Staying on a campsite, not bad really.

[izwozral]

We are on a campsite whilst renovations are ongoing to our house and apart from a few forays away we will be on the site for about 12 weeks. We have managed to get a price reduction from £18 to £15 per night. For this we get hook up, private shower/toilet rooms, washing/drying room, great location, lots of footpaths for country walks. We are using an electric fan heater up to 12 hours a day, electric kettle, microwave, electric ring on cooker, lighting, radio/tv/cd player, laptop, charging phones, electric toothbrushes, hair dryer for Izzy.
Whilst it would be great to have a set up like Admins, we haven't the vehicle that could carry it. My point is, with all the electricity we are using, plus the great facilities and wonderful location, I don't think £15 is bad at all. If my calculations are correct we are using £6 of electricity a day on the fire alone, if we had it on at also, then it would be about £12.

Oh, we haven't blown a fuse yet!

 

[jagmanx]

Yep A good deal

Leccy included so as you post
The other facilities also
Almost as good as it gets

 

[izwozral]

If I ever ended up living on my own, there is no way I would keep the house. Fulltiming for me wouldn't necessarily mean moving around constantly, I would use a site as my base, it makes it easy for meds, post etc. House living is so expensive these days with the cost of energy bills, rates, insurance, maintenance, mortgage if you have one and the work involved with the maintenance and garden.

 

[rockape]

We are on a campsite whilst renovations are ongoing to our house and apart from a few forays away we will be on the site for about 12 weeks. We have managed to get a price reduction from £18 to £15 per night. For this we get hook up, private shower/toilet rooms, washing/drying room, great location, lots of footpaths for country walks. We are using an electric fan heater up to 12 hours a day, electric kettle, microwave, electric ring on cooker, lighting, radio/tv/cd player, laptop, charging phones, electric toothbrushes, hair dryer for Izzy.
Whilst it would be great to have a set up like Admins, we haven't the vehicle that could carry it. My point is, with all the electricity we are using, plus the great facilities and wonderful location, I don't think £15 is bad at all. If my calculations are correct we are using £6 of electricity a day on the fire alone, if we had it on at also, then it would be about £12.

Oh, we haven't blown a fuse yet!

Turncoat, you,ll be doing tarmac and facias next.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

That is a really good deal, Ral.

Also makes it so much easier living apart from the builders mess day-to-day - I know first hand; been there, done that, got the whatever

And it's way cheaper than any other type of temporary accommodation.
Makes perfect sense to me. Prices like that make living in a van full time and NOT mostly wilding a very good alternative to permanent house dwelling.

Friends of mine who worked for Caravan Club last 13 years or so tell me that outside of the usual holidaymakers there are loads of people doing this, and not all retirees but much younger folk who have to travel long distances for work purposes.

You do have to move off site after 21 days with the caravan club, which is the only downside, but it's certainly not a dealbreaker and it obviously works well for lots of people.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

Agreed, lots of increasing costs associated with a home. A year and a wee bit to go, then look at the big sell, then head to Mrs R's in France. Buy a new van there, 2 year between MOT's.

That is of course is if I am still breathing??

Will you want a permanent walnut picker, Terry?

 

[mariesnowgoose]

There are two cherry trees too, Marie, would you cope?

:scared::scared::scared:

Woah! Hang on there that man - sounds like slave labour!

:lol-049::lol-061:

 

[Pauljenny]

If I ever ended up living on my own, there is no way I would keep the house. Fulltiming for me wouldn't necessarily mean moving around constantly, I would use a site as my base, it makes it easy for meds, post etc. House living is so expensive these days with the cost of energy bills, rates, insurance, maintenance, mortgage if you have one and the work involved with the maintenance and garden.

Agreed.
The best advice we ever got, was when we outlined our proposals to our accountant, when deciding to retire. I asked if we should rent the house out and lease the business.

We were ill and knackered.. He advised, "Flog the lot and bu99er off." We did just that, keeping enough available cash to buy a semi like the one next door, if things didn't work out.
That sum wouldn't buy their garage, 20 years on.
For the first 5 years, I would have strangled him, if we'd met.

But, in the long view, he was spot on.
We're still here, to take the long view.

