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ParkHomes and Equity

triplefin
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I am going to buy a Park Home. I was always under the impression that they were leasehold therefore you were unable to take out equity. However, I notice that some are advertised as being freehold. Does this mean one can take out equity in the same way as you would any other freehold property?
thx for any help:)
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What equity? Are they not a depreciating asset?
I doubt any lender would offer equity release on such a property.
How are you buying it? Cash, or via their own finance package? Mixture of both (cash deposit etc)
How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.56% of current retirement "pot" (as at end January 2025)4 -
You mean borrow against it? The only way to "take equity" out of anything is to borrow against it, or sell it. but they are a depreciating asset.
Be very careful with those park homes, you have very few rights, rent can be raised at any timeAre you sure it's a freehold plot?2 -
If you mean "can I mortgage it", that's not in itself determined by whether a property is freehold or leasehold. I wouldn't expect a freehold plot of land with a glorified caravan on it to be treated as mortgageable.4
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Is this a residential park home that you would live in all year round?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?3
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We regularly stay in "park homes" (lodges) for our holidays. They retail new at anything up to £250k, especially on a nice site. 40'x20'
I wouldn't call them a caravan, but the smaller ones are more caravan like.
What type (size) are you looking at?How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.56% of current retirement "pot" (as at end January 2025)0 -
Sea_Shell said:We regularly stay in "park homes" (lodges) for our holidays. They retail new at anything up to £250k, especially on a nice site. 40'x20'
I wouldn't call them a caravan, but the smaller ones are more caravan like.
What type (size) are you looking at?If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales2 -
lincroft1710 said:Sea_Shell said:We regularly stay in "park homes" (lodges) for our holidays. They retail new at anything up to £250k, especially on a nice site. 40'x20'
I wouldn't call them a caravan, but the smaller ones are more caravan like.
What type (size) are you looking at?
Normally with a holiday park, you can not live there 12 months a year, and the park will effectively close for a period each year. Also I think you can not use the park address, for things like GP registration or the electoral roll.
They are exempt from the Mobile Homes Act 2013, which was written for residential parks. If you live on a fully licensed residential park, you can live there all year round and use it as your main address. The Act also sets higher build standards for homes on a residential park, although there would of course be nothing to stop a high end holiday park to have better built homes.4 -
There were a number of upset people on the energy boards last year as they were staying full time in holiday parks, and were not eligible for the energy rebates etc.
This article https://moneynerd.co.uk/equity-release-park-home/#:~:text=Equity release plans aren’t available on park homes,a member of the Equity Release Council (ERC). seems to cover the OP's actual question in detail.3 -
The OP's question was specifically about park homes "advertised as being freehold".The article is about park homes "comparable to a leasehold property" where the "owner will own the property but they don’t own the land it is situated on."I don't know if this makes any difference.
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