Static Caravan swap for VW Camper

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I sold my VW T5 and brought a static home at Beuport Park , St Leonards , lovely park , lovely plot , side facing , sleeps 6 , piped gas , electric , gas central heating, patio area , park passes and lovely bar with tv for sports , wi fi

Would anyone or know of anyone willing to swap for a VW Camper value approx 25 k +/-

Russell
 
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Got fed up with the static bit ?

Statics and campers are completely different markets, I'd be surprised if you found what you're seeking on here ?

But pay to become a full member then you can put it in the classified section.

I'd have thought there were plenty of forums for statics that would give you more targeted exposure

w2f
 
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Welcome to the forum.

I know you swapped to get the Static, but it will probably be easier to sell It and buy the VW separately.

You could also try the T6forum, but you have to pay for VIP membership to advertise.
 
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chaser said:
Static caravan the worst thing I ever bought.
Money pit isn't the words.
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yet we had two in France for a total of 17 years, shipped them from the UK, and 'lost' about £5k over the whole period - but that isnt the norm, in fact far from it!
 
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MisterB said:
yet we had two in France for a total of 17 years, shipped them from the UK, and 'lost' about £5k over the whole period - but that isnt the norm, in fact far from it!
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I think it may be different in France, I was talking about here.
 
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chaser said:
I think it may be different in France, I was talking about here.
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i realise that, which is why i stated it was in France and NOT the norm.

buying a static or lodge in the UK is fraught with dangers as you already know and the same practices are now creeping into France. it really is a license to print money for the site operators and they have designed practices to ensure it repeats every 15 years, in fact you might call it Rinse and Repeat !!!
 
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MisterB said:
i realise that, which is why i stated it was in France and NOT the norm.

buying a static or lodge in the UK is fraught with dangers as you already know and the same practices are now creeping into France. it really is a license to print money for the site operators and they have designed practices to ensure it repeats every 15 years, in fact you might call it Rinse and Repeat !!!
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I won't go into the details about this it was about 15 years ago now but in the end up we had had it about 3 years and my wife became ill with cancer so we wanted to sell it, well the operators said it's to old now , it was actually immaculate, but anyway they have the upper hand, so we couldn't sell it to someone else on the site, we couldn't take it off because other sites wouldn't take it so in the end we had no choice but to give it them back complete loss after they had 3 grand a year in rent charged for electricity and gas had to have it insured through them which was about another 800 a year.
I wouldn't have another one for free.
 
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chaser said:
I won't go into the details about this it was about 15 years ago now but in the end up we had had it about 3 years and my wife became ill with cancer so we wanted to sell it, well the operators said it's to old now , it was actually immaculate, but anyway they have the upper hand, so we couldn't sell it to someone else on the site, we couldn't take it off because other sites wouldn't take it so in the end we had no choice but to give it them back complete loss after they had 3 grand a year in rent charged for electricity and gas had to have it insured through them which was about another 800 a year.
I wouldn't have another one for free.
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i wouldnt have two for free ..... hopefully the current case going through the courts may stop some of the shocking practices being carried out at the expense of owners ..... and it not just the sites that might look a bit 'suspect', all the major names follow similar practices. we were very lucky but wouldnt ever chance buying or being given one again. ive heard of people being charged for the removal, only to find it was moved to a 'sister' site and sold on ....

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MisterB said:
i wouldnt have two for free ..... hopefully the current case going through the courts may stop some of the shocking practices being carried out at the expense of owners ..... and it not just the sites that might look a bit 'suspect', all the major names follow similar practices. we were very lucky but wouldnt ever chance buying or being given one again. ive heard of people being charged for the removal, only to find it was moved to a 'sister' site and sold on ....
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I think that's what happened but by this time we were past careing and just relieved it had gone.
And just another by the by, when you have got one you always think of we can't go on holiday somewhere else as we have the caravan we are paying for, so you go back to the same old place time after time to same people next door , same old things to do.
And yet they keep expanding so someone must like them.
Oh another thing , when you have one all family and friends think they can go for free, no mention of giving you anything towards the upkeep.
Disaster, disaster, disaster.
 
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Is it a static caravan or a park home? I thought those static park homes you had to sell back to the park...
 
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The OPs not been seen since Tuesday at 8.01 so he's only seen the first reply 🤔 unless he can read this part of the forun without signing in 🤔
 
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We have friends with a static on a Parkdean site. They say it's the worst decision they've ever made. Lose thousands every year. Parkdean permanently have their hands in our friends pockets.

