Occupants have been warned they have two years to spruce up their homes as part of an effort to ``lift the standard of the park''.

Up to 30 permanent residents, including retirees, could be affected.

In a letter to residents last week, the caravan park's management, Ponderosa Investments, advised that within two years ``all dwellings must meet the required minimum standards to be eligible to remain in the park''.

A list of seven standards relating to the site size and type of dwellings and how they are presented and maintained are set out in the letter.

One of the standards states ``caravans will not be an acceptable form of dwelling for long term residents''.

But Village Caravan Park resident Craig Lawrence said he and many others could not afford to relocate, alter their dwellings or purchase a new home to meet the standards.

``For me it means losing my home and everything I have worked for,'' he said.

``A lot of people don't have the money to relocate.

``What would happen if pensioners had spent their life saving to set up here?''

Mr Lawrence has been living at the park for about two years in a caravan which has three aluminium annexes.

Last year Mr Lawrence spent thousands of dollars to have a bathroom installed in one of the annexes, which he says cannot be relocated.

He said the resale value of his caravan would be affected because it would have to be removed from the site.

Mr Lawrence said he had looked for a house but none were in his price range and he had ``no idea'' where he would go when he could no longer live at the caravan park.

``The local gutter, a bus shelter, I don't know where I'd go,'' he said.

``We'll probably be able to find somewhere to stay short term.

``I'll survive, I just don't think they should be able to do this to us without compensation.''

Although the letter advises the process is part of ``ongoing improvements'' to the park, Mr Lawrence said the letter was the first he had heard of the changes.