What is a Park Model Home? Used as temporary accommodations for seasonal recreation, park models are also used as permanent residences, rentals and guest homes. You see them in the mountains, at the beach, or even used as additional dwelling units next to a regular house.

Owning a park model home is akin to having a 400 sq. ft. recreation vehicle — they're legally an RV — except that the small home is built much stronger and wider, and will usually be set on the site as a more permanent abode rather than towed back and forth.

Park models can be embellished with log siding and are identified by their covered porches and steeper pitched roof.