to live on site thats non residential.
anybody with informationplease reply

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05/12/2020 at 12:41pm
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What most in your situation do is use an address of a friend or relative & pretend you live there. Sounds Micky Mouse & of course it is but that is the way it is mostly done.

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05/12/2020 at 5:40pm
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we have no family address or friends in the area so we can register for doctors which we both need.(we be living on non residential site)

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06/12/2020 at 7:33am
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If you use the address of a friend or relative anywhere in the UK as your permanent address you can register with a GP local to you as a temporary resident. Or you can use the walk in centre at your local hospital.

It is very difficult to live a normal life in the UK without a permanent address which you also need for banking & car insurance & to access any benefits you might be entitled to. Plenty nowadays are forced by circumstances to live their lives off grid in vans, caravans & so on but to access normal services they cannot do full disclosure so it will always be a life of ducking & diving to a certain extent.

Post last edited on 06/12/2020 08:09:43

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06/12/2020 at 11:29am
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There are a lot of people living on boats along the river in this area, and a lot of them have their mail delivered to the local post office. My wife used to work there and she knew many of them. It must be even more difficult for them as they have to take the boat to a boatyard whenever their toilet tanks need emptying. They have to be pumped out.

I presume they used the local post office as their address for all purposes.


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08/12/2020 at 4:24pm
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It is going to be difficult, as to get your mail sent to the post office you will need a residential address, usually checked as being registered for council tax (house boats can be classed as residential and their mooring will be on the council tax database).
Is this living on a non-residential park being used as a stop-gap while you look for/ wait for a permanent home? If so, then the park operator MAY allow you to use the office as a "care-of" address.
I do hope that you are not intending to live full time on a holiday park as a lifestyle choice, as this is (a) not legal, and (b) taking an extraordinary risk with both your money and your home. Even if the park owner is complicit, all it takes is a new management, or the council making an enforcement order, and you are ordered to leave.
And yes, it does happen - frequently.


08/12/2020 at 6:43pm
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Quote: Originally posted by 22seaside on 08/12/2020
It is going to be difficult, as to get your mail sent to the post office you will need a residential address, usually checked as being registered for council tax (house boats can be classed as residential and their mooring will be on the council tax database).
Is this living on a non-residential park being used as a stop-gap while you look for/ wait for a permanent home? If so, then the park operator MAY allow you to use the office as a "care-of" address.
I do hope that you are not intending to live full time on a holiday park as a lifestyle choice, as this is (a) not legal, and (b) taking an extraordinary risk with both your money and your home. Even if the park owner is complicit, all it takes is a new management, or the council making an enforcement order, and you are ordered to leave.
And yes, it does happen - frequently.



Most of the boats in this area don't have a permanent mooring, they move around. This year, although it may have started last winter, the Canal & River Trust have allowed "temporary winter moorings" for some, but the boats are just moored on the towpath. All this has done really though is "legalise" what has been going on for years on what has been technically 48hr moorings. Most of them don't have a permanent address anywhere, and are classed as "permanently cruising". Their boats are their homes.

As for living permanently on a holiday park, well it's not something I would want to risk. Things can change literally overnight with the ownership of these parks, and any "residents" have very little if any rights or security. At least on a boat the resident always has the option to simply move on. Once they have a "continuous cruising" licence they can go anywhere on the system.
   

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