Mobile home park in Irvine?

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I believe there's one off Jefferey & Walnut for old people



<a href="http://www.trulia.com/property/1052037888-14851-Jeffrey-Rd-167-Irvine-CA-92618">for example</a>





and one off Irvine Blvd





<a href="http://www.trulia.com/property/1050508479-5200-Irvine-Blvd-277-Irvine-CA-92620">example 2</a>



<a href="http://www.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?ctid=12221&typ=8&sid=73b07c1d0d8d4d8cbc147860461d36c7&pg=3&lid=1095732893&lsn=23&srcnt=23#Detail">wow, $447,000 for a trailer in Irvine!</a>
 
<a href="http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/136/organize.html">UCI</a> used to have one for low income students, but it was shut down.
 
Finding a mobile home park in Irvine is rare. Mobile home parks are often located in less desirable area and cities like El Toro, Stanton, Buena Park, Garden Grove, Westminster, Santa Ana, and Anaheim. The several Irvine mobile home locations were established way back then when Irvine was not considered desirable and land economic made sense for such projects.



Finding a mobile home park in Irvine is like asking for a trailer park next to the water with the wider side of the home facing the ocean. (sarcasm)



People have found loopholes in the City of Irvine. You can park a habitable RV on the street but only for a duration limited by the parking ordinance. One can park a RV in a commercial retail center (private property) as long as the owner of the center don't mind. Park in strip retail centers in Irvine with numerous tenants and no one really has the authority to call for the towing of a RV parked at a discreet location and not interfering with convenient customers parkings.



Parking spaces farthest from the stores or at the back of the center are always vacant and no one really cares. RV parking is really hard to enforced and one could claims he is going to market when confronted. If one is being confronted then just move to another strip mall location. Do not park at a busy shopping center center where the parking is at a premium like the Spetrum or centers employing guards for safety enforcement.



There is a RV parked at the side of the loading dock by Sears Essentials in Tustin. I have seen it at the same spot for 2 years along Tustin Ranch Road.





[quote author="irvine" date=1209715174]I am looking to get an affordable place in irvine like a mobile home.



Does any knows if there's any mobile home park in Irvine?</blockquote>
 
[quote author="irvinehousingblog" date=1209718153]i need one that's not for Senior Only.</blockquote>


sorry ihb - it doesn't exists in irvine. i was getting ready to make a crack about our one 7-11 and two arco stations but i'll resist.
 
<blockquote>Finding a mobile home park in Irvine is like asking for a trailer park next to the water with the wider side of the home facing the ocean. (sarcasm) </blockquote>


Ahhh...remember <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/national/02laguna.html">El Morro</a>? Back in the days when PCH was only one lane each direction and before the bluffs along the highway had been converted into mountains of McMansions?



I'm afraid you are 20 years too late, <strong>irvinehousingblog</strong>.
 
people told me the closest thing to own a home is to own a mobile home.

i was just trying to find an affordable place in irvine.



i guess i can just keep renting.
 
sacrenter, i remember el morro fairly well. there used to be several of these trailer parks along pch back in the day. think of mel gibsons home in the lethal weapon movies (filmed at el morro beach, i believe.) over time this highly desirable beach front property has been slowly converted into more profitable uses if on private land. the montage resort in laguna beach sits land once occupied by the treasure island rv park. and in the example of el morro and crystal cove, the land is state-owned and recently converted into camp grounds.



residents fought the conversions tooth and nail, usually trotting out in front of the media some old lady who lived in one of the trailers her entire life and was now getting displaced. of course most of these trailers were owned by wealthy families who basically had ultra-cheap beach front vacation homes.



when land under san clemente's palm beach rv park was recently put up for sale, the residents initially cried foul. "oh no, how can you kick out us po' trailer folk from our homes?!?!" fortunately the lease obtained by the park residents in the early 90s granted them first right of refusal. so the forster family, the original ranch owners of what is now san clemente, said ONE MILLION BUCKS each and you can stay in your trailers. most of the residents coughed up. po' trailer folk indeed.
 
Just say no to mobile homes. You are still leasing the land underneath. If your lease becomes unaffordable, then you either have to move the (not so mobile) home to a new place, or try to unload the home to someone else who will also be ok with the lease. I think they are much harder to sell at a price that is break even or a profit.
 
The reason trailer parks do NOT work here is because of the land. That's why you see 450K-1M Trailers.



They are anything but cheap housing.
 
If you are looking for something affordable, <a href="http://www.ci.irvine.ca.us/depts/cd/planningactivities/affordablehse/default.asp">you might see what the city has to offer.</a>
 
like eva said, you are pretty much at the mercy of the landlord. there are two types of mobile home parks. ones in very undesirable locations where you don't want to live. and ones in very desirable locations where you will get screwed when the landlord realizes how valuable the land has become. that's when your lease goes through the roof or you get booted outright. that is what happened with almost all the mobile home parks along pch before there was a huge premium on coastal living.



the home itself is pretty much a loss. the resale value is next to nothing.
 
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