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Welcome – Editor Alex Melvin outlines what’s inside your bumper September issue
Buying a park home – Essential advice for those looking to buy a new or used park home

Parks
september contentsKingsmead Park, Essex – Bella Brodie visits a park with a wealth of amenities on the doorstep
Park people: Grange Estate, Hants – We find out about the fascinating past of a jazz-musician-turned-park-home-owner
Ponderosa Park, Derbyshire – Steve Rowe heads off for an assignment to judge the 2014 Best Garden Competition
Park of the Year competition – Enter your park in our fantastic competition and you could win a top cash prize
Hillcrest Park, West Midlands – Kris Griffiths visits a park in the heart of the country that’s full of life

Offers, competitions & shows
FREE £24 Pansies – Get 48 free pansies, a pack of fertiliser and five packets of flower seed!

Homes
september contents

Wessex Contemporary – Wessex is under new management. We looks at the first model off Omar’s production line
Omar Westfield – This luxury lodge comes in so many forms that, on paper, it seems bound to tick all the boxes. Philip Pond took a closer look to see how it all measures up in practicel
A classy trio from Pathfinder – We run the rule a hat-trick of stunning new models from Devon-based Pathfinder Park & Leisure Homes

News and products
Your home essentials – Great new products for your park home

News – Three pages of news and updates from around the community
Letters – All your views and opinions
Home help –
We speak to Anthony Essien, CEO of the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE), to see how this organisation now offers help and advice to park home owners
Money Matters –
The latest RPI figures and money saving tips
Chris’s column –
Chris Wildgoose, a resident at Pant Mawr, in Harlech, looks ahead to an exciting month
Legal advice: utility charges – Ibraheem Dulmeer, a legal advisor from LEASE addresses the confusion surrounding a park home owner’s rights and a site owner’s responsibilities
Energy efficiency and park homes –
The Government has called for evidence on the location of park homes and the problems they face with energy efficiency and Warm Home Discounts. We report

HOLIDAY PARKS SPECIAL
Everything you need to know about the holiday park and home world!

  • Caravan Extravaganza preview
  • Cottingham Golf Club show preview
  • NACO – voice of reason
  • Buying a holiday home
  • Holiday news
  • Motorhome & Caravan Show ticket giveaway
  • Stonham Barns, Suffolk
  • Waveney Lakes, Norfolk
  • Lynne’s life

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