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 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.

Still a wonderful place to being your significant other or significant other-other…read more Friendly service with delicious food and strong drinks. You can plan ahead and even step things up a notch with adding rose pedals and a candle to make things a bit more romantic. Be sure to request the window seat, thank me later. If you're not here for the food, their happy hours are amazing. Be back soon.

Great place to live, but maintenance was lackluster and sometimes downright unpleasant. We had a…read moremassive amount of issues right off the bat. We had to have our fridge, washer and dryer replaced. They should have replaced our sliding glass door because that barely worked as well. I think due to the number of problems we had, maintenance became irritated shortly after. Well, I can't really do anything about our washer/dryer suddenly not working or the fridge freezing everything in there. Oh, and when our washer was replaced shortly after moving in, maintenance forgot to hook up the hose. So guess what beautiful surprise we got after running a load? A magical pond towards the back of our apartment. In addition, our AC went out over the summer once, and it took months to finally discover the problem. During that time, we received electricity bills upward of $475 per month due to the condenser fan running with no AC coming out. We had no idea. A very bizarre experience that ended up getting fixed after the umpteenth person came and looked at it. Kudos to management for bringing HVAC specialists out. It just took forever to get fixed, and we lost tons of money that summer due to the issue. We also had plumbing and other problems pop up, and it got to the point where maintenance was so impertinent I had anxiety about bringing them into the apartment, so I asked my husband to fix things instead. Thankfully he was able to. On a positive note, the grounds are lovely, and you can't get everything you get here at other apartments unless you're paying a ton more. The rent prices are great. The front desk staff were always friendly and pretty responsive.

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!!

My dad lives here and it is fantastic. All of the staff is amazing and friendly. I eat there every…read moreweek and the food is fantastic with large portions allowing you to split your food into two meals. My dad enjoys the monthly trips and daily exercise classes.

I moved here after several years at a pricey CCRC nearby. CLSM is resident owned and managed and it…read moreshows in the attention to detail and obvious pride of ownership. The food is amazing! Owning my condo and paying half of the monthly fees as before will save me hundreds of thousands, and prevent billionaire CCRC owners from reaching further into my pocket. Be sure to understand the difference between CCRCs, monthly retirement communities, and equity ownership before you make the leap.

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!

First, the reason that this is not a 1 star is because Brian gets his own. We love Brian as he…read moreshowed us around and was able to help us pick out the right apartment that was accommodating to our prices and our situation. He was super sweet and allowed us to ask as many questions as possible. Now.. we got to speak with some of the other staff and we were surprised how rude some of them were. If you have any issues with your apartment.. Maribel is NOT the one to go to. She will speak to you like you have no idea what you're talking about and will flip the situation onto you as if you were the one who built the apartment. Justin's cool too though. I also had an interaction with one of the security, he was quite rude. I'm also a little confused as to why the study rooms close at exactly 10pm, I understand the pool and game room but is there anyway to allow study rooms to stay open a little longer. Also please, if you are able to add a couple trash cans I think we would all appreciate it !

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

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.