{"id":387,"date":"2012-06-17T20:26:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T20:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2020-09-24T13:12:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:12:22","slug":"selling-a-mobile-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/other-licences\/housing\/mobile-homes-park-estates\/selling-a-mobile-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling a Mobile Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The law in relation to the sale of a residential mobile home has changed significantly over recent years if the site is ‘protected’ by the Mobile Homes Acts. \u00a0Holiday sites are not covered by this protection and care is needed in dealing with the transaction.<\/h2>\n

On protected sites,\u00a0the site owner\u00a0is entitled to take a commission of up to 10% on the sale if someone else purchases the home. \u00a0This is paid by the purchaser but you need to be clear in your negotiations as to whether the sale price includes this amount, as the purchaser may be expecting to pay you less than you otherwise anticipate. \u00a0With unprotected sites, the commission can be \u00a0very much larger. \u00a0It is best to check the agreement that you signed when you purchased the home yourself, to see if any other provisions apply.<\/p>\n

There is no legal requirement to engage a solicitor when selling a home, but it is recommended by the government and is often a wise measure, \u00a0given the cost of the home and the implications if a problem is not spotted from the outset.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit our dedicated mobile homes website at parkhome.law<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The law in relation to the sale of a residential mobile home has changed significantly over recent years if the site is ‘protected’ by the Mobile Homes Acts. \u00a0Holiday sites are not covered by this protection and care is needed in dealing with the transaction. On protected sites,\u00a0the site owner\u00a0is entitled to take a commission of up to 10% on the sale if someone else purchases the home. \u00a0This is paid by the purchaser but you need to be clear in your negotiations as to whether the sale price includes this amount, as the purchaser may be expecting to pay you less than you otherwise anticipate. \u00a0With unprotected sites, the commission can be \u00a0very much larger. \u00a0It is best to check the agreement that you signed when you purchased the home yourself, to see if any other provisions apply. There is no legal requirement to engage a solicitor when selling a home, but it is recommended by the government and is often a wise measure, \u00a0given the cost of the home and the implications if a problem is not spotted from the outset. For more information, please visit our dedicated mobile homes website at parkhome.law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-387","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3823,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions\/3823"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}