Cheap lot rental/mobile homes Sarasota/Tampa (Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda: rentals, condos)

[pghresto]

We are looking to retire and live in Florida in the winter months. However all the lot fees we've seen are high by our standards. Any cheap lot rentals around these areas. I consider 450.00 to be high, when you have to pay for a mobile home on top of this 450. charge.

[d4g4m]

There is no such thing as 'cheap' lot rental for a mobile home lot from Tampa to Punta Gorda. $450 would be considered a deal, since most are over $500 You would be much better off looking at homes in resident owned parks were the monthly maint fee runs $100 to $190 a month and you own a share in the park, but you will pay RE taxes. The RE taxes would still be less than owning nothing and paying over $6000 a year in lot rent.

[atroxanautin]

Originally Posted by d4g4m

There is no such thing as 'cheap' lot rental for a mobile home lot from Tampa to Punta Gorda. $450 would be considered a deal, since most are over $500 You would be much better off looking at homes in resident owned parks were the monthly maint fee runs $100 to $190 a month and you own a share in the park, but you will pay RE taxes. The RE taxes would still be less than owning nothing and paying over $6000 a year in lot rent.

Also... owning the lot means its not likely to be redevoloped 15 years down the road and you're stuck with no place to go.

[PaulaC]

I am no expert, but having lived in the area for a long time, why wouldn't you buy a 1 BR condo and have less expenses than even a mobile home park? Perhaps I am way off base, but if I were going to spend any kind of money for anything, I would rather have a condo that I could at least sell sometime in the future. Sabel Palms condos along 75th Street are still pretty reasonable. In the long run, they may hold more value than a trailer. Excuse me, but a "mobile home" is a trailer, no matter how you want to twist it - No pun intended. If you can afford a mobile home for 6 months a year, you can afford a 1 BR condo all year. I have been in the property management business in FL for a very long time (20+ years) and I would never have a mobile home under any conditions. Just something to consider.

[d4g4m]

A few point to address.
I forgot to mention that you can not get kicked out of a resident owned park. After Hurricane Charley, the remaining residents of Victoria Estates on Rampart Bl in Port Charlotte were given 16 months to get out. The resident owned park next to them PC-Village rebuilt and it's better than ever.
As far as mobiles homes being unsafe or mobile. Any manufactured home built after 1986 is a permanent structure. And any manufactured home built after 1998 is built and anchored to withstand 130mph winds and are safer to be in than any normal built house that was built before 1994. You can not tell the difference between a new manufactured, modular home compared to a small normal built house. I don't live in a manufactured home but I also wouldn't want to live in a 1 bed condo where I had to listen to my neighbors TV and barking dog and had only 1 front and 1 rear window.

[Florida_Mom_27]

I would also say buy/rent a condo. There's tons of them.

[dave97]

Originally Posted by PaulaC

I am no expert, but having lived in the area for a long time, why wouldn't you buy a 1 BR condo and have less expenses than even a mobile home park? Perhaps I am way off base, but if I were going to spend any kind of money for anything, I would rather have a condo that I could at least sell sometime in the future. Sabel Palms condos along 75th Street are still pretty reasonable. In the long run, they may hold more value than a trailer. Excuse me, but a "mobile home" is a trailer, no matter how you want to twist it - No pun intended. If you can afford a mobile home for 6 months a year, you can afford a 1 BR condo all year. I have been in the property management business in FL for a very long time (20+ years) and I would never have a mobile home under any conditions. Just something to consider.

So, Paula, you are saying that, in comparison to a mobile home which can easily be had for under $10,000 in certain areas, a condo with comparable living quarters can be had for how little? I'm curious, as a newbee shopper.