- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Do some streets have a restriction about parking a caravan permanently on your driveway?
Yes, I believe they do.Do some streets have a restriction about parking a caravan permanently on your driveway?
Within the deeds of our house there is a restriction of parking caravans or commercial vehicles either within the property boundaries or on the road outside, however the number of people on the estate that keep either caravan. motorhomes or commercial vehicles it's not adhered to. We bring ours the day before & return it to storage the day after under most circumstances, it occasionally will be there an extra day if any maintenance needs doing.Do some streets have a restriction about parking a caravan permanently on your driveway?
Yes, I believe they do.
I only park mine outside a day before we use it, so I can clean it and do a full systems check, otherwise it's kept in a secure compound 2 miles down the road.
Newer vans are far lighter than old vansI've thought about a caravan, but due to the nature of our car (1.8 petrol with not much low down torque) we'd need a light one, which would mean quite an old one, which in turn often seems to mean a damp one.
Technically we can't, but we do.So you can park on your driveway for a day or two? I do not think there is covenant like that for this street.
Actually, older vans tend to be lighter than new ones because they are not loaded with as many extras eg. Microwave cookers, larger fridges, shower cubicles, motor movers etc.Newer vans are far lighter than old vans
It depends on age I think - in the early 90s cars were much lighter and less powerful than they are now - my dad had a MkIII Cavalier which probably only weighed about 1200kg tops. The van they had was about 900kg I think. The modern equivalent of that Cavalier is the Insignia, which comes in at at least 1500kg or so, and even the least powerful diesel one has 190lb/ft of torque, which is (from memory) about double what the Cavalier put out.Newer vans are far lighter than old vans
I live on a private road, so I could leave it there if I wanted. I prefer to keep it in storage, as it's not such a giveaway that you've gone away when the van's not there.So you can park on your driveway for a day or two? I do not think there is covenant like that for this street.
You can spend a third of that (10k) and still get a clean, serviceable caravan if you look around.What I'm trying to get at is (without offending anyone I hope) - why spend 10k on a caravan when you can spend a third of that on a van? The inside of a larger van would be as spacious as a tent easily. This would be a good compromise between camping and caravaning in my opinion.
I didn't know that. Elitist tossers. Ok, so my van idea is already a non-starter. No wonder I don't see many.Also, something to consider, a lot of caravan sites do not allow panel vans unless they are proper campervan conversions.
Most of them will also draw the line at a panel van towing a caravan.I didn't know that. Elitist tossers. Ok, so my van idea is already a non-starter. No wonder I don't see many.