Residential park comparison documents in residential parks

As a residential park owner, you must prepare a Form 16 – Residential park comparison document (RPCD) (PDF, 857KB) for the park.

The RPCD helps people who are thinking about buying a manufactured home compare different residential parks. It provides general information about the park, its facilities, services, and the costs of moving in, living there, and leaving. It does not provide information about individual manufactured homes within a park.

RPCDs must be in the approved form and include the information required by the:

Publishing requirements for the RPCD

You must maintain a website for the residential park and publish the RPCD on it, unless your park qualifies for an exemption.

You must ensure:

  • the RPCD (or a link to the RPCD) appears prominently on the park website
  • any advertisement on the park website for the sale of a manufactured home in the residential park states that the home is a manufactured home regulated under the Act, and include a link to the comparison document for the residential park.

If your residential park has 15 or less sites, you don’t need to maintain a website. However, you still need to prepare a RPCD.

Site rent declaration for new buyers

The RPCD must include a declaration about the site rent (or the range of site rents) that new home owners will need to pay when they move into the residential park. This helps prospective buyers understand the site rent costs before purchasing a home in the residential park.

This information must be included or updated before each general increase day (the day rent increases for everyone in the residential park). You can only update site rent information once every 12 months.

The site rent payable under a new site agreement in the residential park cannot exceed this declared amount.

Providing the RPCD to buyers

The RPCD is part of the pre-contractual disclosure information you must give to a prospective buyer of a manufactured home in your residential park.

You may charge $0.70 per page, with a maximum fee of $100, for providing the RPCD and other pre-contractual disclosure documents.

A home owner may also make a written request for a copy of the RPCD from the park owner or salesperson engaged in the sale or marketing of a manufactured home. Where this occurs, you must provide a copy within 7 days.

Updating the RPCD

You must update the RCPD when there is a material change in any of the information in the document, including a declaration of site rent for new buyers. You have 28 days to notify the the Department of Housing and Public Works about the changes and provide them with a copy of the amended or updated RPCD.

Information to be included in an RPCD

You must include the following information in the RPCD.

    • Identifying information including the
      • residential park address
      • real property description of the land where the residential park is located
      • name of the park owner.
    • Whether the residential park is completed or under development.
    • The total number of sites in the residential park, or if the park is under development, the total number of sites that will be in the park once completed.
    • The types of accommodation in the residential park, in addition to owner-occupied manufactured homes.
    • A declaration about site rent under section 70B of the Act.
    • The frequency of site rent increases in the park.
    • The bases for increasing site rent in the park.
    • The services and utilities included in the site rent.
    • The general increase day for the residential park for each basis on which site rent may be increased under a site agreement.
    • Mandatory fees or costs for a home owner that are not included in the site rent.
    • Details of the communal facilities, services, and amenities available in the park.
    • Communal facilities that may be accessed for an additional fee or cost.
    • Whether the communal facilities in the residential park have any ramps, lifts, wheelchair-accessible toilets, or extra-wide doors for accessibility.
    • Whether communal facilities or common areas in the residential park are insured.
    • Utilities not included in the site rent that are available to sites.
    • How utilities are supplied to sites, including
      • details of any embedded networks
      • details of any known restrictions on the installation or use of solar panels in the residential park.
    • Optional services available in the residential park for an additional fee or cost.
    • A copy of the park rules in force for the residential park.
    • Details of any restriction in the park rules in relation to the keeping of pets.
    • The number and types of parking spaces available in the residential park, excluding those allocated to particular sites (such as spaces designated for home owners and visitors, or suitable for caravans, campervans, motorhomes, boats, or other recreational vehicles).
    • Whether the residential park has any security cameras, security gates, emergency phones, or a defibrillator.
    • Whether there is a on-site park manager.
    • The contact hours for the park manager (if applicable).
    • Whether the home owners and other residents have access to the park manager’s services after-hours.
    • Whether the residential park has a home owners committee.
    • Whether the park owner is a signatory to an industry-based code of conduct or is voluntarily accredited through an industry-based accreditation scheme.