I am not a fan of the HOA. For one thing, the board insists on keeping a gate near my home nailed…read moreshut because vandals will get into the park. The entrance to the park is a few yards down. I doubt that burglars will only use the gate for entry and not the main entrance. My husband and I are senior citizens without a car. We have to do a lot more walking to get to the bus without the use of the gate and it is unfair. I am about to have hip replacement surgery and it takes me two hours to get to the store. It would help a lot to be able to go through the gate. In addition, the management is wishy-washy about towing cars. Some cars get towed in the clubhouse parking lot and others do not. It depends on who your friends are, I guess. Two guys who constantly park there are not assets to the park. They used to be drug offenders and their kids grew up in foster care. The father threatened to kill my daughter when our puppy's barking woke him up from a nap. He lied to management and said the dog barked "day and night" and yet the dog lived in the house and slept under my covers. These are great people to grant special privileges to. Their cars are never towed but my son's was. For years, management had a dog park near the old tennis court. You unleashed your dog, the dog trotted across the lawn and then went out the hole in the back fence and onto the street. You did not notice this until the dog had already made his escape. Now that it is used as a park with picnic benches, the hole has been fixed. The back lot is now used for the dog run but if management comes in, they will leave the gate open so your dog can get out. Management (P & K Condo Management) tells me that if the dog is not trained, to not use the run. My dog IS trained but it hadn't occurred to me that the management would be so discourteous as to leave a gate open with an unleashed dog standing in front of it. I've always hated living here, but unfortunately, we are stuck. We'd have to pay more to live anywhere else and we can't afford it. I feel trapped and as if the HOA and management are the enemy. For me, Mountain Shadows Mobile Home Park is nothing but a prison. I would not recommend living here.

8/20/2019, I recently sold our home in Mountain Shadows Mobile Home Park. I recommend Mountain…read moreShadows Mobile Home Park because it is a safe place to live and affordable for families with or without children and adults. Mountain Shadows has 209 homes. Most homeowners own both their home and land. There are some properties which are rentals. The City of Escondido owns several mobile homes and leases them out to residents who qualify. P & K Property Management manages and collects the monthly combined monthly HOA and utility bills. Most of the residents pay their monthly HOA and utility bill online. Resident's monthly HOA fees for July 2019 are $179 per month. HOA fees include use of common areas, and trash pickup. Average winter combined utility bills including HOA fees, gas, electric, water and trash is around $330 for most residents. Summer combined HOA fees and utility bill for most residents using their central air average 24/7 range from $450 or higher. The community Club House was recently just remodeled. Our residents enjoy reserving and using the Club House for private parties. The pool and hot tub are maintained and clean. The common areas have nice playgrounds for children, one combined tennis and basketball court. There is also large area to walk your dogs. The manager and assistant groundskeeper keeps this park looking great. Most of the public and private schools in Escondido are within 5 to 15 minutes driving distance. The City of Escondido has some of the best public and private schools in California. All of our public high schools like San Pasqual High School, Escondido High School and Orange Glenn High School will prepare your children for college. Shop around and compare family owned mobile home parks. Mountain Shadows also has a contract with a local towing company that removes vehicles illegally parked in fire lanes 24/7. Our association has a security company that performs security checks around the clock to discourage crime. We are a mixed community of people from every nationality living side by side. Most residents in our community look out for each other. Every community has pro's and con's. There is no nirvana that I know of on this planet. Mountain Shadows welcomes families with or without children and adults to join our community. Manufactured and mobile homes are not a great investment. Manufactured homes don't increase in equity at the same rate as a traditional house or condo. However, manufactured homes are more affordable for a lot working and retired adults. You can purchase an older fixer upper mobile home that needs remodeling for about $150,000, used homes in good shape range starting at $250,000 and up. New manufactured homes here start around $350,000. Our family has lived in Mountain Shadows for over 14 years now. Our child graduated from San Pasqual High School and attends college now. I highly recommend Mountain Shadows to anyone who is looking for family friendly community that is safe and affordable.

