Full timing

[ian3441]

Hi, I would welcome any advice on how to go about full timing. It is our intention to do this when we retire. Our plan is to let the house and then just go where we want. However, there are a number of logistical problems:

How do you register with a doctor to get repeat prescripitons.

How do you get your post

What address do you give your bank and other organisations.

 

We are sure there are other problems we haven't thought of, so any advice/solutions would be most welcome.

thanks

[Symbol Owner]

Try this previous thread, Ian -- a few tips from 'those who know'

 

http://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Fulltiming/22716/

 

Best wishes in your endeavour,

 

Colin.

 

P.S. Some of the 'links' on there are well worth a look,IMO.

[Guest pelmetman]

I should join http://www.motorhome365.com ;-)..................Its a site dedicated to people who fulltime or want to fulltime.

 

We intend to long term as this avoid many of the problems with insurance doctors etc :D

[Guest 1footinthegrave]

You do not say if you own a M/home already, or have owned one in the past, perhaps an answer to that question first would go a long way to giving an opinion. ;-)

[vindiboy]

Without a Bona Fide address you will have Insurance problems, full timing Insurance is available at a price, you need  a UK address for your driving  licence, road tax and vehicle  registration, [ family address  ?]  Don't forget MOTs are  needed every year if your vehicle is over 3 years old   pay all bills with direct debits, on line banking, keep your  existing Doctor / Dentist, just don't tell them you have moved away,what good is a UK Doctor if you are in Spain ? you can get extended  prescriptions for medication , cut your mail down to the bare minimum , get a PO box address and forget about mail, you don't need it, you are after all leaving the rat race, unfortunately the dream of full timing is much more rosy than the reality , better to keep a property base  and travel for longer periods.as we do.

[PJay]

vindiboy - 2013-05-07 11:59 PM

 

Without a Bona Fide address you will have Insurance problems, full timing Insurance is available at a price, you need  a UK address for your driving  licence, road tax and vehicle  registration, [ family address  ?]  Don't forget MOTs are  needed every year if your vehicle is over 3 years old   pay all bills with direct debits, on line banking, keep your  existing Doctor / Dentist, just don't tell them you have moved away,what good is a UK Doctor if you are in Spain ? you can get extended  prescriptions for medication , cut your mail down to the bare minimum , get a PO box address and forget about mail, you don't need it, you are after all leaving the rat race, unfortunately the dream of full timing is much more rosy than the reality , better to keep a property base  and travel for longer periods.as we do.

 

Hi Malc

 

I don't think you can get extended prescriptions. I and I think some others on here, are restricted due to health

. You would not be able to "cash" uk prescriptions and you would certainly have to pay, where as in UK free to long term illness,

PJay

[Guest pelmetman]

Medication appears to be one of the major problems for long terming and full timing *-).............we have heard that some people are able to get 6 months worth of meds without the doctors batting an eyelid ;-)............At ours there's an inquest if you ask for a months worth *-).................and I still have to pay so its not like I'm getting stuff for nuffink 8-).....

 

 

[CliveH]

Having looked (ever more fondly!! ) at the concept of full timing - I would suggest Vindiboy makes a lot of sense re keeping a base here.

 

As for post - if you have family - use their address. Same with Insurance - but do watch that you have proper cover - some policies only allow so many months away. So do check.

 

Our plan is to sell our house and move into the place we now rent out - convert a large garage to a kind of Granny annex - have that as a base and rent out the main accommodation - - it is rented out now - so no change there. The income should make up for my decimated pension!

 

Our son could use the"granny annex" when we are away - so it all should dovetail together well. But I realise we are incredibly lucky in our good fortune.

 

There is an advantage too I think in that with having a UK address - you are termed as tourists and so do not have the problem of obtaining medical care when in the EU (tho that could change (lol) )

 

I mention this -not from any great experience but I have a client that keeps a small house here in the UK, has a lovely cottage in Northern France (bought for £25K ! 8-)) that they live in all year but the house in the UK allows them full access to the french medical system which is now restricted for those Brits who up sticks and become fully resident in France.

 

She has a few weeks in the UK in the Summer but uses her M/H to spent the winter in Portugal.

 

She loves her life and so does her hubby and keeps telling me I should do the same.

 

And we will.