“There is much concern, and stories are circulating that park home residents will not get this payment. This has been brought about because the Chancellor said that every household would get the £400 energy grant. However, he failed to say that park homeowners would not get it because they did not have an individual electricity…
am grateful to Sonia McColl of the Park Home Owners’ JUSTICE Campaign for updating me following the recent meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Park Homes held on the 7th of February.
Most readers will be aware that PBIS became part of Insync Solutions Ltd with effect from 1st January 2022. Whilst this has meant a number of behind-the-scenes changes to our internal systems, which are designed to ensure the business remains robust and efficient going forward, as far as policyholders are concerned, it is very much business…
A site operator has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £11,000 after being found guilty of deliberately breaching planning law and two planning enforcement notices. The Vale of White Horse District Council prosecuted the owners of Bayworth Mobile Home Park near Abingdon, Wyldecrest Parks (Management) Limited, after they failed to…
The national residents’ association IPHAS (Independent Park Home Advisory Service) is currently seeking to recruit someone to look after its website. For anyone who is not familiar with this organisation, IPHAS was established more than 25 years ago and, over the intervening years, has offered advice to thousands of people who either live in park…
This story recently came to our notice, and we thought it would be of interest to homeowners considering repainting their homes. It is a site rule that homeowners must maintain the outside of their homes, and the rules in this particular case stated the colour should not differ from the original colour scheme. The chosen…
This story reaffirms why you should always use a solicitor who is conversant with park home legislation when buying a new or indeed a pre-owned park home. The story relates to a small residential park which is licensed for 5 park homes. The site owner decided to add two more homes to the park; without…
This update has a range of issues we have been campaigning for, including; Our campaign regarding the RPI to CPI Pitch fee cost and 10% commission charge. The Government’s £2 billion green Homes Scheme for which grants are available for Park Homes A shocking revelation by the Dail Mirror exposed donations to the government and…
There is no doubt that good neighbours, and conversely bad neighbours, can make a huge difference to our happiness and to our lives, no more so than in a residential park where, generally speaking, residents are older and quite often live alone. In some parks, some active social clubs and groups organise events and outings,…
Increasingly Park Home policies offer what the industry describes as blanket sums insured; what do they mean? Historically when insuring your home and contents, you were asked how much you wanted to insure them for, and the premium was calculated accordingly. This was fine if you knew how much it would cost to replace your…