One of the most well-kept mobile home parks in San Marcos. Privacy is a big thing here so no…read morepictures to show you. If you're looking for low income trailers this is not the place. Mainly because there are no trailers in this park most of these look like houses. Casitas del Sol is between two grocery stores and a freeway access that is virtually silent due to the giant cinderblock wall that keeps out of the noise. A fantastic heated swimming pool and Jacuzzi that is always clean and fresh year round. The residents seem friendly but this park is for 55 and older so sometimes you get strange 55 + attitude. That's okay, every neighborhood has it. I think it's mostly the land owners throwing shade because too many renters and low income folk have moved in. Nothing wrong with low income people, it's the renters that put less care into their living arrangement bringing the value down. The other 3 mobile home parks have turned into trailer parks it appears... Still Casitas del Sol is a great place to retire. I have lived here since 1990. I own my home and property because it's such a great place to live. Don't bring your kids - no renters!

We have moved here a month ago. We love it already. We have lived in California for 32 years in…read morethree different communities. We saw our neighbors to wave at but not really spoke to them. Everyone around us here knows our names and we know them. We talked to them. I am so happy to be here.

Updated review. I've now lived here for eight years. Scott, our new manager, is working WITH us and…read moreis supportive in trying to make this park even better than it was. Thanks, Scott!! The park has several green belts, only 88 homes, and all but 2 or 3 do not have stairs to enter the home. This is not your typical "concrete jungle" you see when driving through most parks. Neighbors are willing to help each other and there are many activities and options to "join in".

Westwinds is a clean, nice Manufactured home community. Nice residents, nice management.read more

I really appreciate the location it's close to all the schools and…read morestores. Also is kept very clean is quiet although I don't know most of my neighbors by name we smile and ackn each other. I feel safe and secure. I'm raising my grandson he's 16 he enjoys living here as well.

Litttle problematic supper cool to come and hangouttt under adult supervision. Wear a mask.read more

From the owner: We are a property management company that owns and operates mobile home and RV parks throughout…read moreNorthern, Central, and Southern California. We have been in business since 1988 with our corporate office located in Costa Mesa. Our portfolio currently consists of 28 properties and is still growing and plans to continue acquiring properties to this day.

I know people that have moved into Carefree Ranch and love it. It's really cool they have rentals…read moreand mobile homes for sale. That's a huge impact on helping people in California with double inflation and housing crisis. I'm about ready to look at one of their mobile homes the management is very friendly, very smart. I don't yet live there but I walk my dog there cause I enjoy the quiet. I've gotten to know some of the residents there as Kain and I walk through, but if you don't have good management, it doesn't matter whether it's an apartment, mobile home park or HOA condominiums it will fail. So my point here is you can drive through and see what you wanna see. But I'm saying there's great management and polite, courteous, respectful, response time is excellent, check it out

From the owner: We are a property management company that owns and operates mobile home and RV parks throughout…read moreNorthern, Central, and Southern California. We have been in business since 1988 with our corporate office located in Costa Mesa. Our portfolio currently consists of 28 properties and is still growing and plans to continue acquiring properties to this day.

This is a good place to live they need to follow the MRL rules 2019 hand book…read more Parking is a big Issue here once That's work out it be 5 stars

HOW IN THE HECK DID YOU GET RID OF WILMA? We are trying to do the same now that we have her at our…read morepark???She is very mean to the residents especially the Hispanics! She toes cars and trailers just because she finds any and every reason to be mean!

Wonderful place to live. My parents owned at LW now I do too. Wonderful place to own property…read morewonderful place to retire very nice people who live there I like that it's different levels higher and lower the nicer places are up higher the price range is from 100 to 600,000 Wonderful Pl.

I think this place is a little gem, personally. Our family lived right up the road and we never had…read moreany problems, with exception, of their tenants filling up our street parking-which was a bit irritating at times, but I know their parking is limited, so I understand to a certain extent. They keep it nice out front with the gardening. Nice and green. Cute name, too.

The power has gone out on Sept. 7th and Sept 8th in 2024. Since Memorial Day in 2024 unti now when…read moreI am typing this, we have had the water off multiple times, the electricity off multiple times and the gas shut off. Somehow, the space rent keeps increasing annually. The owners of this park should fix this. It has never improved since I moved in. Other reviews share a similar story.