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Hi,

 my sister-in-law is thinking of buying a used static caravan holiday home as an investment and I was hoping to pick up some advice for her e.g. what to look out for when choosing a holiday park/ site fee,s and what they include exactly/ insurance cover/ general rules on letting the static out and all-in-all just about everything!!!!!!!! I think she,s planning on spending about £12,000.

                                              Hope somebody can help.

                                                          Jak.

Hi there,

There was a long discussion a few weeks ago about this very topic. Click on the link below to view all the comments from members.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=8&TopicID=55242&PagePosition=1&showActive=10&ReturnPage=Active

All the best,

Grub

Jak

Just ask her to be very careful what sort of lease she enters into and what happens if there is a change of site ownership. Someone on anither forum is having terrible problems with a static they purchased last year and the new owners want her off the site. Apparently similar situations have been on Watch Dog.

David

The word "investment" tickles me, I hope shes not hoping to make a profit...that all goes to the site owners thank you very much.

The best she could hope for is to 'stand still'

Hi everybody,

thanks for the replies to my original question: I,ll pass the info onto my sister-in-law.

                       Jak.

As said above there can be serious problems in this.  One near to us has just got planning permission for housing and mobile home owners are struggling to fight eviction. Agreements tend to suit the landlord whose lawyers drew them up.

Please be careful.