A man whose father spent his life savings on a static caravan claims park owners have moved it without his permission.
Mark Robinson and his late dad Raymond, who had had terminal cancer, jointly bought the structure in Towyn, Conwy. But when Mark travelled from his home in the West Midlands to the caravan at Lyons' Oakfields site last week he was shocked to find it had been moved and someone else's was on his plot.
His own static caravan is now some 100 yards away near the entrance of the park, North Wales Live reports.
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He said: "I should have been given a notice to quit or an eviction notice but I was not". Lyons Holiday Parks said ownership of the caravan had not been formally transferred from the late Mr Robinson to his son and site fees had not been paid.
The firm said the caravan was over a 20-year age limit to be on site. It was allowed to remain for a six-month "grace" period but it has now been moved.
Lyons also says Mr Robinson made death threats to staff when he visited the park on Friday, June 16. A claim Mr Robinson has denied.
Mr Robinson said: “My Dad just loved to be in North Wales. We would stay in our caravan and I would take him to Llandudno to watch the town band play at night.” He and his father bought the second hand Carnaby Siesta caravan from Lyons for £15,000 in June 2019.
Mr Robinson's dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer and died, aged 88, during the pandemic in May 2020. Mr Robinson said when he drove from the West Midlands to the static caravan in Towyn last Thursday he found another one on his plot.
Mr Robinson continued: "I’ve had no correspondence. Now Lyons are asking me 'What do I want to do with it?' They have treated me like dirt".
He said the family had a previous caravan for 29 years which they kept on Lyons' Towyn park before part exchanging it in 2019 for the one which has just been moved. He also said he tried to pay site fees early last October.
On June 16, Mr Robin said he tried to find the person who sold him and his father the caravan back in 2019, but police were called over him allegedly harassing staff - something he strongly denies. The park has not made any formal complaint to the police.
A Lyons spokesperson added: "Mr Robinson was an owner with Lyons Holiday Parks prior to sadly passing away. Usually when such a change occurs with ownership it is standard practice that a next of kin would be in touch to transfer all details over to another party of the family.
"Unfortunately, this didn’t occur. The holiday home in question is now 21 years old, we have tried on numerous occasions since November 2022 to contact the owners to advise we would not be renewing the site licence for 2023 as it has reached the 20-year limit on the park.
"However, we have had no success. After further discovery, the details on our system had not been altered from the owners who had sadly passed away hence why we have not made contact.
"We did however leave the holiday home in situ on the park for a 6 months grace period should the owners contact us to open a line of communication in order to resolve the situation. We have since moved the holiday home to a safe storage area ready for the owners to collect, should they get in contact with us."
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