Thank you for all your replies.
Took caravan to dealer where they assessed the cost of repairs,(£1695.01) including vat and labour.
Insurance contacted me after a week and after sending them certain documents,pictures etc, they have agreed to pay for repairs(minus my £300 excess).
Sounds all good so far except after a few days of talking and realisation,.....we've decided to sell the van back to the same dealer(where its now awaiting parts) that we purchased it from 18 months ago.
1.This is the third time in 10 years we've had a caravan vandalised(admittedly,not as bad as this).
2.Once van is repaired,I have absolutely no where else to store it except in the same storage yard where this theft occurred.
No spaces anywhere reasonably close to us and no chance of storing it at home.
If I did take it back to this storage yard,every day,I would be dreading the phone call from the owner which would begin,"Hi Mr xxxxx, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you"
I'm afraid this has really hit us hard and had no alternative but to sell.
Yes,I could have got more for it selling privately,but no alternative storage place to keep it whilst awaiting prospective buyers.
As it turns out,dealer checked prices on his phone and I'm only losing £300 less than what we paid for it 18 months ago(plus the £300 excess of course).
So thats it.......its gone.
Next job is to change the Santa fe for something smaller now.
I'm not leaving the forum and will be browsing posts most days.
Hopefully,new year will improve.🤔
Took caravan to dealer where they assessed the cost of repairs,(£1695.01) including vat and labour.
Insurance contacted me after a week and after sending them certain documents,pictures etc, they have agreed to pay for repairs(minus my £300 excess).
Sounds all good so far except after a few days of talking and realisation,.....we've decided to sell the van back to the same dealer(where its now awaiting parts) that we purchased it from 18 months ago.
1.This is the third time in 10 years we've had a caravan vandalised(admittedly,not as bad as this).
2.Once van is repaired,I have absolutely no where else to store it except in the same storage yard where this theft occurred.
No spaces anywhere reasonably close to us and no chance of storing it at home.
If I did take it back to this storage yard,every day,I would be dreading the phone call from the owner which would begin,"Hi Mr xxxxx, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you"
I'm afraid this has really hit us hard and had no alternative but to sell.
Yes,I could have got more for it selling privately,but no alternative storage place to keep it whilst awaiting prospective buyers.
As it turns out,dealer checked prices on his phone and I'm only losing £300 less than what we paid for it 18 months ago(plus the £300 excess of course).
So thats it.......its gone.
Next job is to change the Santa fe for something smaller now.
I'm not leaving the forum and will be browsing posts most days.
Hopefully,new year will improve.🤔
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