What it is like here
in February.

Start with the one that matters most. A holiday lodge is a holiday lodge. You cannot live in it as your only home, here or on any other holiday park in the country. Anybody who lets you believe otherwise is doing you harm.

We say it first because some parks say it last, or quietly, or not at all.

The lodges here are built to residential spec BS 3632. That is the standard for a holiday home meant to be used through the year. Several of the model pages say they are built to exceed it.

In practice that means a building put together for a winter, not for a fortnight in August. We will not print insulation figures we have not checked. Ask us, ask the maker, and get it in writing before you buy.

Cold is a fair thing to ask about. So are these.

• Heating costs money, and you will use more of it here than you think in January.
• Condensation is the usual winter nuisance in any well sealed building. Air it.
• If you leave it standing empty through a hard spell, the water system wants draining down.
• Gas is piped here, which is one less bottle to carry across a frozen field.

None of that is a reason not to. It is the difference between a good winter and a miserable one, and you would rather know now.

The park's own pages say there is no closed season and it is open twelve months a year. Get the exact terms in writing before you buy. The wording on a licence binds, not a line on a website.