You will get a lot of customers after the porch awning and windbreaks and i hope the caravan goes for the asking price good luck .
To be fair with the issues you’ve had over the last two years I’m not surprised. However I suspect the impromptu clear out of everything this week may have swayed your decision.
The real question is sell now or in the spring? Will next weeks budget adversely affect caravanning? Eg diesel increasing by 7- 10 p per litre?
If you fancy WSM and the Seasonal price is good perhaps that could be a half way house stepping stone before final closure?
My friends farm has storage for 100 caravans. For decades he has always had an outstanding list of people waiting for a vacant storage pitch. He told me this Wednesday he has vacancies and will have to advertise the spaces! Unprecedented!
Maybe a sign of the changing times 😉
We are now leaning more towards the seasonal site and may go down tomorrow to view them as there is a choice of two pitches. The pitch on the corner although slightly larger, has tall trees on the one side and may obstruct a satellite signal so we need to make sure which pitch is right for us if we decide to go ahead with the seasonal pitch.
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Take it. Try it for a year and if it doesn’t work then sell the Buc. Our experience of being seasonal was really great.
Mel
Buckman, the seasonal could extend the caravanning, as much as being in the same site all the time doesn't appeal, Being away in the caravan, possibly more often would be good.
The site is open for 7 months from April till end of March and a quick calculation shows that it works out at about £335 per month. Electric is metered. Winter storage from Nov until end of March is £200.
As we have a cat that stays at home our normal break is about 5-10 days except for one long break during the year of about 3 weeks when the cat needs to go into the cattery. We probably go away once about every six weeks. Normal cost per night is about £28 and in high season £32 a night and that includes our two dogs. Weston in high season is jam packed and we don't t like crowds.
OH is undecided as she is wondering if it will be cost effective or whether we should look around for other sites that offer seasonal pitches which may be more cost effective and a longer season. Our main concern at the moment is the looming budget and associated extra and unforeseen costs and she wants to put brakes on any commitments.
However after seeing the costs associated with seasonal sites OH has hinted that maybe we should hang in there for another year if we have no response to our selling posts on the Buccaneer group. Guess it is now wait and see.
As we have a cat that stays at home our normal break is about 5-10 days except for one long break during the year of about 3 weeks when the cat needs to go into the cattery. We probably go away once about every six weeks. Normal cost per night is about £28 and in high season £32 a night and that includes our two dogs. Weston in high season is jam packed and we don't t like crowds.
OH is undecided as she is wondering if it will be cost effective or whether we should look around for other sites that offer seasonal pitches which may be more cost effective and a longer season. Our main concern at the moment is the looming budget and associated extra and unforeseen costs and she wants to put brakes on any commitments.
However after seeing the costs associated with seasonal sites OH has hinted that maybe we should hang in there for another year if we have no response to our selling posts on the Buccaneer group. Guess it is now wait and see.
Why restrict yourself to The Buccaneer group, put it on E bay, Auto Trader or contact one of the We Buy Caravans, dealers, and see what they offer.
Consider how much you will NOT spend by selling the van, insurance, storage servicing etc.
Consider how much you will NOT spend by selling the van, insurance, storage servicing etc.
I really can't see the budget, effecting the difference in cost between a caravan or a cottage, they will probably both go up.
When at the height of the fuel costs, we factored in an extra £50 each way to a site, only went out for a meal every other day, and chose sites that didn't charge for awnings or dogs.
Life will go on,
No heating allowance for us , so may as well go out in the caravan,
When at the height of the fuel costs, we factored in an extra £50 each way to a site, only went out for a meal every other day, and chose sites that didn't charge for awnings or dogs.
Life will go on,
No heating allowance for us , so may as well go out in the caravan,
Cost effectiveness is difficult to quantify in your situation as you may use it more given it’s so much easier to just pop down for a couple of day than if having to tow. So your utilisation may increase.
When I put ours for sale I had two sensible offers from buying agents that were around 10-15% lower than estimated trade in costs. But trade ins only work if you are buying another caravan. But they would have paid and collected within 24 hours if its condition was as advertised. However the market was very buoyant and it was early summer. Things have changed considerably since then, but I suspect it may not get much better, if at all by next summer.
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