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Welcome
Editor Alex Melvin gets excited about your bumper April issue
Buying a park home
Everything you need to know about buying a home at your fingertips
Andrew’s anecdotes
Caravanning expert Andrew Jenkinson rummages around his archives for more classic stories and images!
Parks
Park of the year 2017
Enter our quest to find the UK’s premier park site and you could win a great cash prize!
Southwaite Mill Park, Cumbria
Andrew Jenkinson admires the beauty of the Cumbrian Lake District at this attractive residential park home estate
Park people: Takeley Park, Herts
Park home pair Elaine and Keith Rainbird were in the same year at school, dated each other at 18 and have just celebrated 50 years of marriage! We celebrate their story
Is this the home of the future?
Berkeleyparks has teamed up with Pathfinder Homes to create an innovative flatbed home that feels like a brick-built bungalow, while also providing easier access for residents. We visit New Park, in Devon, to see for ourselves…
Homes
The Tingdene Barnwell
We take a look at a residential model which has been doing barnstormingly well for Tingdene Homes! Bella Brodie reports
The Wessex Hideaway
The iconic Hideaway, with its instantly recognizable façade, has set the bar in the luxury lodge market for many a year. This new incarnation, which maintains many of its original features but with a contemporary twist, further strengthens its status
A hat-trick of happy home owners
If you’re looking to buy a residential home or lodge, you’re sure to have many different things on your checklist. Bella Brodie finds out more about Sovereign Park and Leisure Homes – a company that can deliver on all fronts!
Show highlights from the NEC
We saw some belters at this February’s NEC show! Here’s our run through of the best and most memorable from the Birmingham event
Lifestyle
Free hardy fuchsias worth £30!
These beautiful blooms will brighten up your park home garden as they gleam like jewels throughout summer. Get yours today!
Step into spring!
The winter can feel like it goes on forever at times! Now the colder months are behind us, we can all start to look forward to longer days, lower bills and more time exploring the great outdoors. Here’s how to make the best of it…
Your home essentials
A range of top products for your park home
A question of trust
Are you having problems with unauthorised hawkers and cold callers on your park home site? If so, here’s our simple three-point guide, explaining your legal position when it comes to stopping the rogues, plus giving some advice on choosing a trader you can trust
News, views and advice
News
Five pages of park news from all around the United Kingdom
Letters
Your views, plus our great Sudoku puzzle and home maintenance cartoon strip!
Money matters
Steve Rowe brings you some great cash saving tips and advice
LEASE: pitch fees
Pitch fee changes can often become something of a bone of contention between park and home owners. The Leasehold Advisory Service explains when, and by how much, the charge should be applied
Holiday
Buying a holiday home
Everything you need to know about the buying process explained
Holiday news
Two pages of information and issues from around the UK
A ground-breaking home
A brand-new boutique style lodge concept that could change the face of holidays in the future has arrived. We review the TriBeCa
The Club that’s here to help
We find out more about the benefits of owning a holiday lodge or caravan home on a Club Holiday Homes site
North of the border
Andrew Jenkinson reflects on a busy and exciting Scottish Caravan, Motorhome and Holiday Home Show, which took place this February at the SECC in Glasgow
THE BEGINNERS’ GUIDE TO PARK HOME LIVING…
In association with Tingdene Parks, we’ve relaunched our 32-page compendium of park home living. We’ve got buying tips, legal advice, real life stories and lots, lots more!