Agree with you , I would recommend anyone thinking of buying one to do alot of research. I thought it was ideal for me after my divorce a cheap place to live with an out lay of about 20k. Two years later a take over, thrown off and 18k out of pocket.can vouch for that, signing up for a lease means giving the owners carte blanche to do whatever they feel like doing. The mark-up on new statics is vast and is the incentive to act like the worst landlords you can imagine. So they do. There are sites with permanent chalets but you pay for the privilege with council tax service charges etc and the initial purchase, mostly over-fifties/retirement communities.
There are many horror stories about holiday homes, and despite numerous promises from the govt nothing gets done....
It was exploration lots of the older people were in tears and had no where to go. Plus they stopped us having our post/mail from being delivered and had to use someone else address.
The new owners also made us get of the site for two weeks every 12 months, the old owners never bothered with that.
Perhaps the rules are different for a residential site. I didnt getting of for 2 weeks just went on holiday.
As has been said they arent cheap to buy plus the ground rent must be around 5k a year
Met two couples over in Rhodes, one a City fan, had upped sticks and moved out, both ended up in small villages, one in Cumbria the other in Northumberland, loved it, defo wouldn't return.OP why does it have to be a caravan type home. If you live Alty way your house must be worth a decent amount. Why not buy a small house somewhere quiet, Welsh villages (away from the coast to avoid scousers !) or the North East, stunningly beautiful and a hell of a lot cheaper.
This is correct,the lady i bought mine off needed a quick sale as her husband was very ill & wanted to go back to her hometown for his last days,she'd lived there for 10 years but they still charged her 10% for the sale...You need to check out the 1983 Mobile Homes acts as amended.
The site owner can claim a 10% sell on when you move and they will always do this, this has been under review for a long time so no guarantee it will change to.
They are often pretty cold at the time of your life you want warmth, and some old people move in and then want to move back to traditional housing.
Ex work colleague of mine sold the house and moved to the Fylde coast but now recently swapped it for Northumberland and love it.Met two couples over in Rhodes, one a City fan, had upped sticks and moved out, both ended up in small villages, one in Cumbria the other in Northumberland, loved it, defo wouldn't return.
Park fees offset by no council tax?Is anybody here living in one? Now I've taken early retirement it's something I've looked at but the pretty high cost of fees puts me off a bit. As I get older I'm valuing my peace and quiet more highly and these look a viable option.