 

[trevskoda]

We are on a campsite whilst renovations are ongoing to our house and apart from a few forays away we will be on the site for about 12 weeks. We have managed to get a price reduction from £18 to £15 per night. For this we get hook up, private shower/toilet rooms, washing/drying room, great location, lots of footpaths for country walks. We are using an electric fan heater up to 12 hours a day, electric kettle, microwave, electric ring on cooker, lighting, radio/tv/cd player, laptop, charging phones, electric toothbrushes, hair dryer for Izzy.
Whilst it would be great to have a set up like Admins, we haven't the vehicle that could carry it. My point is, with all the electricity we are using, plus the great facilities and wonderful location, I don't think £15 is bad at all. If my calculations are correct we are using £6 of electricity a day on the fire alone, if we had it on at also, then it would be about £12.

Oh, we haven't blown a fuse yet!

I could rent you a house for less

 

[rockape]

Will you want a permanent walnut picker, Terry?

I think you will find that Terry,s nuts have been pick by someone already

 

[izwozral]

Will you want a permanent walnut picker, Terry?

MARIE!!!! Are you really offering to pull Terry's nuts off. Shame on you.

 

[izwozral]

I could rent you a house for less

Yeah but would I want to live in a war zone?

 

[mariesnowgoose]

I could rent you a house for less

But would that be inclusive of all facility bills, Trev? i.e. electric, water, laundry & shower facilities, free wifi etc. etc.? Do you have Poll Tax in NI? That's an extra annual bill, so are water rates.

So for around £100 a week, including all bills, it seems a pretty good deal imho.
Plus you're living in your own 'home on wheels' and not having to share your personal space.

Maybe it is a lot cheaper in NI, but apart from renting a single room as a 'lodger' over here, there's nowhere as far as I know where you could live round here for that sort of weekly outlay inclusive of all bills.

 

[harrow]

But would that be inclusive of all facility bills, Trev? i.e. electric, water, laundry & shower facilities, free wifi etc. etc.? Do you have Poll Tax in NI? That's an extra annual bill, so are water rates.

So for around £100 a week, including all bills, it seems a pretty good deal imho.
Plus you're living in your own 'home on wheels' and not having to share your personal space.

Maybe it is a lot cheaper in NI, but apart from renting a single room as a 'lodger' over here, there's nowhere as far as I know where you could live round here for that sort of weekly outlay inclusive of all bills.

A single room in a shared no cooking house is £500 a month around here.

 

[izwozral]

Agreed.
The best advice we ever got, was when we outlined our proposals to our accountant, when deciding to retire. I asked if we should rent the house out and lease the business.

We were ill and knackered.. He advised, "Flog the lot and bu99er off." We did just that, keeping enough available cash to buy a semi like the one next door, if things didn't work out.
That sum wouldn't buy their garage, 20 years on.
For the first 5 years, I would have strangled him, if we'd met.

But, in the long view, he was spot on.
We're still here, to take the long view.

As much as it pains me enormously to say this, out of all the wilders I have met, you and Jenny are the ones I know have made all the right choices in your lives and the ones who I feel envious of. You both owe an enormous debt of gratitude to your accountant for pointing you in the right direction.
If you wish to buy that wonderful man a bottle of whisky as a thank you, I will gladly seek him out on your behalf and hand it to him.


Honest.:blah:

 

[trevskoda]

Yeah but would I want to live in a war zone?

No war zone here,you have more chance of that behavour on the mainland.

 

[trevskoda]

But would that be inclusive of all facility bills, Trev? i.e. electric, water, laundry & shower facilities, free wifi etc. etc.? Do you have Poll Tax in NI? That's an extra annual bill, so are water rates.

So for around £100 a week, including all bills, it seems a pretty good deal imho.
Plus you're living in your own 'home on wheels' and not having to share your personal space.

Maybe it is a lot cheaper in NI, but apart from renting a single room as a 'lodger' over here, there's nowhere as far as I know where you could live round here for that sort of weekly outlay inclusive of all bills.

£100 a week with me gets you heating oil ,rates all sorted,so all you have is electric to buy.
No poll tax here.
I built this with my hands from a £5.000 wreck.
Less rent for wilders.

 

[phillybarbour]

Sounds like a great solution.

 

[Porkie yorkies]

Cheap campsite

Sounds very nice mate but unless I have missed it you haven't shared where or the name of the site, WHERE ARE YOU .lol:mad1::mad1::mad1:

 

[izwozral]

Sounds very nice mate but unless I have missed it you haven't shared where or the name of the site, WHERE ARE YOU .lol:mad1::mad1::mad1:

All will be revealed after we have left, we are enjoying the solitude at the moment and aim to keep it that way. We have only had one neighbor in the 5 weeks we have been here, although there were a few others turned up for an annual event in the nearby town, we were at the Will O'Nats meet so that didn't bother us.

Yeah I know, I'm a miserable git.:lol-053: