I have just returned to bricks and mortar after 5 years in a park home/ mobile home or whatever some people want to call them. I would not recommend this move even though some people love them and even believe they are down sizing and more cost effective. They are not. I have moved to a substantial detached bungalow, with large garden and yet am nearly a £1000 per year better off even though my rates are dearer. Insurance is limited to about 5 companies and weeks before I left I was told by my car insurer that I was not insured as some insurers are will not insure people who live in caravans despite my insistance that it was residential and my permanent home. The rules of the site are determined by the site owner and they can vary greatly, some horror stories about a site owner in my neck of the woods(Lancashire north west area) are dreadful. The yearly site fees are now £135 per month and are increased by the RPI each year and yet the owner can increase this to cover 'maintenance'. Some take pets but on their death you cannot replace yet you could sell to someone with a pet. Some do not have mains gas so it it either LPG, which you may have to purchase from the owner at a greatly inflated cost, or bottled gas that can cost you over £100 per week. You may also have to buy your electricity from the owner and although he cannot charge more than he buys it for it means you cannot access dual fuel discounts from suppliers, plus if there is an outage you cannot contact the electricity supplier yourself it is all done through the site owner who may not be happy at being contacted in the middle of the night. Do remember that park homes are made of plywood, the wall thickness is no more than 5 inches so keeping them warm and cosy is costly. Due to mould and damp of these buildings there are many vents in the home which cause many drafts. My home was a model made by Stately, on my site there were 50 homes , mostly Stately, and everyone of them had suffered severe rotting issues and the 10 year warranty isn't worh the proverbial. Indeed every home on the site has had wood issues and it is a very young site, some even had problems after only a couple of years. Sorry to go on a bit but I thought I had done my research(nearly 2 years) yet I was stung very badly. And don't forget, when you sell the owner gets 10% of the pruchase price. Don't do it you will regret it and it will cost you dear in money and health.