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I have 2 caravans on a camp site and have just been informed

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I have 2 caravans on a camp site and have just been informed that our lease is up at the end of the year as the vans are older than 15 year old we did not sign any contract with the owners of the site and when I called to ask about it they said if we bought direct from them they would have considered us to stay on site as I bought it private sale can you advise on what we can do with this please
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Thank you for your question.
Do you have anything in writing at all?
Is this a residential all year round site or a holiday site?
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Customer: replied 2 years ago.

We never got anything in writing buto do have witness when asked how long we would be on site etc if there is an age limit and was told no as long as they are maintained its a 11 month site and a holiday site they tried to reach issue contracts to everybody saying that they wanted review on a year to year basis and when I asked the question on where I stand they said it would be fine and didn't affect us I haven't signed there new contract they are now trying to say that because we bought private and not through them it now doesn't stand but the sale did go through them as they had to get there commission

If there is no written contract which could be said to be a lease of the ground, then technically you don't have a lease. The reason for that is that in Scotland all contracts for the sale or lease of land have to be in writing. So if you don't have that you are very much at the mercy of the landowner and they can ask you to leave if they see fit to do so. As a result the only thing to do here is to try to negotiate something with them. As it stands at present you have no legal rights at all even if you have been present on the site for some time.
I'm sorry this won't be what you want to hear but your only way forward here is to negotiate some agreement to stay or vacate the site.
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