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02/9/2017 at 12:36am
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I'm looking for some advice as I do not know the legalities, or general in's and outs or options available when living in caravans I also cannot drive.
I want to purchase a caravan to live in permanently, my idea was to buy it, get it dropped off at a site and then stay there for the 28 days and each month find a driver before the 28 days are up to move me to the next site. Have you heard of anyone doing this or does anyone do this?
Presumably, most people only live in stationary caravans if they cannot drive or they have a partner who drives.
My other idea was to rent a field, but obviously the law is a restriction, so is the location, I have a couple of people that will let me stay in their fields but none have planning permission or water/electricity...which is fine if you can drive but both are in remote areas with no bus/train routes and also in very exposed locations that get 100mph winds on/off from autumn to spring.
I cannot legally drive due to a medical problem that may or may not be resolved in the future.
I also have no idea of the costs. My research has been reading on forums, reading off grid books and watching youtube van/caravan life videos... still most of these things dont cover what my bills would be as most people are constantly driving around and have people that they stay with when the weather gets bad etc . My rent/electric/water/heating costs are currently very cheap at 200pcm I'd hope to keep them the same or cheaper, I'm a little confused on prices though, obviously I will contact the local sites but in the meanwhile im wondering if this is something out of my budget, I had one person tell me I could pay as little as £7 per day.. i think they got confused with tents... my locals are around £17 per night.
I also have a cat and possible a dog with me, I read a few people had been turned away due to having a cat as most sites only allow dogs.
I've never directly owned a vehicle, I am concerned about the upkeep costs of it being driven around, im wanting to write some figures down so that I can have an exact as possible first purchases and then monthly costs and then yearly...im wondering if there is any easy reading that outlines the legalities of owning a caravan.
I was going to initially use sites electricity but later fit solar panels, maybe a wind turbine, also not sure if I would replace any gas/electric stove eventually with a wood burner.
I am wifi dependant as a student and work solely through the internet, I like the idea of living in a more populated area with local amenities and not in a field in the middle of nowhere in winter struggling with nobody else within eye sight, i've stayed on holiday sites, tent/camping sites and lived in/stayed in static and touring caravans before, have not lived in a touring caravan full time, im not sure whether to get a larger one for the space or if that will limit the amount of drivers i could find to tow it, with a smaller one i would need to be able to put a cat run up or something i guess i could put this under awning but would be nice if they could actually get some weather, they do not like being walked and would not feel safe letting them out relying on them to be back by the time we had to leave.
I have a provisional driving license... im not sure if this allows me to be able to pull anything if someone else is in the vechicle..i presume not?
I ideally need to be living in it at the end of the month so wondering what the most important things are.
My budget is as low as it can be, I've been looking at £200-500 I don't really want to spend anymore as want to do it up to my taste rather than it already being done up, i want to create as much space as possible and make it safe/suitable for animals living in it, living in a static was easy but im aprehensive about the amount of room and them getting enough exercise and quiet areas, id want to have a cat tree still or some version of one, it would be a waste of money getting anything that was all new and shiny on the inside or had lots of seating areas when most of the time it will just be me, the animals, and one other person, ocassionally will have 5-6 people need to fit in to eat and sleep.
As i dont have much experience with vehicles in general I dont want to get taken advantage of and buy something that will break when its been towed a couple of times or be leaking in winter, burst into flames or any other foreeable disaster that could be avoided.
Are there any styles of brands or age of caravan that I should avoid? Is there a good way to check the roof and chassis and the tow bar(?) water pipes/hook up/ gas/ electrics and external walls... i presume are all the most important parts and most costly to replace?
Obviously if dirt cheap and old then somethings will need fixing or wont be right but i've seen a lot advertised that are deemed road safe, they just look like the interior has never been changed and window seals hinges etc could do with replacing.
So far I like the look of the ACE caravans, they seem to have quite spacious layouts for their sizes and a nice amount of light in them.
Someone also suggested it may work out better financially to SORN it everytime it is parked up and then cheaper to get it MOT'd every month than pay insurance... i haven't looked into insurance yet so not sure if it would work out cheaper or not.
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