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But one has to have standards. Personally I wouldn't accept anything less than shag pile and cut moquette.
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Good news. We just received the planning certificate for the current caravan and it doesn't state what size it is (and refers to a drawing I produced which accidentally has a 35' x 12' caravan on it 
). We can now get on with demolishing the old caravan and sorting out the base for the new one. We also have received the first quote from a builder which isn't far out of line from what we were expecting so things are starting to move forward.
). We can now get on with demolishing the old caravan and sorting out the base for the new one. We also have received the first quote from a builder which isn't far out of line from what we were expecting so things are starting to move forward.grays85
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great news Mdb ....I hope all goes this well from here on in..
its seems to be catchy,we too have got the soft sandblasters coming in on monday, the oaks ordered for the repairs the, electrician is booked and is on time and on cost, planning dept: they like the heritage timesaver soil pipe, makes me wonder when its all going to fall apart :lol:
congrats
its seems to be catchy,we too have got the soft sandblasters coming in on monday, the oaks ordered for the repairs the, electrician is booked and is on time and on cost, planning dept: they like the heritage timesaver soil pipe, makes me wonder when its all going to fall apart :lol:
congrats
Started to take the insides out of the old caravan today and came across the following:
I assume its the remains on an old gas light. Can anyone confirm this?
Oh and here is the caravan moving fork lift:
and what happens when you let caravans at the booze cabinet:
I assume its the remains on an old gas light. Can anyone confirm this?
Oh and here is the caravan moving fork lift:
and what happens when you let caravans at the booze cabinet:
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Yup - looks like an old gas light to me.
Well the old caravan is no more. Pity to see it go but once we took it to pieces it was easy to see all the places that were rotten, rusted or eaten.
We have also managed to purchase a new caravan for what I think is a bargain price (£8.5k for a 2003 Atlas Debonair Super in good nick). We still have to move it 5 miles to its new home and build a base for it but things are progressing.
My wife has been looking for insurance for it but is having difficulty. Does anyone have any recommendations for getting static caravan insurance?
<- the new caravan (it needs a new carpet)
We have also managed to purchase a new caravan for what I think is a bargain price (£8.5k for a 2003 Atlas Debonair Super in good nick). We still have to move it 5 miles to its new home and build a base for it but things are progressing.
My wife has been looking for insurance for it but is having difficulty. Does anyone have any recommendations for getting static caravan insurance?
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Sure we had caravan insurance on our Building site insurance with Self Build Zone. Can't remember the sums involved that it covered and we had about 6 small caravans with the Stone Masons living in them over 2 years. We never claimed on the insurance for anything but the policy ran for 2 years and covered all the site stuff.
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It's possibly too obvious - but I put static caravan insurance into google and got a page of hits!
Have you tried your house insurers too? It may be that you can extend the policy, as it's on the land.
Have you tried your house insurers too? It may be that you can extend the policy, as it's on the land.
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I hope you'll get that new carpet laid urgently. We can't have you living in such squalour! :wink:MdB said:
We want to move the caravan into the garden and live in it whilst building work is carried out. Once the work is complete, the caravan will stay there for use by relatives / friends when the come to stay.
This is a typical response we are getting from insurance people:
This is a typical response we are getting from insurance people:
Our current insurance people aren't interested of course.
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Have you tried NFU?
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We're with Self Build Zone, too. The policy covers site insurance, plant and tools (whether owned or hired), sub contractors, the caravan, all the contents a 40' artic trailer and all contents. It costs us about £1,200 for 2 years. We've been with them for the last 6 years.
You'll struggle to get a standard insurance company to cover you because they don't view caravans as secure and also see them as a higher fire risk, which I think is a fair point.
Hope this helps.
Jaqy
You'll struggle to get a standard insurance company to cover you because they don't view caravans as secure and also see them as a higher fire risk, which I think is a fair point.
Hope this helps.
Jaqy
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That's why I thought poss the NFU insurance might be able to help, as many farmers have static vans on site at times for seasonal workers.
Anyhow that's a useful company to know about Jaqy, thanks. (Our van is insured but as it's an elderly tourer which we don't live in it's nothing like that amount!)
Anyhow that's a useful company to know about Jaqy, thanks. (Our van is insured but as it's an elderly tourer which we don't live in it's nothing like that amount!)
My wife has contacted both NFU and Self Build Zone and we are waiting for them to get back to us.
This weekend was spent clearing the ground for the caravan with the aim of having a mini digger in next weekend to dig out the base for it. Getting the caravan onto site before Christmas is looking unlikely but it does give us something to aim at.
Thanks for all the comments.
This weekend was spent clearing the ground for the caravan with the aim of having a mini digger in next weekend to dig out the base for it. Getting the caravan onto site before Christmas is looking unlikely but it does give us something to aim at.
Thanks for all the comments.
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we currently have no insurance as they wanted a letter from the council stating they had given permission for a temporary accomadation and the council wont issue a letter in case we decide not to move into our house and decide to live forever in our caravan :lol: best of luck let us know how how you go on
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Grays85, have you tried the Self Build Zone? They didn't require any such letter from us. Hope this helps.
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Our approvals were with a time limit on the caravans. Think we over ran it ,but no-one complained.
Karen
Our approvals were with a time limit on the caravans. Think we over ran it ,but no-one complained.
Karen
The old caravan (see first page of this thread) has been in position for nearly 40 years and got us the bit of paper from the council. The new caravan will therefore be completely legit and is not time limited so will be staying once the house is complete. The downside is that all our relatives will want to come to stay (which is part of the point really).grays85 said: