Age and type of house

Will a standard RICS house survey fit a park home?

Not as a default. A park home is a different structure, often a chattel on a pitch with a licence, not a house on a freehold plot. A surveyor can still inspect condition if they agree a scope. You should not assume Level 2 on a brick house is what you will get, or that the report makes the pitch agreement safe.

Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Written for buyers in England and Wales unless this answer says otherwise. No named surveyor has signed this page. It is general guidance, not a report on your house, and not legal advice.

What is the fuller explanation?

The written licence, the pitch fee and the site owner’s rules are legal documents. The survey, if commissioned, might comment on the chassis, the shell, damp and services it can see. It will not rewrite the Mobile Homes regime, and this page does not summarise that regime. Ask a solicitor who deals with park homes before you pay for the wrong product.

RICS does not publish a park-home fee. If a firm agrees to look, ask what they will not do: the base, the gas, the electrics. Services remain untested unless a competent person tests them. Do not compare the quote with a house Level 2 as if the jobs were identical.

What should you ask your surveyor?

Have you inspected park homes before, and what is the written scope?
Will you see the chassis and the skirting?
Are you clear you are not advising on the pitch agreement?

What are the typical next steps?

Instruct a solicitor on the pitch agreement first if you do not already understand it.
Only then buy an inspection whose scope matches the unit.
Do not use a house mortgage-valuation as if it were that inspection.

Costs vary with the building and with who you instruct. Where this page does not cite a published figure, ask the surveyor, a relevant specialist, or your solicitor for a written quote. Do not treat a forum average as the price.

Also asked about this

Is a lodge on a holiday park the same?

Often the occupation restriction is stricter. The survey still will not remove it. Ask the solicitor.

Can you rely on the seller’s annual service chit?

Only for what it covers and how old it is. It is not a survey of the shell.