Selling a Manufactured Home in Queensland: The New Form 19 Requirements

This article contains general information only and is not legal advice. You should obtain advice about your circumstances before signing a site agreement or sale agreement. 

Queensland’s laws for selling manufactured homes in residential parks have changed. From 7 June 2026, sellers must use the new Form 19 Sale Agreement when selling a manufactured home positioned in a residential park regulated by the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 (Qld).

Form 19 gives buyers clearer information and makes manufactured home sales more consistent. However, it is not a complete sale contract by itself. Additional conditions will usually be required to protect the parties and deal with the practical aspects of the sale.

What information is included in Form 19?

Form 19 records details of the parties, park, site and home. It also identifies excluded fixtures, alterations or additions, the price and payment arrangements, the settlement date, how multiple buyers will own the home (joint tenants vs tenants in common) and the buyer’s cooling-off and termination rights.

The agreement relates only to the home. The buyer does not purchase the land and must enter a separate site agreement with the park owner.

What must a seller do?

When you decide to sell, you must give the park owner a Form 15 – Notice of Intention to Sell. Within seven days, the park owner must advise whether it offers selling services and confirm the new site rent.

Once a buyer is found, you must provide their contact details to the park owner unless it was appointed to conduct the sale. The park owner must then give the buyer:

• the proposed Form 2 Site Agreement;
• the Form 16 Residential Park Comparison Document; and
• the Form 18 Home Owners Information Document.

These documents must generally be given at least 21 days before the site agreement is signed. This period may be reduced to seven days if the buyer obtains legal advice and provides a lawyer’s waiver.

The buyer must enter a new site agreement with the park owner. Form 19 must not be completed until the disclosure documents have been given and the site agreement entered into by the buyer and Park Owner.

Additional contract terms are essential

Part 5 allows additional conditions to be inserted or attached. These may cover finance, inspections, the deposit, inclusions, repairs, whose risk the home is until settlement, seller warranties, subject to sale of buyers current property, release of security interests, vacant possession, settlement terms and default.

Cooling-off and settlement

The buyer generally has a seven-day cooling-off period after the last person signs the site agreement. If the park owner has not complied with its disclosure obligations, this may extend to 28 days.

If the buyer terminates the site agreement during this period, the sale agreement automatically ends. 

At settlement, ownership transfers to the buyer, the seller’s site agreement ends and the buyer’s site agreement begins.

More Questions?

Keylaw’s Lifestyle and Lifestyle and Retirement Living Team can prepare or review Form 19, include appropriate conditions and guide you from contract preparation to settlement.