Mountain Shadows Mobile Home Park

Mountain Shadows Mobile Home Park is a family owned park of 209 homes. The majority of homeowners here own both their home and land. The City of Escondido owns several mobile homes and rents them out to residents who qualify. Resident’s monthly HOA fees for June 2015 is around $ 179 per month. HOA fees include use of common area’s and trash pick up. Average winter utility bills including HOA fee, gas, electric and water is around $ 330 for most resident’s. Summer combined utility bill for most residents using their central air average $ 425 or higher. If you run you heater or central ²⁴⁄₇ your bill will be higher. The Club House was just remodeled. The pool and hot tub are very clean. Common areas have playgrounds for children and one tennis court. The manager and grounds keepers keep the inside of the park looking great. The manager and employee’s are very helpful and watch over the park during the day. Escondido public and private schools are within 10 to 15 minutes driving distance. Escondido has some of the best public and private schools in San Diego County. I would recommend you shop around and compare family owned mobile home parks. Mountain Shadows has a contract with a local towing company. Vehicles parked in fire lanes will be towed ²⁴⁄₇. The association also has security company to discourage crime. Most resident’s 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 is a community is made up of all nationalities. Mountain Shadows encourages all great families and single adults to join our community. I highly recommend this family park. Manufactured and mobile homes are not a great investment and don’t gain equity like a home. However, manufactured homes are much cheaper to purchase and affordable for a lot people. I have been a satisfied resident over 10 years now.

I am not a fan of the HOA. For one thing, the board insists on keeping a gate near my home nailed shut 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 and I 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.