Would you consider a park home as an affordable long-term option?

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What do you think of park homes?

I need to buy somewhere to live, but my job is in a very expensive area unfortunately.

I need a two bedroom place for me and my DS.

Park homes in the area are affordable, but I can't shake the feeling of being a bit of loser, living in a trailer.

I work full-time in a stressful job, but don't earn a high salary.

They have big monthly site fees

People are confusing residential parks with holiday parks

the holiday parks you cannot stay 12 months of the year - you have to prove you are paying council tax and have a primary residence somewhere else before they will even let you buy one

residential parks are different - you can stay 12 months, you usually pay council tax and they usually have someone running the site and common areas but sometimes you don’t and they are just sites for park homes/static caravans

Be very cautious. My friend bought one. All fne till the owner sold the site. The new owner is from a criminal family and he has made it hell for the people livng there.

No, but that would be solely because of concerns over ground rents, service charges and how to dispose of it once I wanted to move.

As for a park home itself, I'd have no issues. Those I have been in have been lovely.

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No. You will lose all your money as the depreciate and you have to replace them every 25 years or so.
Park managers can be a nightmare too.

Definitely a consideration. A home is a home!

I meant, build small estates as social housing, much more affordable. Original post war houses were often a 'temporary' solution. Ok more solid than park homes but still temporary at the time.