| The first thing to bear in mind when looking at a | | | | static buyers. |
| static caravans sale is the question of land. A | | | | "Siting" refers to the actual placement of the |
| normal static caravans sale price is quoted under | | | | static on whatever piece of land its owner has |
| the assumption that the buyer has access to his | | | | arranged for it. When considering siting, before |
| or her own land: in other words, when a person | | | | completing a static caravans sale, there's an |
| buys a static caravan, they aren't purchasing the | | | | extremely important question that needs to be |
| rights to put it anywhere they don't own. | | | | asked. Not "how big is the area of land available |
| In order to make the most of a static caravans | | | | for the unit?" but "how wide is the access?" |
| sale, then, the buyer needs to put in some | | | | A person buying a static can have access to as |
| preliminary spade work. If he or she has no land | | | | much land as he or she desires: if the access to |
| of their own then she (or he) needs to find a | | | | that land isn't wide enough to get a static through, |
| place that will take the unit, for a fee they can | | | | the unit isn't going in. Measure carefully. Before |
| afford. Some holiday parks are happy to rent | | | | committing to a static caravans sale, it's essential |
| land for this kind of use, usually quoting an annual | | | | that the buyer be satisfied they can get the thing |
| price covering the plot, average utilities use and | | | | onto the land they've reserved for it. Statics |
| "storage" (allowing the static to remain even when | | | | come in a range of sizes, so there are options |
| not in use). Before completing a static caravans | | | | that can be tailored to the amount of access at |
| sale it is advisable to research the kinds of prices | | | | one's disposal – just make sure that tailoring is |
| parks are asking for long term plots – there's | | | | done before, and not after, the sale is complete. |
| no sense in buying a holiday home and having | | | | The foregoing sounds pretty obvious – but |
| nowhere to put it. | | | | then so do most things that people tend to |
| Access to land, though an obviously important | | | | overlook. Taking the time to check out the |
| aspect of any static caravans sale, isn't the only | | | | space available for one's future holiday home is |
| thing a potential purchaser needs to worry | | | | the only way to ensure that every static |
| about. Siting on that land is every bit as | | | | caravans sale goes as smoothly as it should. |
| important, and often overlooked by first time | | | | |