In Britain today, residential parks provide security, quality of life, peace of mind - and a delightful living environment - for nearly quarter of a million people.

Park home life offers you the opportunity to release some capital and enjoy travelling or spoiling yourself with luxuries you thought you could only have dreamed of. By releasing capital from a bricks-and-mortar house, or by moving from rented accommodation, such benefits can become an easily affordable reality.

Once inside a park home, there's nothing to suggest that you are anywhere other than in a fully-equipped and luxurious modern dwelling.

There will be good-sized living areas and a separate kitchen, built-in cupboards and wardrobes, two or three double bedrooms and fitted bathroom; central heating is usually installed as standard, and so is carpeting throughout.

A park home is timber framed and provided with a tough and durable weather proof exterior, plus a textured finish. Particular attention is paid to achieving a high level of insulation - often an equal or superior value to cavity wall buildings. This keeps heat loss and future energy bills to a minimum.

Park homes are designed for easy maintenance, and owners are most unlikely to be faced with the sudden high repair bills which area a common feature of bricks-and-mortar life.

The cost of a park home compares very favourably with traditional houses, and many people find that the sale of a larger family property provides sufficient cash to buy a luxurious, modern park home with enough funds left over to ensure financial security.

A good quality home on a well-run park will appreciate in value along the same lines as a traditional property.