We get a lot of enquiries about insuring older homes. Many other insurers will decline to offer cover or will charge an extortionate premium if they do offer cover. At Paul Baker Insurance Services, we are happy to insure older homes as long as they are in a good state of repair and have been…
Sound Advice We are delighted to publish this excellent and informative article written by Park Home legal expert Ibraheem Dulmeer, it will be of particular interest to purchasers of new homes. Here at Paul Baker Insurance Services (PBIS), we have spoken to several residents in recent months who have been very unhappy with their new…
A site operator has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £11,000 after being found guilty of deliberately breaching planning law and two planning enforcement notices. The Vale of White Horse District Council prosecuted the owners of Bayworth Mobile Home Park near Abingdon, Wyldecrest Parks (Management) Limited, after they failed to…
The national residents’ association IPHAS (Independent Park Home Advisory Service) is currently seeking to recruit someone to look after its website. For anyone who is not familiar with this organisation, IPHAS was established more than 25 years ago and, over the intervening years, has offered advice to thousands of people who either live in park…
I am sure we have all heard horror stories about credit and debit cards being cloned and money being taken from bank accounts by scammers. Sadly, there are people out there that will look to commit these criminal acts. Most banks and credit card providers will now have measures in place to reimburse your payments,…
What you need to know when buying a Park Home Whether you are choosing to buy a park home directly from a site owner or a pre-owned park home from an existing park homeowner, spending your life savings on your home may feel very daunting. Ibraheem Dulmeer at Park Homes Law has helped many park…
It can be difficult to arrange insurance on park homes up for sale, particularly if they are unoccupied or if the previous insurance has lapsed, possibly due to the death of the previous owner. Paul Baker Insurance Services receive many requests to insure such risks, often referred to us by a competitor, and we will…
All residents living in licensed residential parks are required to pay a monthly pitch fee, which will vary considerably from park to park and even within a park, there appears to be no agreed basis for calculating the pitch fee, but there are strict rules for increasing it. The pitch fee can only be increased…
British Standard 3632 is the standard to which residential park homes are built; homes built to this standard are considered to be suitable to be used as a permanent residence and occupied all year round. Some holiday lodges are also built to this superior specification meaning that they too can be used as a main…
We are delighted to include an article about park home base issues written by leading park home barrister Ibraheem Dulmeer. As bases are owned by and the responsibility of the site owner, they are not covered by your park home insurance policy; any problems with the base should always be referred to the site owner…
