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…
We have been advised that several park home residents in Surrey have purchased what they believed to be legitimate park home insurance from a sham company trading as ‘Barkers of Cheltenham’. Sadly this is a SCAM, the company address and telephone numbers are fake, but several people, we do not know how many, have purchased…
Following a review of park home legislation in 2018, the Government committed to introduce a fit and proper person test for site licence holders and managers on licensed protected residential parks in England. Wales introduced this test in 2014, so England and Scotland lag behind – to say the least! The purpose of the test is…
The 2021 edition of Park Home News magazine, now in its 15th year, is now available, packed as usual with loads of news and views about the park home lifestyle; it is a highly recommended read, especially for those thinking of buying a park home. The magazine is posted to around 6,5000 park homes in England,…
In these unprecedented times, many people have found themselves stranded away from home in all parts of the world; we have policyholders currently stuck in New Zealand, the Philippines, Spain and Portugal whose homes have now been unoccupied for 60 days or more. There are two elements to this, what policy terms apply when homes…
