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			<title><![CDATA[Win a week in a Thistle holiday home worth up to £600]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Your chance to win a week in a Thistle holiday home, plus free family entry to Historic Scotland&#x92;s attractions in Dumfries and Galloway]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mobile home park review - Hartridge Park ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Park Home & Holiday Caravan Magazine review Hartridge Park in Kent ]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[If management do not repair site, can we sue?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ My wife and I are both in our 70s and are not as sure footed as we were. The management here supplied grit boxes around the park, which it seems down to us to put on the roads and drives.   We do not have a car so we do walk about a lot. What I am asking you is, if at any time we have an accident do we stand a chance of suing the park site&#x92;s management team?  ]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What council tax banding should my home fall under?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Why do the majority of councils charge council tax band A for residential park homes across the country, and yet some others charge council tax B?  I am aware that although a residential park home is a chattel, council tax still has to be paid but I would have thought that they would all be banded at the same level &#x96; band A.   Is there a chance of changing a banding level? Is there a template letter or a way of wording a letter to be clear about the reasons for the change? ]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Can we live in our holiday home?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Would it be unlawful to purchase a holiday lodge with a 10 month licence and, in compliance with the terms of the licence, occupy it for only the stipulated term?   We are considering buying a superb lodge manufacturered to BS 3632 as our main residence and living elsewhere for the six week closure period.   We will, of course, pay council tax and the site owners have guaranteed that the contract they draw up will offer the same legal safeguards as one drawn up in accordance with the Mobile Homes Act 1983. The show lodges we have seen are certainly of good quality construction. It&#x92;s just the legal position vis-a-vis the site licence we&#x92;re concerned about.  ]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Should we pay for sewage maintenance? ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Should we pay for sewage maintenance? Our park owner has been charging us, since late 2007, £13 a quarter for sewage maintenance as beside the pipe-work we have a pump which pumps the sewage from the park up to the main sewer.   Some residents, who were new to the park have just paid this extra fee, without question but other residents have refused to pay as there was no negotiation between the owner and the resident&#x92;s and also they consider that this is already paid in the pitch fee.  Can the park owner insure the pump against breakdown? And if so, why should every household on the park pay this amount each year?    ]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How can I make the park owner carry out repairs?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ Our park owner promised to have both the main road and the rear footpath repaired to a safe standard.   Despite our patience, nothing has transpired and consequently one of the senior residents tripped and badly hurt an ankle.   I felt that the rear path and main road was a health and safety issue and contacted our area&#x92;s health and safety officer who agreed.   However, six months passed and still nothing had been resolved, so I wrote a strong letter to the chief health and safety officer.   A letter was then sent to the park&#x92;s management giving them two weeks to begin maintenance.   The park&#x92;s sales manager then contacted me to confirm this was the case and I used this opportunity to explain that alongside this, one of the residents had complained about a bad smell of sewage.   When I lifted the drain I saw that raw sewage had blocked up the pipe and I used a high jet hose to clear it.   The sales manager said that one of the park&#x92;s maintenance team was a plumber and that he would check it out when they came to fix the roads.   When the team arrived, I showed them the pipe and they said they believed it was fractured but without an order number from the park management he would not be able to repair it.   When I called the sales manager he told me it was not a health and safety issue and hung up the phone.   I have since received a message from the park&#x92;s management team saying they believe I broke the sewage pipe in retaliation for the previous road issues.   ]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Do we need to insure our residents' association against public liability?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Do we need to insure our residents&#x92; association against public liability? We have formed an association with a legal constitution and committee and at this stage everything is running OK. How do we stand with regards to insurance? Our site is owned by the local council and the council has asked us to look into insuring ourselves against public liability as they are not entirely happy with the present situation.  ]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Do we need to insure our residents' association against public liability?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Do we need to insure our residents&#x92; association against public liability? We have formed an association with a legal constitution and committee and at this stage everything is running OK. How do we stand with regards to insurance? Our site is owned by the local council and the council has asked us to look into insuring ourselves against public liability as ]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Are we legally liable for sewage costs? ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our park owners demand that existing residents pay the costs of the sites sewage plant, these include legal and servicing costs plus electricity.  While the residents&#x92; association feels that we should pay these &#x91;running&#x92; costs my query is:&#x91;Are we legally liable or responsible for such costs?&#x92;  Incidentally, the residents&#x92; association and its members have refused to pay for the plant and its construction costs.   Finally, are residents allowed to erect a &#x91;for sale&#x92; notice in their gardens?  ]]></description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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