Relocatable homes for sale

Decide if purchasing a home to relocate is right for you. Visit the nominated real estate agent’s websites to view homes, see scheduled inspection times and ask about the auction process. 

If, at the auction, your bid is the highest you will enter a contract for the purchase of the home and pay a deposit.

All buyers must demonstrate that homes will not be moved to land in Priority 1, 2 and 3 zones according to the RHP Flood Prioritisation Maps, where relevant.  

The House Sale Contract sets out the terms of the purchase including the agreed purchase price at auction and the obligations of the buyer.

These include the buyer’s responsibility to engage a relocation contractor as per RA site access arrangements, obtain all relevant approvals and permits, arrange removal of asbestos according to relevant legislation, relocate the home from RA land within 12 months and to leave RA’s site clean, tidy and safe. 

Purchasers will be required to pay a deposit upon entering the contract. 

Before bidding at the auction, interested buyers should request a copy of the sale contract from the appointed real estate agent and seek independent legal advice.

Many of the homes purchased by RA through the RHP Buyback program are potentially relocatable and may be made available for sale.

RA will continue to release these homes throughout the Northern Rivers during 2025. The number of homes offered for sale at each auction will vary.

The Expression of Interest (EOI) was designed to test the interest, land availability and capacity of Northern Rivers community members to purchase relocatable homes.

The response to the EOI demonstrated strong community interest, capacity to purchase and residents who already had land available. 

This showed we could remove the step to evaluate buyers and their readiness to purchase, and that an auction program was suitable to meet the local demand for these homes.

So, to make the process simpler and quicker, we moved away from expressions of interest to an auction process.

RA is establishing a panel of real estate agents within the Northern Rivers. The details of agents engaged by RA to sell relocatable homes will be added to this webpage.

Real estate agents who are interested in partnering with RA to sell RA relocatable homes need to register on Buy NSW and submit a tender response.

After buyback homes are purchased by RA, they all need to be progressively removed from high flood risk areas to improve community safety and resilience to future flood events. 

RA intends to make as many buyback homes as possible available for relocation.

Our priority has always been to relocate and reuse, we have developed policies to support this. Where these options are not possible, homes will be assessed for demolition.  Where possible material will be recycled.

Any NSW Government funds remaining from the sale of relocatable buyback homes after costs, will be reinvested into the Resilient Homes Program as it continues to be rolled out across the region.