How disgusting, shame on caravaners
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I must admit that on our storeage there are a few vans that are almost green on the outside and/or dark streaks all down the sides that clearly have not been used in a very long time, some look like they have never been moved in the 10 years plus we have
been there. The storeage price is £400 per year and I would think that is more than some of those vans are worth but someone must be paying it.Strangly enough there are no MH in that state
Write your comments here...Same here on our storage site, the annual cost of storage must be more than the van is worth I often woner why bother?
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There is a caravan parked at the back of ours in storage that is now sadly neglected. We used to see and chat to the couple a few years ago when we were all cleaning our caravans but haven't seen them for about 3 years now and I wonder what has happened
to them. I can't helping feeling that it is not good news.0 -
Like moulsey and milliehull, when we traded in our last van we were congratulated on the cleanliness.
The carpets had never been used (still rolled up in the plastic bags they came in) and the mattress on the fixed bed had never been directly slept on as we had a memory foam topper.
There was even someone looking around our old van as we were moving our stuff to the new van
.... it was sold within days.I have seen some pretty filthy vans at dealers though .... I'd have been embarrassed to trade them in!
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When we traded our previous MH in, we too were congratulated on the cleanliness of it by the dealer. They told us that they put it straight onto the forecourt, as it was so clean, and sold it the same afternoon!
As has been pointed out already, there are probably some very sad reasons behind some of those "filthy" caravans.
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So again Waynenjudy you judge We have a family member and a friend who live in social housing and both of their homes are as clean and beautifully kept as you could find. Please don't lump everyone together in brackets.
Write your comments here...whats this statement got to do with caravans, sounds like a guilt trip
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judging by the number of vans slowly deteriorating in storage sites it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of vans have just been neglected
Write your comments here...It is difficult to imagine that owners, or their Executors would continue to pay the fees for many years and yet leave a van to rot. If I owned a storage site I would probably have a clause written in to the contract to deal with
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Our storage facility does have a clause which states that they reserve the right to dispose of any vans when the fees have not been paid for a certain length of time which is why I am surprised that there are vans there that have obviously not been moved
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So, those folk who leave my toilet block in a state DO have dirty vans then!!
You could wander round your site and know who they are then.....
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Theres an old hymer motorhome on my storage its camouflage green its got so much algae and moss covering it and the tyres are flat ...... Id love to fettle it! I could think of nothing that would give me more pleasure than cleaning up some lovely old van
like that , theres a couple of caravans like it too , theres probably a sad story behind the state of them eh? Cheers mrs bc0 -
Yes BC unfortunately I think tbere must be a sad story behind most of the neglected vans.
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Or are these 'vans celebration of lives spent enjoying this wonderful way of life?
I don't necesarily agree with the oft used term 'hobby', as generations have been brought up partaking a wonderful way of life learning all sorts that will remain with them
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stand them in good stead forever.0 -
I just wonder what the law is if you don't pay your storage fee? I suppose you can't just tow it to the main road and dump it (can you?) you have to go through the courts?
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I just wonder what the law is if you don't pay your storage fee? I suppose you can't just tow it to the main road and dump it (can you?) you have to go through the courts?
You're right, Corners, there are hoops to jump through. Formal notices have to be issued complying with set laws before you can get rid of someone's property in such circumstances. There's no need to go to court, though. If you are eventually able to sell
the van any funds left after deduction of what's owed have to be returned to the owner. It's a lengthy and tedious process.0 -
You sometimes get boats wasting away in the corner of boatyards too. I often look at them and think that someone would love to take it over and care for it.
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The van we traded in 4yrs ago was a subject of a magazine write up on pre used vans at our dealers,and they wondered if it had been used ,we had done over 200 nights in it,
And where we store our van there a several that have not moved for years including 2 m/vs but the wardens say that they are all up to date with the fees,£580 per year
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On our storage site there are a few really sad looking caravans , one is so bad it looks as if all the interior has fallen in! When we were talking to the site owner he said someone is still paying to keep it there. You can imagine some poor old person
wondering what the money going out each month is paying for. As Millihull and BC have said there must be a sad reason these have been forgotten about. From Mrs Heddlo.0 -
This seems common to most storage sites. On the last one we were on there were several that had not moved for some years and appeared to be abandoned by the look of them. The lady who ran the site took the view that as long as they paid the fees it was not
her problem.The condition was probably a good anti theft device but otherwise it looked like money down the drain.
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Had the day watching our new caravan go through the dealer PDI and paint treatment process. Whilst in the workshops one was able to see and hear from the Tecnicians of the discusting state that caravaners leave and pass their trade in vans in. The filth
is totally aparent, vans that have simply not been cleaned inside or out. Filthy windows full of grease and dirt, who on earth would ever buy these abussed vans. As for the indepth filth how do people live like this ?What is wrong with people, is it that hard to keep clean an investment which generally costs more than £20k. All we can say having seen the filth is shame on you.
I have a house that I rent out (as I can't sell it - neg equity since the recession). The state these DSS people (no choice, there is hardly any private rental market here) leave the houses in beggers belief.
I'm not a clean-freak, but I'm absolutely disgusted every single time I get the keys back.
Piles of dog mess in the back yard
Sanitary products stuffed into radiators
Urine soaked matresses/carpets
Its unbelievable.
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