Park home advice: 10 things to consider when choosing the layout of your park home

Utility rooms and a study?
 

Would you like a utility room? Some have both a utility room and a study – some have neither. Utility rooms usually mean the noise of the washing machine does not impinge on kitchen conversation. It’s somewhere to do the ironing (boring, yes, but necessary!) And it’s somewhere to hang clothes to dry.

The hallway
 

How important is the hallway? Would you like an area in which to take off and put on shoes or boots, with a seat, in the hallway? That’s doubly important if you go for a park home that does not have a back door. And is there somewhere to put shoes in the hallway, so that they’re not on the doormat? Most of us have a no-shoes rule – and your visitors are more likely to take off their shoes if there’s an obvious place to put them. It’s a bit like a sign which says “no shoes, please”, only a whole lot more subtle.

Storage space
 

How much storage space do you need? This is a key factor, because many park home buyers are moving from larger houses and don’t always want to part with all of their treasured possessions. Some park homes have a small amount of loft space – just enough for a couple of suitcases and the Christmas decorations, perhaps. Some have beds which lift up to reveal sizeable storage opportunities. And many have, walk in dressing-wardrobe rooms.

Kitchen layout
 

How large a kitchen do you want? Would you like a kitchen with an island unit that incorporates a breakfast bar? Or do you prefer to do all of your eating at a dining table? Maybe you don’t do breakfast at all. Even if you don’t, think of the breakfast bar as a coffee bar, or somewhere for your partner to sit and talk to you while you’re concocting your next culinary masterpiece.

Space for pets?

Dogs and doors? Do you need a home with a rear door – into the kitchen or utility room? That’s all about whether you have a dog, whose muddy paws are more welcome on vinyl flooring of a kitchen or utility room than in your main hallway.

 

Kitchen storage and equipment
 

How much kitchen storage space do you need? That depends on how keen a cook you are – and therefore how much equipment you need. Think food processors, slow cookers, electric fryers, electric steak grills, kitchen scales, waffle makers, ice cream makers, yoghurt makers, juicers, breadmakers and more.

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