Would you live on one of those set up Caravan sites, or do you already?

[Nbg]

Dh has been telling me this morning about a lady he works with is looking at living on one of these sites with her husband as he wants to retire early.
It costs £1500 per year for water, electric and gas and the caravans themselves cost £30k.
They plan to sell their home and pocket the cash to live on.

I've seen the site before and it is lovely and the Caravans are huge.

Thinking about it, it seems quite a good idea, sell the house, put the money in an off shore account

But the thought of living in a Caravan, hmmmmmmm.
Not sure I could really do it.

Could you?

I would.

In a flash.

Beats the hell out of living in some flat with neighbours on all four sides of you.

I would, but not with small children.

Really?
So if your dh was on board, could you say you'd go and look into it and seriously do it?

If i was retired - it could be quite appealing. A lovely place by the sea, a deck, and lots of gnomes and assorted fairytale tat for visiting grandchildren to admire....some of those caravans are very luxurious.

why not with children FFF?

I would do it with small kids.

Beats living in a flat that's not on the ground floor with NO outdoor living space at all.

I'd much rather buy a good RV actually. Park near a beach. Gas bottle £7.50, electric battery - not much, wireless internet, not sure how water works though. For letters i would buy a PO box.

God its soooo tempting lol.

We're actually considering static caravan life for the long-term.

Expat you must buy an RV immediatley and move to a beach.

Have you seen the Teletubbies one where they live on oa bus?

I could live on a barge. I think.

Rosie & JIM!

I don't want an RV, and I wouldn't want to live on a beach in the UK.

Awww I'd love to live on a barge. But deffo not with kids.

Where would you live Expat?

Dunno, Nbg, but we've got two years to make it work here in the UK or we're honestly going to have to leave the country.

We cannot afford to stay here long-term, so we are looking at static caravan as a means to do so.

There is a gorgeous site round here(Kent) Lovely, nicer that the housing estates and the caravans go for 100,000

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we looked into it a long time ago. it is still very tempting.

We're going to give it some thought, indeed, misdee.

Its interesting to hear this actually.

Sad that life is sooooo bloody expensive though.

Dh is really getting into the idea lol. It scares me when he gets this excited.

some of them have more space overall than a lot of flats. i also like the flat packed log cabin i saw once on a tv show. that was massive. was classed as mobile home as considered temporary, but could last over 40+years if maintained IIRC.

there are some lovely ones here in Bracknell and windsor but I dont know how much they cost.

what is your situation Expat? Where are you now and where would you go if you didnt stay here?

Are you planning on going back to work?

noseynoseynosey!!!

This is near me, kind of looks ok, certainly appealing in my latter years.

Another thing you have to consider is that a house or flat will go up in price but a caravan or static home will depreciate.

If you are happy with that then they can be very nice places to live.