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

I am so glad to have lived here the past 5 years as the management team goes above and beyond to…read moremake sure we have what we need, when requested. Martha is the best manager and is open to all communications. She is friendly and understands many situations and open to working with you. Thank you to her staff and great maintenance team as well!

I lived in these apartments from 2012-2017 and had an overall great experience. The unit was…read morespacious and my bedroom had 2 closets. There was a lot of counter space in the kitchen and a separate little dining area. I lived near the front gate, however never heard noise or felt it was loud. Parking for guests could be difficult at times, however everything else was great for an apartment complex. I never had a single issue with bugs, the property itself was well maintained, and I never had any issues. I hope that 8 years later it is still being kept up and run in the same way!!

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.

Rancho Vallecitos Mobile Estates it's truly a gem mobile home park. The management is in tune to…read morethe residents, always The activities are boundless , monthly dinners, happy hours, Karaoke , Painting class, billiards, card games, ,weekly informal get together brown bag lunches, Craft club ,quilting club and you could go on and you would be occupied every day of the week or if you prefer the solace and peace of your own home. This is a very friendly resident park ambience, neighbors, helping neighbors and looking out for each other. The view from the poolside is magnificent , overlooking San Marcos and the surrounding hillsides There is a serene & safety atmosphere in the park. Again, I can't stress the importance of great management who make this the wonderful place to live. I have been here 5 1/2 years and this was probably the best places for me to settle in my senior years

I worked there for 3 days doing a demo on one of the mobile homes there. Let me just say this…read morecommunity is so quiet and peaceful. I parked wrong one morning , Patrick the head maint guy was on it , and super cool and respectful. I met some neighbors there too, really cool vibe at this community. The whole community is well groomed and very welcoming. I wish my mom or grandparents could live here

very unprofessional!!! the maintenence dual are not qualified to install gas meters could of…read morekilled people!!! gas leakage at three residents unbelievable.

I wish to submit a review for Chris Blankenship at ASPM, MADRID MANOR in San Marcos. Chris is and…read morehas always been very helpful. He is an asset for the company ASPM. I recommend this young man for his diligence and kindness.

Using Francis Taylor as our management company has been great!…read more Deciding to use them to manage our property 2 years ago was one of the best decisions we have made. We trust their expertise and look forward to continuing to work with them.

Very well run family owned business. If you are looking for a residential property manager in the…read moreEscondido area, give Ed at Francis Taylor Properties a call!

The community is like any other, the details from the common areas to the variety of apartment…read morestyles is mind blowing. An absolute must see!

Absolutely stunning property especially at night! The staff is incredible special shout out to…read moreMaribel, Justin and Brian they were all super helpful. Justin showed me around the amenities, and I ended up looking at the 1 bedroom. Overall I fell in love with the layout and the floor to ceiling windows!

Worst HOA manager ever--Maria. I lost a valuable item on the community property while visiting a…read morefriend. I contacted the HOA after to be told 48 hours later that I should just check with the resident. Maybe I should check with my friend? What does that even mean? Yeah, my friend knows my item including my wallet, IDs and credit cards are missing. Great, super helpful. Now would you like to do your job and ask security if my items were turned in? Maria--How about you get up off your lazy you-know-what and check with security or the clubhouse? Instead you provided the laziest and most insensitive reply possible when trying to recover lost valuables. I guess I'll go revisit and check with security myself since apparently you're paid to do nothing.

Beautiful, huge neighborhood with great views of the city below. You can see so much green from the…read moretrees below, and at some parts of the neighborhood you can see the ocean way off in the distance! This neighborhood is gated and there is a guard there most of the time. One time I came through there was no one there. The neighborhood has a pool and basketball court (at least one that I know of...not sure if there are more farther back).