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Meggypeggy

03/7/2017 at 12:15pm
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Hello everyone. Oh God where to start?

I am temporarily without abode as of 4th August
I am looking at a caravan to buy & do up & sell & stay in over the course of one month. I can dedicate my time to it as I have August off work.
Most of the older ones I'm looking at aren't registered.
Sooooo...
Discuss

I don't even know the questions I should be asking! Never mind the answers!
It's looking a bit of a minefield

It's near on impossible to chat about it with a seller because I have trust issues

I always have this little voice inside me that says ... LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!!!
Any impartial help will be gratefully received.
Thank you

Meggypeggy

03/7/2017 at 12:33pm
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Here are a few of my issues.
CRIS - apparently not a legal requirement? Not linked to the police database? Lots of old ones not registered?
Where does that leave me as a buyer? As a seller?

Grampian91

03/7/2017 at 5:40pm
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Before 1991/1992 caravans had no registration at all.

As you have found out, its not a legal requirement to actually register a later caravan its all optional.

Unless you can find a one owner caravan with all the original receipts then you cross your fingers when buying.
Or buy from a dealer where your covered.

Does the seller know where everything is and how it all works? I would expect an owner to know all the ins and outs of the caravan.

If you think ownership is a minefield wait until you start checking out damp issues. Check the fixed it club on here and see how a small damp spot soon turns into a total rebuild.

Meggypeggy

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Thanks Gramps

If I close my eyes you almost sound like Noam Chomsky. He's my hero so you should be pretty flattered.

I trust the caravan Gramps

It's the law that worries me.
I'm a good girl. I want to keep it that way

navver

03/7/2017 at 8:24pm
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CRIS isn't a legal requirement, it's just a convenient registration that virtually all new caravans will have. 2nd hand buyers can get a CRIS report and it gives them some comfort.

Having said that, I bought a new van from a major main dealer. The CRIS took about a year to get despite many phone calls and promises. I think they were relocating offices and I'm not sure if they are still as chaotic.

So lack of a CRIS even on a virtually new van may be quite innocent.

If it was sold with CRIS registration there will be a big number engraved on every window.

An older van not registered may have been stolen at some time and probably no-one will know or care. It may have changed hands several times since.

The insurance will have paid out and the van will now have little value anyway.

Meggypeggy

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Thanks nav

Little value? Even after I make it pretty?

Okay. Tent it is then

James Watt

03/7/2017 at 9:10pm
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So, a nice Bell Tent without groundsheet.

Nice comfy bed and mattress, duvet and fleecy pillow cases.

Site with EHU, Toilets, Showers, Drinking Water, BBQ.

Spoilt for choice eh?

James

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Then I bought a tent.
I'm not destitute, I'm just poor.

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