Homeseeker Static Caravan Mattresses

Bespoke Homeseeker Static Caravan Mattresses

Few names in the British park home and holiday lodge industry have had quite as eventful a journey as Homeseeker. The brand's roots stretch back to 1973, when a company called Panther was established in Hull — right in the heartland of the British caravan manufacturing industry — building touring caravans. Within months, a second factory was acquired and static caravan production began under the Sunseeker Leisure brand. For over a decade, Sunseeker built a solid reputation in the holiday home market, turning out static caravans from its Hull base alongside some of the other great names in the industry. Then, in January 1984, the business changed hands and adopted a new identity. Panther and Sunseeker were gone. In their place stood Homeseeker — a name that would go on to become one of the most recognisable in the UK park home industry for the next four decades.

Homeseeker thrived under its new brand, expanding steadily through the late 1980s and 1990s. In 1987, the company shifted its focus firmly towards residential park homes and leisure lodges — the larger, more permanently sited structures built to BS3632 residential specification that are designed for year-round occupation rather than seasonal holiday use. This was a significant move. Whilst the holiday caravan market is enormous and highly competitive, the residential park home sector serves a rather different clientele: predominantly retired or semi-retired buyers seeking a permanent home on a managed residential park, often downsizing from a conventional house to a more manageable, community-based lifestyle. Homeseeker understood this market intimately, and the brand became synonymous with well-built, thoughtfully designed homes that offered genuine comfort and quality without unnecessary extravagance.

From Hull to Rushden — and Into Corporate Ownership

The Homeseeker story took a major corporate turn when the brand was acquired by the Shepherd Group — the York-based family business best known as the parent company of Portakabin. Under Shepherd Group ownership, Homeseeker operated as the leisure and residential division of a much larger engineering and construction conglomerate, benefiting from corporate investment and the group's manufacturing expertise. A purpose-built factory was established in Rushden, Northamptonshire, in 2007/2008, relocating production from the original Hull heartland to a modern facility in the East Midlands. The Rushden site, at 8 Shipton Way on the Express Business Park, remains the home of production to this day.

However, the Shepherd Group ultimately decided to exit the holiday home business. By 2013, Homeseeker was operating at a loss, and the parent company chose to divest. This might have been the end of the Homeseeker name, but instead it marked the beginning of an entirely new chapter. Prestige Park & Leisure Homes, a small but rapidly growing manufacturer founded in 2007 by Silvano Geranio and based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, stepped in and acquired Homeseeker in 2013. The acquisition tripled Prestige's manufacturing capacity overnight. In 2016, the two brands formally merged to create Prestige Homeseeker Park & Leisure Homes — and in doing so, combined Prestige's innovative design approach with Homeseeker's decades of accumulated manufacturing experience and brand recognition.

The combined business grew rapidly. A workforce of over 470 employees now operates from the expanded Rushden site, which houses two factories — affectionately known as "the Acorn" factory, where each home's initial structure is assembled, and a second facility where the interior fit-out and finishing touches are completed. Production runs at up to fifteen homes per week. In 2021, a new factory was opened on the same site to handle increased demand from the leisure lodge market. The showground at Rushden is one of the largest permanent show villages in the country, displaying the full range of residential park homes and holiday lodges.

In July 2024, another significant change came when J.R. Rix & Sons — a Hull-based family business founded in 1873 with interests spanning oil distribution, shipping, renewable energy, and leisure — acquired Prestige Communities Group. The Rix Group also owns Victory Leisure Homes, creating a substantial stable of holiday home and park home brands under one family-owned umbrella.

What Homeseeker and Prestige Homeseeker Build

It is important to understand what we are talking about here, because Homeseeker and its successor brand Prestige Homeseeker do not manufacture touring caravans. These are static caravans, holiday lodges, and residential park homes — structures that are transported to a park or site on a lorry, placed onto a pitch or plot, connected to mains services, and then remain in position for years or decades. They range in size from compact single-unit holiday caravans of around 28 feet by 10 feet up to vast twin-unit residential park homes of 65 feet by 22 feet. At the larger end of the scale, these are substantial properties with two or three bedrooms, full-sized kitchens, en-suite bathrooms, and living spaces that rival a modest bungalow. Every Prestige Homeseeker product is built to BS3632 residential specification — the British Standard that governs the construction of residential park homes — regardless of whether the intended use is holiday or permanent residential. This means full insulation, energy-efficient low-emissivity glazing throughout, and central heating as standard.

The current Prestige Homeseeker range is split into two main categories. The residential park home collection — designed for permanent, year-round living on licensed residential parks — includes the Phoenix (the flagship), Residence, Sofia, Avanti, Majestic, Sonata, Sonnet, and The Cottesbrooke, a new model featuring weberwall brick-effect cladding that gives the exterior a traditional cottage appearance. The holiday lodge collection — for seasonal or holiday use on leisure parks — includes the Tempest, Glass House, Aura, Hampton, Casa Di Lusso, Bella Vista, Skylark, Foresters Lodge, Plantation House, and Dryft. There is also a Floating Homes range for waterside locations. Standard configurations are two bedrooms in lengths of 40, 42, and 45 feet, all in 20-foot widths, but the bespoke service offers additional bedroom configurations and custom sizes up to a maximum of 65 feet by 22 feet.

