Bridgnorth holiday home site owner to court over 'mis-selling' of caravan which was 'not fit for purpose'

Home owner Lisa Ennis has brought a civil case against Michael Loveridge, who owns Hollins Caravan Park in Quatford.

A 40-minute preliminary hearing at Dudley County Court yesterday (April 1) was attended by Mrs Ennis and a number of people who own holiday homes on the site as well as Mr Loveridge and his wife.

Mrs Ennis claims she would not have bought the static caravan on the holiday park area of the site she purchased in 2024 for £10,000 if she had known the following: “That it was not fit for purpose and required extensive work to make it habitable; that the older caravans on site were to be removed and replaced with permanent mobile lodges and that the site would be left in a state of neglect and rubbish burnt, causing a health and safety hazard and a risk to life”.

Mr Loveridge denies all the claims and in a stormy first hearing said Mrs Ennis had not been given notice to leave the site, only a small number of caravans were being upgraded and money she had paid in advance for ground rent was in good faith.

He also said a claim that a cooker in the caravan she bought was not working was false and that he had a gas service certificate from an engineer to prove it.

Mrs Ennis is claiming back the money spent on the caravan, which has now been placed in storage, and says she has spent an extra £10,000 on ground rent, carpets, decorating and double glazing.

She told the hearing Mr Loveridge had asked her and a number of other static caravan owners to move off the site as he was planning to redevelop it, a claim he also denies

The case was adjourned until a date to be set for a full hearing.