FAQ's

Ownership Information

Any customer purchasing a holiday home with us receives an OFT (Office of Fair Trading) approved contract. This cites a specific period of time that the holiday home can be kept on the holiday park offering certainty and peace of mind. Our standard tenure periods are 15 years for a new  holiday home with a renewal option for Holiday Lodges.

We understand that for many people buying a holiday home that there are a lot of questions that they may need answered. We’ve tried to anticipate the majority of these below to help you out. If we’ve missed anything, please let us know.

General Questions

1. When is Resipole Farm Holiday Park open?
Resipole Farm Holiday Park is open all year.

2. What facilities does Resipole Farm Holiday Park have?
Resipole Farm Holiday Park has a boat storage and launching facilities, reception area and laundry (with washing machines and tumble dryers) and lots of peace and quiet! The majority of our holiday home owners come to our holiday park in Scotland because of our location and also the tranquillity of the site.

3. Can I rent my holiday home out?
Resipole Farm Holiday Park does not permit the private renting out of owner’s holiday homes. We pride ourselves on the peace and quiet of our Scottish holiday park and this would be jeopardised if we allowed the renting of holiday homes.

4. Are friends and family allowed to use the holiday home?
Absolutely, as long as they are made aware of the more important rules of the holiday park – the main ones being only 1 car allowed to be parked at each holiday home (extra cars can be parked in the car park) and no noise after 10pm please! – then friends and family are welcome to use your holiday home.

5. Do you allow dogs at Resipole Farm Holiday Park?
Dogs are welcome at our holiday park in Scotland as long as they obey the obvious rules! In fact many of our holiday home owners have dogs and there are many wonderful places to walk adjacent to the holiday park.

6. What if there is a specific holiday home I want to buy that you don’t have available for sale?
Resipole Farm Holiday Park often has current, or soon to be, vacant pitches, so if you like the look of our holiday park and have a holiday home in mind that you’d like to buy, please let us know and we will do our best to arrange the delivery of the holiday home or your choice.

7. Can I bring my own holiday home to Resipole Farm Holiday Park?
No, all Holiday homes must be purchased through Resipole Farm Holiday Park.

8. Does Resipole Farm Holiday Park have Wi-Fi?
Yes, the holiday park provides wi-fi to all our customers. We recently made a significant investment in a new wi-fi system which gives a reasonably consistent and reliable service to all of our holiday homes. There is a charge for this service available on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly tariff.

9. Can I get digital TV or Sky?
Yes, many of our customers have their own satellite dishes.

Financial

10. What does the price include?
The cost of buying a holiday home at Resipole Farm Holiday Park includes VAT, delivery and siting, connection to electric, gas, water and waste and  boxing around it. This boxing in helps both the look of the holiday home and also makes it considerably warmer as the wind can’t blow underneath it.

11. How much will it cost a year to keep my holiday home at Resipole Farm Holiday Park?
The Annual Outlays for 2022 are as follows:

  • Management Fees (payable annually on April 1st ): from £1600+VAT
  • Local Authority Rates (payable annually on September 30th): £180.00 (approx.)
  • Gas and electric are read 2 times a year (end of March and end of October)
  • Holiday home Insurance: Insurance for your Holiday home is mandatory.

 

12. How much will it cost to insure my holiday home?
It is a contract  requirement that all holiday homes at Resipole Farm Holiday Park are insured. As an example: a £53,000 holiday home with balcony would cost about £200.00 to fully insure.

13. Can you help finance the purchase of a holiday home?
Unfortunately, as Resipole Farm Holiday Park is a small independent business, the holiday park does not offer finance packages to assist with purchasing a holiday home. What we can do is accept a significant non-refundable deposit of a few thousand pounds. This ‘holds’ the holiday home for a purchaser for up to a couple of months until they are able to arrange their finances.

14. Can I pay by monthly direct debit?
Resipole Farm Holiday Park does not currently have a scheme allowing people to pay in this way. We ask that the management fees be paid in full by March 31st. Rates are due by September 30th.

15. Other holiday parks don’t charge ‘rates’ – why do you?
Every Scottish holiday park has the operational expenses attributed to ‘rates’ such as local authority rates, water charges, sewage costs, bin collections etc. Many holiday parks in Scotland choose to claim back these costs by incorporating the amount in the management fees. Resipole Farm Holiday Park prefers to separate them out so people have an idea of where their money is going and it also enables people to spread the payment of their annual costs.

Gas & Electric

16. What type of gas does Resipole Farm Holiday Park use?
Resipole Farm Holiday Park has a large LPG gas tank on site with piped gas directly to every holiday home. This is cheaper, less unsightly and more convenient than bottles. Each holiday home has it’s own individual gas meter which is read and billed for twice a year by the holiday park.

17. Where does the electricity for the holiday home come from?
Resipole Farm Holiday Park electricity comes off the national grid with one of the main providers and the holiday park then passes this on to you at the same price. Each holiday home has its own individual electricity meter which is read and billed for 3 times a year by the holiday site.

18. What is the average gas and electric bill?
This is a very difficult question to answer accurately as there are so many variables including the amount of time people spend in their holiday home and what their attitude to gas and electric is. A reasonable estimate however would be around £200 annually for those using their holiday home a lot at weekends with a few weekly stays throughout the year.

Length of Time at Resipole Farm Holiday Park

19. What sort of contract do I get when I purchase a holiday home?
A few years ago our governing body, the BH & HPA (the British Home and Holiday Parks Association) sat down with the OFT (Office of Fair Trading) and produced a standard agreement to be used by holiday parks relating to the sale of holiday homes. This agreement, which we use, is specifically designed to protect the customer and ensure transparency in the transaction offering any purchaser peace of mind. This has been updated by the BH&HPA in 2018.

20. How many years can I keep my holiday home at Resipole Farm Holiday Park?
We call this the length of TENURE you have at Resipole Farm Holiday Park.  Generally, if you buy a new holiday home from us, you are entitled to keep it here for 15 years.   Longer tenures may be possible, please ask for further details. The documentation provided on the purchase of a holiday home details these dates quite clearly.

21. What happens at the end of my tenure at Resipole Farm Holiday Park?
Essentially you have 3 options:

  • You can upgrade your holiday home either on your existing pitch or another one.
  • You can sell your holiday home, either off the holiday site or back to Resipole Farm Holiday Park if we are willing to buy it.
  • You can remove your holiday home from Resipole Farm Holiday Park.


22. What if I want to leave Resipole Farm Holiday Park before the end of my tenure?
If you wish to leave Resipole Farm Holiday Park before the end of your tenure please contact us when we can discuss all your options.

23. How does it work if you buy my holiday home from me?
If you accept an offer from Resipole Farm Holiday Park to buy your holiday home, you are then free of any obligation relating to the holiday home and can cancel the insurance. In effect this is a ‘clean break’.