The Homeseeker Back Catalogue

For every Prestige Homeseeker owner with a gleaming new Phoenix on their plot, there are dozens of owners living in or holidaying in older Homeseeker models from the original brand's extensive production history. These earlier models are the ones we are most frequently asked to make replacement mattresses for, and they span a considerable range of sizes and specifications.

The Olympia was one of Homeseeker's most prominent models, available in both single-unit and twin-unit configurations. The Olympia featured in the company's Signature range and was offered in Silver, Gold, and Platinum specification levels — each step up adding more luxury fittings and finishes. A typical twin-unit Olympia measured 38 feet by 22 feet with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an open-plan living and dining area. The single-unit version, at 14 feet wide, was a generous caravan in its own right. The Navigator and Navigator Colonial were premium twin-unit lodges, typically 40 feet by 20 feet, with distinctly themed interior designs — the Colonial version featured a country-cottage aesthetic, whilst the standard Navigator had a more contemporary feel. Both offered spacious master bedrooms with en-suite facilities and generous guest rooms.

The Langdale was Homeseeker's best-selling residential park home model and remains one of the most commonly found Homeseeker homes on residential parks across the country. It came with a fully fitted kitchen, walk-in wardrobe in the master bedroom, extra ceiling height, and all furniture included as standard — a genuinely turnkey proposition for buyers moving onto a park for the first time. Other models from the Homeseeker years include the Dorado, the Meridian, and various models produced under the earlier Sunseeker name before the 1984 rebrand.

Why Measuring Matters More Than Model Names

Here is the fundamental point that every Homeseeker and Prestige Homeseeker owner needs to understand before ordering a replacement mattress: these homes are built to bespoke specifications, and the bed dimensions vary far more than you might expect.

Unlike touring caravans, where a given model and layout number will produce beds of reasonably consistent dimensions from one unit to the next, static caravans and park homes are manufactured with a significant degree of customisation. An owner ordering a new Prestige Homeseeker Sofia can specify the length, the width, the number of bedrooms, the layout, the kitchen configuration, and the interior finishes. Two Sofias ordered in the same month for neighbouring plots on the same park may have materially different bedroom dimensions simply because one owner requested a larger en-suite or a different wardrobe arrangement. The bed platforms are built into the structure of the home during manufacture, not fitted around standard mattress sizes.

This bespoke approach applies across the entire range, and it applied equally to the older Homeseeker models. A Langdale on one park may have a master bed that is 190 centimetres by 135 centimetres. The same model on the next park could be 195 centimetres by 140 centimetres, or 188 centimetres by 130 centimetres, depending on the overall dimensions of the home and the layout variant that was specified at the time of order.

The width of the unit is particularly significant. Homeseeker and Prestige Homeseeker have manufactured homes in widths of 10 feet, 12 feet, 14 feet, and 20 feet for twin units, with some bespoke builds going wider still. The width directly affects bedroom dimensions: a master bedroom in a 12-foot-wide single unit will have a materially smaller bed platform than the same model in a 14-foot-wide version, even if the layout name and number are identical. For twin units and lodges, the generous 20-foot width allows for bed platforms that approach standard domestic dimensions — but approaching is not the same as matching. A bed frame that measures 192 centimetres by 137 centimetres is close to a standard UK double (190 by 135 centimetres), but close enough does not mean close enough for a good fit. A mattress that is two centimetres too narrow will shift about on the platform. One that is two centimetres too wide will bulge against the surrounding furniture or compress against the wall.

The only reliable way to get a mattress that fits properly in any Homeseeker or Prestige Homeseeker home is to measure the actual bed platform in your specific home. Do not rely on the model name, the manufacturer's brochure, or the dimensions quoted on a sales listing. Measure the length and width at several points, check for any curves or obstructions, and note the depth available if there is a headboard, side panel, or overhanging cupboard that limits the mattress thickness.

What We Recommend

For the standard single-unit Homeseeker models — the Langdales, Olympia singles, Dorados, and the various Sunseeker-era caravans in 10-foot and 12-foot widths — our CoolPlus™ memory foam mattress provides a substantial improvement over the factory-fitted original. Static caravans, particularly those on coastal or low-lying parks, are subject to greater temperature swings and moisture fluctuations than a conventional home, and the temperature-regulating properties of the CoolPlus™ foam help to manage both condensation and sleeping comfort through the seasons. The mattress is also lighter and easier to manoeuvre into position than a traditional sprung unit — a practical consideration when you are navigating narrow corridors and tight bedroom doorways.

For the larger twin-unit lodges and premium residential park homes — the Navigators, Olympia twins, and the current Prestige Homeseeker range including the Phoenix, Residence, Sofia, Avanti, and the holiday lodges — our Imperial Elite™ pocket sprung mattress delivers the level of comfort these homes deserve. When the rest of the bedroom features integrated wardrobes, designer soft furnishings, and an en-suite with a full-sized bath or walk-in shower, the mattress should match that standard rather than undermine it. The Imperial Elite™ offers individual pocket springs with a luxury quilted cover, providing support and comfort that rival the best high-street mattresses at a fraction of the price.

For sofa beds, pull-out sleeping arrangements, and occasional guest beds — common in the open-plan living areas of both holiday lodges and residential models — a reflex foam mattress provides the practical flexibility needed for convertible sleeping spaces whilst still offering genuine overnight comfort.

Every mattress we make is cut to your exact measurements in our Birmingham workshop and delivered free to any UK address — including directly to your park or site. Call us on 0121 663 6114 with your measurements, or order online using the product links below.