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Post by mysty on Feb 24, 2023 18:12:35 GMT 1
Im hoping he comes back for it, a sort of neighbour who rented a house further up the hamlet got told to,move out but he has no where to take his caravan, the dump is only open a couple of days a week now but its his pride and joy. He says he will be back to collect it in eight weeks time maximum, I could not see how we could have said no to him, he did offer to leave the key for it but I cannot see us using it and we dont have a tow bar anyway.   |
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Post by Aardvark on Feb 24, 2023 18:34:04 GMT 1
If he doesn't come back for it you've got a ready made hen house.
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Post by pcpa on Feb 24, 2023 22:37:24 GMT 1
Mine is 3 times as big as that and cost 100 times less!!!!
Most of my doasyoulikey neighbours have 2 or 3 shiny brand new Fendt caravanes on their driveways or behind their houses which will have cost not far short of €100K each.
My last caravane was that length and width, maybe even smaller and heightwise it was lower than the storage locker on the front of that one, bought for £200 on Ebay UK, fixed up, used for 3 years then sold again on Ebay for £1800. Esterels are worth 5 times that now.
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Post by mysty on Feb 25, 2023 7:24:30 GMT 1
If he doesn't come back for it you've got a ready made hen house. I was thinking more along the lines of airbandb plus it detracts your eyes from the weeds around it. |
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Post by mysty on Feb 25, 2023 7:26:59 GMT 1
Mine is 3 times as big as that and cost 100 times less!!!! Most of my doasyoulikey neighbours have 2 or 3 shiny brand new Fendt caravanes on their driveways or behind their houses which will have cost not far short of €100K each. My last caravane was that length and width, maybe even smaller and heightwise it was lower than the storage locker on the front of that one, bought for £200 on Ebay UK, fixed up, used for 3 years then sold again on Ebay for £1800. Esterels are worth 5 times that now. It is old but presentable from the outside. They go on holiday in the summer with it. |
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Post by beejay on Feb 25, 2023 15:53:19 GMT 1
Mine is 3 times as big as that and cost 100 times less!!!! Most of my doasyoulikey neighbours have 2 or 3 shiny brand new Fendt caravanes on their driveways or behind their houses which will have cost not far short of €100K each. My last caravane was that length and width, maybe even smaller and heightwise it was lower than the storage locker on the front of that one, bought for £200 on Ebay UK, fixed up, used for 3 years then sold again on Ebay for £1800. Esterels are worth 5 times that now.
A lot less than you think? Top of the range is under €55000 Fendt
Or top dog caravan Kabe Royal @ €78000
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Post by pcpa on Feb 25, 2023 16:06:30 GMT 1
No not less than I thought and that model would never be bought by French gens de voyage as it has a bathroom, theirs are much more grandiose and expensive than that.
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Post by beejay on Feb 26, 2023 16:03:21 GMT 1
No not less than I thought and that model would never be bought by French gens de voyage as it has a bathroom, theirs are much more grandiose and expensive than that.
It's the marque that you mentioned and, ignoring minor differences in interior layout, that's the top of the range price.
I've been in a few g-d-v caravans including custom built versions. I worked on French campsites for two years and visited hundreds over nearly fifty years.
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Post by Aardvark on Feb 26, 2023 17:00:43 GMT 1
Just wondering how they justify prices like that when you can buy a proper house (in France anyway) for the same amount.
It is like I have been on another planet since I've been here. House prices in UK are terrifying. A terrace with no off street parking costing £250k+ and something properly detached with a garage in a safe area £400k+. I just had a look at Zoopla. I had a 70s bungalow near Rochester. Sold it for £50k in 1985. Zoopla info: Last sold - May 2019 for £350,000, today's Estimated price £438,000 - £484,000. It's a sad little housing estate with only spitting distance between houses.
My last house was in Poole near the harbour. Had to sell because being unemployed I couldn't pay the bills (no mortgage), sold it in 1995 for £70k. Zoopla info: Last sold - Dec 2018 £288,840. Estimated price now £360,000 - £398,000.
Thank Dog for the opportunity to go to France, or I would be living in a cardboard box by now.
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Post by omegal on Feb 27, 2023 8:19:40 GMT 1
No not less than I thought and that model would never be bought by French gens de voyage as it has a bathroom, theirs are much more grandiose and expensive than that. Many of the manouches do have bathrooms in their trailers but they do not have a toilet within, beejay I am sure you knew that? |
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