What better way to adopt a laid back lifestyle than living in a park home! On a park, properties are low-maintenance, the atmosphere is relaxed and residents can enjoy an easy life. Quick Move Properties looks into gadgets that park home owners could use to make life even easier, spice up the everyday and increase the opportunity for those ‘put your feet up’ moments.
Just how easy can park home living be?
1. Remotely controlled under-floor heating
For those chilly evenings in the winter, park home owners could use under-floor heating to keep their parks warm and comfortable but how about going one step further and making life even easier? Under-floor heating that is controlled by a mobile phone app means that you can program the heating while you are out and return to a park home that is already lovely and warm.
2. Automatic coffee maker
Wouldn’t it be lovely to wake up to the smell of coffee in the morning and have a freshly brewed cup ready for you without having to lift a finger? Having an automatic coffee maker will allow park home owners to make the most of coffee mornings and give more time for leisurely breakfasts, crosswords and reading the daily papers.
3. Wine cooler
Yes, a mug of hot coffee is just right in the morning but come the evening, if you like to relax with a chilled glass of wine, look no further than a wine cooler for your kitchen. A separate wine cooler could free up space in your fridge while offering wine at the optimum temperature all evening long.
4. iPod and iPad docking stations
iPod and iPad docking stations built into the wall or free-standing are a modern, handy alternative to larger CD players and stereos. You could have all your music files in one place, save work-top space previously taken up by CDs and other music systems and create playlists to reflect how you feel or motivate you in a particular task.
5. Integrated sound system
What better accompaniment to music stations than an integrated sound system? You could link up your speakers and listen to your music, whichever room of the park home you are in and control everything using a convenient remote control. Creating a cinema effect in your living room when watching your favourite films has never been easier.
6. Dressing room camera
Whatever next! You could purchase a camera which takes a photograph of your rear view and projects it on to a screen so that you could check your outfit from all angles before heading out of the park home. No more stretching to try and see what you look like or holding mirrors at awkward angles to make sure your clothes look good.
7. Easily accessible CCTV
Some people feel safer if they set up a CCTV system to monitor the outside of their homes and enjoy the peace of mind that they are secure. New technology means that park homeowners could set up a CCTV network and view the images from any television in the property.
8. Slow open blinds
For a relaxing wake-up call, you could ditch the traditional alarm clock that shocks you out of your slumber and invest in top of the range slow open blinds that roll up gradually, allowing sun light to gently wake you.
9. Secret televisions
The innovation to include television sets in the back of kitchen units and items of household furniture is a great space saver and adds a touch of class to any park home… or if you wanted a wall-mounted set, you could even use artwork to conceal televisions when not in use and make your home individual.
10. Remote controlled bath tubs
If you are feeling particularly over the top, what about a remote controlled bath? Whether out and about or in the next room, you could set a time, start filling your bath and specify the temperature remotely. What luxury!
Why accept the ordinary when using innovative gadgets could give more time for relaxation!
Check with your park home manufacturer to see which gadgets are available to you and whether they are compatible with your desired park home. It is more cost effective to include gadgets in the design plan and have them installed at time of construction than it is to retrofit them once your park home has been built.
When purchasing a park home, make sure you refer to the Mobile Homes Act 1983.
