If you were considering buying a static caravan on a site you have to have an address. It was a rule brought in to stop people living in them permanently. In reality, those that do give a relatives address as their own.

A lot of folk do live in them here for the duration of the site opening times and during the shutdown period they rent for a couple of months.

Wouldn't ever consider a tourer to live in. The problems of bringing in and getting rid of water and chemical loos - nope, not for me.

see i dont compare about the cold, because we dont have central heating in our house we are another hot water bottle and blanket house

Personally the only reason Id live in a caravan is if we were having a house built and had to live in a caravan until it was built.

Yes Brierley, I forgot to add that on a 'Holliday' park you must provide another address as your permanent residence, that's very important (It doesn't have to be in UK 'tho)

If someone gives the address of a relative they may get away with it, but ultimately it can lead to problems, if the council found out they would be told to leave and the site owner would not be too pleased either.

Just depends how you feel I suppose. I certainly think that keeping several dogs (like I have 5) in a small area all together must stink for starters. Then you have the hygiene factor with everything being on top of each other. YUK!!!! We did have a static 8 berth van for many years, but we only took one dog with us at that time, years and years ago. We tend to rent houses now!

A couple small dogs might be ok.

There are some firms that specialise in mortgages for park homes (static caravans) and they come on the market for as little as £70K

If you Google park home sites in your area you might be lucky and find one with no age restrictions, there are not many 'tho.

I personally couldn't do it. Oh got an interview for a job where they wanted us to live in a caravan, it seemed an amazing job but the caravan was a let down, especially when we saw the other employees houses!

A friend of ours did it for a year, it was all the estate had to offer him. He hated it. It was always cold, even in the summer, his pipes froze, he spent the entire winter travelling to his mums an hour away or going to his sister or girlfriends room at college, which he couldnt do that often in case he got caught, just to have a shower! I can't remember what method he had to use to get water for his dogs and to drink, but I know it was a pain!

You'd need back up plans for frozen water pipes etc if you decided to go for it!

I lived in a static caravan for 2 years (with my job), with a mastiff,papillon,two ferrets,a degu,hamster,2 canaries and a budgie (plus various foster cats,kittens and dogs!)

Had a living room,kitchen,two double bedrooms,a bathroom and en-suite!
Was centrally heated via gas bottles (£50 a bottle) one bottle would last upto 3 months during the better weather, but only appox 2 weeks during the winter however the electric wasnt too costly

yes it could get cold and drafty as not well insulated! we were attached the the main drain and water system so didnt have any horrid experiences in that department

i had a great time living in it...the person who was in it after me however did not have such a nice time..got broken into by rats...boiler burst, water pipes froze up and burst! maybe it was karma

I would live in one if it was a static caravan with mains drainage, electricity, etc. I've stayed in these in the past and they have been quite nice, no problems with being too hot during summer or cold during winter.

As someone else said, you'd need to find somewhere that was a residential site, not just a holiday site. There are a couple of those around here (Northwich area), and if you'd like to find out more, I can probably get hold of some contact details for you. There is (or was) also a residential site in Goostrey if you want to stay near to Macclesfield.

We lived in one when I was a kid. This was on the West Coast, near Kishorn where my Dad was working at the time. My memories are of being frozen most of the time, walking the dog in the dark round the site, although I think we had plumbing, electric but no TV (no reception at the time).

So early nights and huddled up under the blankets. It can be okay I guess if you aren't on the west coast of Scotland where the wind blew a gale all the time, and you had two types of weather. Horizontal rain or horizontal snow.