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Giving away your park home

If you own a park home, you have the right to give it away and pass on your agreement with the park owner to a family member only. This means they would have the same rights and rules you agreed to in your written statement when you bought your home. You do not have to pay a fee to the park owner for giving away your home.

You must get your family member approved by the park owner, but they can’t block approval unfairly. To get approval, you should write a letter to the park owner and include:

• your intention to give away your home
• the name and address of the family member
• your request for approval of your family member as the new resident

If the park owner blocks approval and you think they are being unfair, you can apply to a court or an arbitrator.

• Get free advice and find a solicitor in your area - Community Legal Advice Opens new window

• Find your local Citizens Advice Bureau Opens new window

Who can you give your park home to?

If you want to give your park home away, it must be to a family member recognised by the law. This includes:

• a wife or husband, parent, grandparent, child (including step-children and adopted children), grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew
• people living together as husband and wife
• anyone related to you by marriage (eg a brother-in-law) or half-blood (eg half-sister)
  

Inheritance rules for park homes

If you die and people living with you are also covered under the agreement (for example, they signed the written statement) then they will continue with the same agreement. This means they would have the same rules and charges you agreed to in the written statement when you bought your home.

When you are the only person who has an agreement with the park owner, what happens when you die depends on who was living with you at the time.

If a husband, wife or civil partner live in the park home with you

If a husband, wife or civil partner lives with you, they will automatically take over your agreement and be able to continue living in the park home after your death.

If a another family member lives in the park home with you

If there is no husband, wife or civil partner, but there is a family member living with you, they can take over the agreement after your death.

If no family member lives in the park home

If there is no family member living with you, whoever inherits your home will also inherit your agreement, but they do not automatically have the right to live in the home. If they want to live in the home, they must get approval from the park owner who must not withhold approval unreasonably.

If the person who has inherited your home does not want to live there, they can’t give it away as a gift and can only sell it. During the time before they sell it, they (and the park owner) must still follow the rules of the agreement. For example, pitch fees would still be due.

More useful links

• Get advice from Age UK Opens new window

• Contact the housing advice hotline - Shelter Opens new window

• National Association of Park Home Residents Opens new window

• Independent Park Home Advisory Service Opens new window