Appointing a park owner to sell
You can ask (appoint) the park owner to act as your agent to sell or negotiate the sale of your manufactured home. To do this you must sign a Selling authority (Manufactured Homes Form 9).
Under this authority, the park owner must not charge a fee to sell your home that is more than the amount set under the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Regulation 2017. If the sale price is less than $18,000, the maximum fee is 5% of the sale price. If the sale price is more than $18,000, the maximum fee is $900 plus 2.5% of the sale price over $18,000. See the examples below:
Example 1
- Sale price: $17,000
- Fee:$850 (5%)
Example 2
- Sale price $150,000
- Fee $4,200 ($900 Plus 2.5% of the sale price over $18,000)
The park owner cannot charge a fee to sell your home if they did not assist in the sale of the home.
The Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 does not allow a park owner to engage in fraudulent, misleading, harassing or unconscionable conduct when acting as a home owner’s selling agent to sell, or to negotiate the sale of a manufactured home. For example, the park owner cannot require a home owner or prospective home owner to comply with conditions that are not reasonably necessary for the protection of the park owner’s legitimate interests.