Dreeym / Ownership
The Open Book.
Community living has rules — some good, some odd — and an industry that prefers to whisper them. We'd rather you heard them from us, loudly, before you fall in love with a view.
Dreeym / Ownership
Community living has rules — some good, some odd — and an industry that prefers to whisper them. We'd rather you heard them from us, loudly, before you fall in love with a view.
How it works
Browse the communities online, then visit the ones that feel right. We'll show you around — no pressure, no sales office.
Pick your community, plot and home; tailor the layout, finish and fittings to how you actually live.
Part-exchange on your current home, your own funds, or a mix — we'll sit down and do the sums with you, and your family if you'd like them there.
We handle the siting, connection and snagging. You unpack, plant something, and put the kettle on.
The monthly ledger
A worked example — the Rowan at Willowmere. Every community's pitch fee is published on its page: Willowmere £195, Saltmere £210, Foxbarrow £185, Longlight £190 at opening.
| Pitch feeReviewed once a year, pegged to CPI — the law since 2023, and our promise besides. Includes grounds care and The Hearth. | £195.00 |
| Council taxBand A, Test Valley, 2026/27 — around a third of the average family-house bill. | £117.00 |
| Electricity, water & heatingFully metered — you pay for what you use. | £68–£120 |
| Buildings & contents insuranceSpecialist cover, arranged by you — we'll point you to the good brokers. | from £24.00 |
| A typical month, all inNo mortgage. No stamp duty on the way in. No service-charge surprises. | £404–£456 |
The 10% rule, in daylight.
When any home in our sector is sold, up to 10% of the sale price goes to the community owner. That's the industry-wide rule, it's capped by law — and pretending it doesn't exist is how the sector lost people's trust.
So: it exists, we charge it, and it funds the things that hold your home's value — the covenant land, the grounds team, The Hearth. You'll find it on page one of your written agreement, not in clause 47.
For the people who'll google us.
Sons and daughters — we mean you. Here's the pack we'd want for our own parents: the written agreement under the Mobile Homes Act 1983, each community's site licence and Fit & Proper registration, the fee schedule, and the ten questions you should ask any operator. Including us.
Request the family pack →Rough, honest arithmetic — two minutes, no email address held hostage.
Illustrative only — your solicitor does the real sums, and we'll happily talk to them. Homes here are homes first and investments second; values move differently to bricks and mortar, and we'll tell you exactly how before you commit.
The Dreeym Promise
In Australia and New Zealand, operators guarantee this stuff as a matter of course — 90-day cooling-off periods, capped fees, published records. In Britain, nobody does. So we've written down five promises and put them where you can hold us to them.
Move in, live with it, and if it isn’t right within 90 days we’ll buy your home back at what you paid. No conditions, no argument, no lawyers. Nobody in Britain offers this. We think somebody should.
Reviewed once a year, pegged to CPI — the law since 2023, and our written promise besides. If we ever proposed more, you’d get the case in writing and the right to challenge it at tribunal.
Not a promise about the future — a record of the past. Every fee we’ve ever charged, on this website, next to inflation. Proof beats assertion.
Asking price, achieved price, days on the market. Every home that has ever changed hands here. No operator in the world publishes this. We do.
You read the written agreement, in full, before you pay us a penny — and we’ll post a copy to your solicitor and your family too.
Proof, not promises
Anyone can promise a cap. Here is the record — every pitch fee we have ever charged, next to the inflation figure we could have applied.
| Community | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI that year | — | 10.1% | 4.0% | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| Willowmere | £168 | £185 | £192 | £195 | £195 |
| Saltmere | — | — | £199 | £205 | £210 |
| Foxbarrow | £160 | £176 | £181 | £185 | £185 |
| Longlight | — | — | — | — | opens 2027 |
Last updated 30 July 2026 · next review 1 April 2027
The resale record
Asking price, achieved price, days on the market. No operator in the world publishes this — which is exactly why we do. Judge the resale question for yourself.
| Sold | Home | Community | Asking | Achieved | On the market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | the Rowan | Willowmere | £268,000 | £264,000 | 31 days |
| Jan 2026 | the Alder | Foxbarrow | £228,000 | £228,000 | 19 days |
| Oct 2025 | the Hazel | Willowmere | £319,000 | £305,000 | 86 days |
| Aug 2025 | the Alder | Willowmere | £238,000 | £234,500 | 44 days |
| May 2025 | the Rowan | Foxbarrow | £259,000 | £259,000 | 12 days |
Five resales, averaging 38 days and 97.6% of asking
The rules, in advance
Published before you buy, not discovered afterwards. The restrictions tell you as much as the promises — which is why we'd rather you read them now.
Welcome — dogs, cats, and within reason anything else that doesn’t frighten the neighbours. No breed restrictions, no numbers limit, no extra fee. There’s a fenced dog meadow and a wash station at every community.
Yours to invite, any time, as long as you like. No sign-in book, no two-week limit, no permission needed. The guest suite is bookable by the night if the sofa won’t do.
Very welcome, including in the school holidays, including noisily. We are an over-50s community, which is about who buys — not about who visits.
One person in the household must be over 50. That’s it, and it’s in the agreement.
Not permitted. These are homes, not investments — publishing that restriction is how we keep the community a community.
Fine, and increasingly common. Full fibre at every plot.
Two spaces per home plus visitor bays. Caravans, boats and motorhomes go in the storage compound (£18/month), not on your plot.
Yours to plant however you like. We mow the greens and the verges; you do the pottering. No rules about gnomes.
The legal position, in plain English
The law behind this way of living is older than its reputation — and mostly on your side. Here it is without the fog.
You buy your home outright — it's yours, fully, no mortgage company unless you want one. The plot it stands on is licensed from Dreeym under a written agreement (the Mobile Homes Act 1983 kind), which gives you the right to live there indefinitely, sets the pitch fee and how it's reviewed, and can be resold with the home. You see the agreement in full before you pay a deposit.
Because the statutory language was written in 1983, and Parliament hasn't redecorated. Legally, our homes are "park homes" and each community is a licensed "residential park" — words that undersell the thing rather badly, which is why you won't find them in our marketing and will find them, clearly explained, in your paperwork. We think you should hear both versions from us.
The Mobile Homes Act 1983 (security of tenure, written agreement), the 2013 reforms (no sale-blocking, licensing with teeth), and the Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) Act 2023 (reviews pegged to CPI, not RPI). Every Dreeym community is licensed by its local authority and registered under the Fit & Proper Person test — copies on the wall in The Hearth, and sent to anyone who asks.
Real, legal, capped, and explained honestly above. Factor it into your sums from day one — we'll do it with you, in writing.
Once a year, pegged to CPI, with written notice — that's the law and our promise. No re-basing, no surprises, and if a review is ever above CPI (it would take something exceptional, like a statutory site cost), you'd get the case in writing and the right to challenge it at tribunal.
Our part-exchange service takes your current property at fair market value, verified by two independent valuations you see — no chains, no viewings, no estate agent fees. It's often the calmest route, and you're free to sell on the open market instead.
A real person — usually Sarah — replies within a day, with prices attached and nothing chased. Solicitors and daughters especially welcome.