I'm new to this so please be gentle, but I am currently looking to buy a mobile home in France. Now I'm wondering what the best way is to go about this.
Could I buy a mobile home here in England and get it transported to a site of my choice in France? Do French campsites generally allow this or do you have to buy off them?
There are lots of sites offering new or used vans for sale. We took our tent down to our area of choice, having booked a few visits to sites to view vans in advance. We then had a good look round & chose what we wanted.
(We're off for a week at Easter!)
Hi. I've just joined and wondering if you have gone ahead with your plans For France?
We bought one in France last year and could offer some advice if needed? Let me know how you got on.
We have done it twice now, both on the same site! as I type I am lay in bed in our 'new' van on the Vendee! - as a rough guide expect to pay around 3k to have it transported from the UK, an initial siting fee is usually payable (ours was 2500 Euros including siting/installation.
The upside is we got a 2 year old van from the UK, double glazed, central heating etc of a higher spec and standard than the European vans, we only changed to the newer van because we need three bedrooms now as circumstances have changed, BUT we got a good price for our old van and it sold to the first person who viewed at the price we asked! We didn't lose tens of thousands as you often hear on UK sites and sold it privately with no fees to the site!
Just in the process of adding decking etc and getting it just how we want. so, just like the others who have responded, if you want any more info etc, just ask !
Good evening Dave, could you tell me which site you have got your static on in Vendee? We are looking to do the same and would appreciate any inside knowledge. Also what company did you use to transport the van?
Our static is on Les Prairies du Lac in Apremont. They have recently extended the site so I know that there is space.
Apremont is on La Vie & has a lake with a beach & an ancient chateau.
Challans, where Dave is, is a town with a fabulous street market & market hall. It isn't far from Ile de Noirmoutier, which is a wonderful visit. The passage du Gois is a must!
When we chose our site, we camped in the area & visited several sites that caught our interest & chose from there.
Good Luck!
Marcus, as Baguette suggested, youre better off finding an area you like rather than just a site. we are both on the Vendee around 7 hours from Calais (faster if the wife is driving or we use the toll roads)
you also need to decide how/when, youre going to use it, that way you can ask all the relevant questions beforehand. the most important to us was can we bring our own van on, is there an age limit on the van and if we sell, do we have to sell through the site. we got a no to all questions, so chose Camping Le Ragis in Challans, Les Prairies required us to sell through them (at the time, it might have changed?) so we opted for Le Ragis and as its right on the edge of a major town, the local facilities are superb and we're only 20 mins away from fantastic beaches.
there are only about 6 English families on our site, so the site is still VERY French orientated. I am not sure how many pitches are left for anyone to bring on their own vans, but I know they are diminishing fast!
you could always do a search on Le Bon Coin, or Vivastreet - search for emplacement - and you will find other sites offering pitches (emplacements). Some may be free, others will charge.
it really is an easy process once you have an emplacement agreed and nothing to get worried about. The hardest bits are choosing the right campsite (but if you can sell privately with no age limit, which were our priority questions, then that's not a major issue as you can always move on and potentially even make a profit if you source a good quslity recent model) and choosing which wine you prefer!
we had our van transported via the companies we bought from, Sambecks in Colchester and the Harrisons Leisure in Southport. so again, that cut down on what we had to arrange ourselves, though I accept we could have got it done a bit cheaper if we had.
if you are considering it and are in the area, we will be there from late July to early September, though I am going out on my own for a week early July to finish a few jobs on our new(er) van !
you could always pm me if you want specific information?
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