Gloves in the Shower...to Prevent Electrocution?

[ericmark]

A large, twin-unit caravan may come within the definition if it is:[2]

• composed of not more than two separately made sections
• physically capable of being transported by road when assembled (even if it cannot lawfully be transported)
• does not exceed 65.616 feet (20 metres) in length, 22.309 feet (6.8 metres) in width, and 10.006 feet (3.05 metres) from the floor to the ceiling internally

The connection of mains water/electricity/sewerage or addition of cosmetic skirts that do not fix the structure to the ground do not prevent it from coming within the definition.

It does seem the definition I found before was not UK. Willerby Winchester Size: 36ft x 12ft 6in so it is within the size limits.

A prefabricated structure standing on a concrete base was held not to be a caravan because it could not be moved in one piece and, to be a caravan, it had to be designed or adapted for human habitation and be capable of being moved by a single motor vehicle without having to be dismantled.

This seems odd, as it says can be two separate sections.

A mobile home with an extension which was too wide to be moved lawfully on the public highway but could lawfully be moved if disassembled into two components each was held to be within the statutory definition of caravan.

It seems normally the Unit belongs to the resident and the site can set limits as to the age, I remember looking into many years ago, and realised there was little or no resale value as nearly impossible to find a site allowing second hand units to be brought to the site. The Mobile Homes Act 1983 it seems only protects the owner, for a tenant to have rights, the mobile home must be considered a dwelling house.

In a one case where a mobile home received the services of electricity, water and telephone and the mobile home was resting on supports so that its wheels did not touch the ground, the court found that it did constitute a dwelling house.

So the landlord with a mobile home can do as he likes, all the laws protecting the tenant don't apply.

But the question is who washes their home? She admitted the problems started when she washed it, so seems she got water where it should not have been.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

But the question is who washes their home? She admitted the problems started when she washed it, so seems she got water where it should not have been.

Well, no one with an ounce of sense. I hope the fire extinguisher she claims to keep by her bed, is of a type suitable for electrical fires..