A moveable dwelling tenancy applies to people who rent caravans and/or sites, and to people who rent manufactured homes.
Sometimes it can be difficult to work out whether the place that you live in is a caravan or manufactured home. The law says that a caravan is something that was designed to be towed on the open road, and a manufactured home is a moveable dwelling that was designed so that it could be moved but not towed on the open road.
If the place that you live in is a manufactured home that you own, you will be covered by the
Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 and this information will not apply to you. If you rent a manufactured home, the person who owns the manufactured home is your lessor and this information will apply to you.
- Starting a moveable dwelling tenancy
Short term agreements, long term agreements, park rules, the written agreement, the entry condition report, site costs and the supply of locks and keys - During a moveable dwelling tenancy
Tenants responsibilities, owner/managers responsibilities, paying the rent, increasing the rent, decreasing the rent, looking after the place, when the owner/manager can visit, emergency repairs, adding fixtures, changing park rules and moving to a new site. - Ending a moveable dwelling tenancy
Ending the agreement, giving the correct notice, abandoned premises, goods left behind, ending a fixed term agreement, when the tenant moves out, costs for breaking an agreement and the exit condition report. - If something goes wrong during a moveable dwelling tenancy
If the tenant breaks the agreement, the owner/manager breaks the agreement, non-payment of rent, ending a short term tenancy, repeated breaches, retaliatory eviction, parties not getting on, the owner selling, serious nuisance and other issues that might end the agreement.
Last Updated: 21 July 2009
