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What are the monthly costs of living in a Park Home?
Homeowners pay a pitch fee (or 'ground rent') to the park owners for the plot on which their home is sited. This pitch fee varies from park to park, but is generally in the region of £25-£35 a week. This pitch fee is for the right to keep the home on the particular park, and also covers maintenance of the communal areas and roads, electricity for streetlights, etc.
Other costs are much the same as when living in a bricks and mortar home. Council tax is payable on residential homes, although this is usually the cheapest band, Band A. Electricity is generally about half the price of a normal bricks and mortar home, as the park buys electricity in bulk at commercial rates and passes the savings on to the homeowners. Other services such as water and telephone are purchased directly from suppliers such as BT.
Gas is sometimes piped in directly from the mains, depending on how far from a town or village the park is sited. If no mains gas is available (for example if the park is in a rural location), then LPG gas is generally used. On some parks, LPG gas is bought in bulk from suppliers and then piped to each home. LPG gas is more expensive than natural gas, and is one of the costs that is higher on residential parks than in traditional houses- however residents make a saving on the electricity so there is an element of one offsetting the other.