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Storage all the time for us

ours is at home in back garden can clean as often as we like,pack night before,have a adaptor to plug it into garage to charge battery and chill fridge before we go away,our nieghbours is on there front garden so nobody seems to notice ours round the back i hope

Hi

I have been reading this topic with interest and wondered if any forum members who store at home have actually had any problems whilst away.

I store my van at home as have a few family members for many years and also have a few caravanning friends and non of us have had any problems with break ins or burglary.

Statistics say that the majority of burlglarys are opportunistic and not pre planned.

I also think that caravanners are by the nature of their hobby people who go away many times a year leaving a property empty and are  more aware of the security of thier property when it is empty therefore are more likely to have better security measures which will deter the  opportunistic thief and make him move to an easier target> While i realise that nothing will stop the determined thief i do think that todays monitered alarms,cctv and efficient locking systems are enough to deter all but the most determined.

I think the benefits of having it at home (if you can) so i can tinker clean and use it far outway the security issue.

What do you all think?

Regards

Sean

i don't think anyone can rightly say it's always safer to keep in storage, very much depends where you live & what facilities etc you have there.

 Ours is at home but in our case not visible from the road at all, only to us. I'd rather not trust my belongings to anyone else, & it's also much more convenient to have it here. It's a damn sight cheaper too !

Many thanks to all of you who have taken the time and trouble to reply. It would appear that where members have space and live in a reasonably secure area, home is the prefrerred place. I appreciate many of you do not have space/room at home and therefore use storage.

We park our caravan at home and have had no problems, but we wonder if anyone has experienced a break in to their house  that could be directly related to the fact that the caravan was " missing " from its usual place. I am hoping that there will be no or very few instances.

Again thank you for your repies.

For me ,at home is the best option i have had the caravan in storage ,and depending on who you are parkt next too ,has a lot to do with how safe the van is ,the gold storage site covered you for caravan theft only ,not the contents ,spare wheel e,t,s

At home i find it a lot easier to pack ,unload ,at leasure ,maintain and air off in the winter,keep battery charged ,We dont have the problem of security as ther is always someone at home ,when we are away,but you wil get the caravan insurance a little cheaper ,when it is in a compound, it depend,s on what suits you best,Ispent the money that i would have given to the storage company ,on van security and would only take it back if i had no outher option       

We use a Cassoa gold site, it is a bit away from home so we do sometimes keep the van at home for a while, as we  have a long drive at the house.

 Took it back last weekend as a tribe of pikeys have descended on the industrial estate not too far away!

Would not put it past those  to try and nick it.(Despite al ko secure lock, hitchlock and other clamp being on it!+ Tracker!)

Not using it for a couple of weeks as we have to visit family,out again late August1