Parking Caravan outside home
Has anyone had a problem parking their caravan outside their home. The house is at the end of a cul de sac with no passing traffic except an odd car to turn round
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Search " parking a caravan on a public road " if that is what you are thinking of. Its something that may result in a complaint from neighbours as you will see from the posts. Also interesting to see the caravan should be lit at night.
If you are referring to parking on your own property the only thing you need to be aware of is any restrictions in your Deeds, generally this is a problem with more modern properties.
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If you decide to insure it and can find someone who would take on the risk, and if you have a 'don't care' attitude with your neighbours then yes go ahead. If I had one parked on our street I would do everything in my power to get the ugly thing removed.
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I live in a small cul-de-sac myself and one next door neighbour parks their caravan on on the driveway at the front of the house. The other one parks their motorhome on their own land at the front of the property.
We can't actually see the motorhome from our windows so that doesn't bother us. The other neighbour's caravan can be seen but, as long as that's there, the likelihood of ours being stolen is less so we don't mind things as they are.
Our own caravan is parked behind locked gates to the rear of our property.
Parking a caravan on a public road is another issue and I personally wouldn't do it for various reasons.
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We went for years wishing that we could have a caravan. We refused to even consider parking one at the front of the house (because we didn't want to be looking at it and we were pretty sure that the neighbours wouldn't want to - and we wouldn't have wanted to impose that on them at all). Also, the security issues.
In the end, we extended the garage, at some expense (to enable the caravan to go through it) and gained some land at the bottom of the garden, by building retaining walls and a massive amount of fill, to create a parking space - a huge amount of heavy work.
Our neighbour on one side still had a moan, because she could see the back end of the caravan in the distance, where it projected slightly beyond the fence (that I paid for)
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I would have thought a caravan parked in the road in a cul-de-sac, could prove disruptive to many, including bin lorries, delivery lorries and folk just wanting to exit their drive. FIL used to live in a cds and a couple of parked cars used to caused problems, a caravan being more permanent would be far worse,
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I keep mine at home and only worry slightly about it being very obvious when I am not at home. So far It seems my immediate neighbours aren't thieves and no other passing traffic to notice I've gone. The convenience outweighs the disadvantage by a long way.
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Isn't the end of a cul-de-sac often a turning bay? I hope it's not parked there!
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You need to think about access for emergency vehicles, deliveries and collections for all in the cul de sac. Personally, I don't think it is a good idea, to many negatives to consider.
We have always kept our vans and MH at home, parked on drive. Much more convenient, old property so no covenants and our neighbours are very nice, we all get along, so no one has ever complained. Don't think it would enter their heads to be honest.
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If it is parked on the road then it could be regarded legally as an obstruction and you could be told to move it.
If it is within your property then subject to there being no restrictions relevant then you can park it there. If on your property though it cannot be used for habitation on a regular basis or that would need planning permission.
The local authority could have placed a restriction on the area preventing its use to store the caravan or possibly in front of the building line but this is unlikely and if so your solicitor should have told you about it when you bought the property but even if it was to be enforced you would be given time to comply.
The developer may have put a restriction on this in the title but this would have been one that only the developer could enforce. Once a development is complete they lose interest and them implementing this is very unlikely unless they are still working in the area. Your neighbours will have no right to enforce this.
Basically if the caravan is on your property it is very unlikely to be a problem but your deeds will show if there could be one.
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We have a large graveled front where we park our caravan, as long as their is nothing in your deeds than you can park their,
Before moving hear we found a couple of Bungalows we liked, but with nasty neighbors who said it would spoil their view, one would only have seen it standing on the side door step to see it.
On the road, that's different, you dont need to display lights on your car if you park on the road, but a trailer (including your caravan) and vans & mini buses over 1525 k.g. you must face the correct way and display lights after lighting up time
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By rights, your car should also face the correct way too. Many years ago, a neighbours car was hit by plod during a car chase, they prosecuted the owner as it was parked facing the wrong way.
Lights on or not depends on whether the road is a national speed limit or not. If it is, at least parking lights are required.
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Wouldn't want to park mine on the road, but have always been able to keep it at home in 3 different houses, having been fortunate enough to have the space, currently with a drive, short, but wide enough for van & 2 cars. No complaints from nearest neighbour, but he has a Leylandii hedge 10' tall between his drive & ours & due to the house designs, neither of us are looking in that direction. Really wouldn't have wanted to have to leave van in storage - not the problem now as it would have been prior to retirement, but still appreciate the convenience of being able to load the van at leisure before a getaway ( and last week, the convenience of a second kitchen whilst the house one was being replaced!)
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