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Title: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction Post by: grahame on November 03, 2016, 21:33:01 From BBC Devon (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-37864734)
Quote A former holiday park which features eight chalets in converted rail carriages has sold at auction for £261,000. The Brunel Camping Carriages site in Dawlish Warren, Devon, exceeded the guide price of £125,000 - £175,000. The auction was held in St Mellion, Cornwall. The site closed at the end of last summer after 50 years. Each eight-person chalet carriage includes a kitchen, living area, bedroom and bathroom. Title: Re: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction Post by: Kernow Otter on November 03, 2016, 22:03:29 Or £ 32625 per carriage......
Title: Re: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction Post by: JayMac on November 03, 2016, 22:48:34 No mention of the buyer?
Title: Re: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction Post by: TaplowGreen on November 04, 2016, 07:55:00 No mention of the buyer? GWR sourcing some extra capacity at last? Title: Re: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction Post by: CyclingSid on November 04, 2016, 17:37:43 Eight-person chalet carriage includes a kitchen, living area, bedroom and bathroom, for 32k!
Some parts of the coast you couldn't get a beach hut for that money. Title: Re: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction Post by: stuving on November 04, 2016, 18:55:32 Eight-person chalet carriage includes a kitchen, living area, bedroom and bathroom, for 32k! Some parts of the coast you couldn't get a beach hut for that money. No, they were a lot cheaper than that. The price included the site, so the carriages were probably more or less free. Which may be fair, if their value somewhere isn't a lot more than the cost of taking them there. And a beach hut is also a lot cheaper than that, wherever you are - just as long as you don't want the right to keep it on a site at a popular location as well. Title: Re: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction Post by: CyclingSid on November 04, 2016, 21:10:18 http://www.beach-huts.com/beach-huts-for-sale-location-mudeford-spit-hengistbury-head.php although I am never sure whether they are taking the mick Title: Re: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction Post by: TaplowGreen on November 05, 2016, 09:18:22 http://www.beach-huts.com/beach-huts-for-sale-location-mudeford-spit-hengistbury-head.php although I am never sure whether they are taking the mick Beach huts at Mudeford are amongst the most expensive in the country, in one of the most exclusive holiday regions/enclaves so I wouldn't take them as being particularly representative! Title: Re: Railway carriage holiday park sells for 261k at auction Post by: grahame on October 24, 2017, 11:09:27 Planning application in for year round use:
http://www.devonlive.com/news/property/iconic-dawlish-warren-railway-carriages-669415 From a business viewpoint, extended season would make huge sense if people will come and use them in winter too. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |