When you are not away in your van, which unfortunately does happen, you need somewhere for your caravan to live.
You could put it on your driveway, assuming you have one, but then there are potential problems as well as benefits.
Lets get the problems dealt with first.
Caravans caravans are big and bulky and can fill your drive up and maybe prevent you putting your car on the drive.
They can block access to your garage or your daylight into your windows or garden or neighbours' property.
You could have a covenant on the use of your property and land which forbids caravans on drives (we have such a covenant).
If your caravan is normally kept at your house then the biggest problems that I can see are the security risks. For example your drive is probably not very secure and your caravan could be easily stolen, even if you have clamps or hitchlocks, they won't stop a determined thief with an angle grinder. Another massive potential problem is when you go away in your caravan, you leave a big space that shouts to the world and all the passing burglars that you have gone away for a period of days and that your house could well be empty and is a nice target for them.
There are benefits of course, such as it's ready to leave when you are and you can pack your food and clothes on the day and just go, maybe on the spur of the moment when the weather is good on a Friday and the weekend is forecast good weather as well.
You can also leave the caravan plugged into the mains to keep your caravan leisure battery topped up ready for your next rally where there is no electric hook up.
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Cassoa approved storage
An option that is very popular for caravan owners is to take your van to a storage facility that is cassoa approved, preferaby to a Gold standard. Cassoa stands for the Caravan storage site owners association, in case you wondered.
These storage sites charge a fortune but provide a service, so you have to pay to keep your van safe.
You are given a key or electronic fob, which you pay a deposit for and then you can come and collect your van anytime during daylight usually and let yourself in with your key.
The storage sites have cctv to record all the comings and goings and you can be confident that your van will still be there when you are ready to take your holiday/vaction/weekend away.
Here is our link to our gold standard cassoa approved site that we use.
http://fairwoodleisurestorage.co.uk/
This is the blurb from their site.....
Established in 1992 in a semi rural location, our 'purpose built' facility provides all year round, safe, secure storage for Caravans, Motorhomes, Camping Trailers, Trailer Tents, Domestic Trailers, Boats, Horse boxes, catering Units etc.
Our facility is 'CaSSOA' (Gold) registered and has the benefit of CCTV, electronic gated entry and is surrounded by a 2.4m high security fence topped with razor wire.Additional security has been provided by the construction of substantial earth mounds around the perimeter of the site thereby restricting the entry and exit from the site to a single controlled access point. There are also Water and Electricity points provided on the site for the purpose of vehicle maintenance and repair.
The choice is yours - keep it at home and handy but unsecure or lock it up and have peace of mind.
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