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chaser said:
I won't go into the details about this it was about 15 years ago now but in the end up we had had it about 3 years and my wife became ill with cancer so we wanted to sell it, well the operators said it's to old now , it was actually immaculate, but anyway they have the upper hand, so we couldn't sell it to someone else on the site, we couldn't take it off because other sites wouldn't take it so in the end we had no choice but to give it them back complete loss after they had 3 grand a year in rent charged for electricity and gas had to have it insured through them which was about another 800 a year.
I wouldn't have another one for free.
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I heard stories like that a long time ago. I seem to recall new laws were brought in to prevent abusive behaviour like this though now?
 
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Didn't Minxy get into the static homes or log cabin type things for a while?
 
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My memory was flawed. It only applies to the one that are lived in full time. Holiday ones are not within the new(ish) legislation.
Although consumer law does now protect against unfair clauses in a contract.
 
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I know this park and there are loads of units rented out as ‘homes’. Not a great atmosphere there and always umpteen for sale.
 
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chaser said:
I won't go into the details about this it was about 15 years ago now but in the end up we had had it about 3 years and my wife became ill with cancer so we wanted to sell it, well the operators said it's to old now , it was actually immaculate, but anyway they have the upper hand, so we couldn't sell it to someone else on the site, we couldn't take it off because other sites wouldn't take it so in the end we had no choice but to give it them back complete loss after they had 3 grand a year in rent charged for electricity and gas had to have it insured through them which was about another 800 a year.
I wouldn't have another one for free.
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We bought one like that during a property renovation.
We had it removed from the park site and reinstalled on our own building site.
We lived in it for a year and kept it for 3 years, before selling it onto another builder
It was a nice static, although getting to the end of life, and every move added a lot of wear and tear.

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Brains said:
We bought one like that during a property renovation.
We had it removed from the park site and reinstalled on our own building site.
We lived in it for a year and kept it for 3 years, before selling it onto another builder
It was a nice static, although getting to the end of life, and every move added a lot of wear and tear.
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Nothing wrong with living or holidaying in a static, it's just the other things involved in owning one on a site.
 
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We have terrific and good memories of ours when the kids were growing up, but as you say, leaving them is very difficult. We were lucky as we bought the second motorhome from a dealer that also did statics so were able to trade it in. The site then wanted to improve their offer by a factor or 3 from the meagre amount offered as they could suddenly sell it on site. I said I had shaken hands on the deal so if they were serious they needed to discuss with the dealer as I wasn't interested! Their revised offer was a couple of grand more than the trade in, but I was not playing that game.
 
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With the comments and views expressed here the OP won’t be back on I don’t think, he’s no chance whatsoever of achieving his goal on here.
 
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Gromett said:
Didn't Minxy get into the static homes or log cabin type things for a while?
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chaser said:
I think she's still got them but that's a different thing.
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Yes, 2 'built ground-up' lodges bought in November 2016 as pure investments (we've never stayed in them), still have them and they are lovely and have brought us a good return.

Unfortunately though the site told us in January that they were no longer providing a booking service wef 1/4/25 so since mid-February we've had to sort out a new booking agent as well as spending a load of time and dosh putting right/refurbishing all the stuff the site were supposed to look after but haven't (they did for a long while but since covid it's gone downhill).

As the original lease said we can only do the booking ourselves with their agreement (words to that effect) despite them sending us 2 emails to state they won't be doing it and telling us to arrange it ourselves they now want us to agree and sign an amendment agreement which has a new term I'm not happy with (not major but beneficial to them rather than us/our guests although it won't cost us anything) so we're being threatened with them not allowing us to book them ourselves if we don't sign despite the emails.

Overall our being allowed to book them with our own (local) agents is going to be better as we will get more of the income and also ensure they are properly maintained and managed but it's been a lot of expense and hard work which we could've done without.
 
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CazPaul said:
With the comments and views expressed here the OP won’t be back on I don’t think, he’s no chance whatsoever of achieving his goal on here.
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Yes I'm sorry for him and didn't know whether to post my feelings or not, but obviously he has fell into the same trap that we did, and I think it was fair to warn anyone else of doing the same.
Ours was in fact 20 years ago not fifteen and it still wrankles me after all this time.
Bloody nightmare.
 
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