Park home sale blocking: your rights

The site owner cannot:

• try to obstruct a sale of a park home
• give false or misleading information that would interfere with your sale

A site owner might claim their site rules or pitch agreement affect how you can sell your park home. This is not true. It is illegal for the terms of a park home agreement to override the law.

It is illegal to try to impose rules that:

• interfere with your right to sell your home – you cannot be forced to consult the site owner or seek their permission to sell
• give the site owner approval of a buyer – they do not need to agree to the sale
• make you give contact details or references for your buyer
• try to force your buyer to speak to or meet the site owner
• stop you from using a solicitor or estate agent to sell your park home
• force you or the buyer to get a survey done (although this is strongly recommended, especially when buying a used park home)

There are some things that a site owner is legally allowed to do:

Explain the benefits of a new park home over a used one

A site owner can highlight benefits of a new park home, including energy efficiency, manufacturer warranty and other features that the used park home might not have. They can also offer incentives such as financing or help with moving costs.

Request documentation and information as part of the sale process

If you're selling a park home that you bought before 26 May 2013 in England, or before 1 October 2014 in Wales, this includes giving the site owner a notice of proposed sale form.

If the site owner has evidence that the buyer does not meet the site rules, they can apply to a tribunal for a refusal order.

The site owner has 21 days to apply and tell you they have done so. If they do not apply, you can go ahead with the sale.

If they apply, the tribunal may ask for more information from you and the buyer.

If the tribunal grants the refusal order, your sale cannot go ahead to this buyer, and you must start again.

If the tribunal decides in your favour, you can go ahead with the sale.

Find out more: selling your park home

Enforce the site rules

The site owner can object to the sale if a potential buyer does not meet the rules for living on the site.