| If you're retiring and wanting to downsize your | | | | and rules about the appearance of the properties. |
| living arrangement, a mobile home park may not | | | | Generally these rules are reasonable and serve to |
| be on your list of areas to check out. Mobile | | | | make the appearance of the park a pleasure for |
| home parks sometimes conjure up images of | | | | all who live there. |
| dirty streets and cluttered yards - not anywhere | | | | 4. Quiet |
| a person who is house- and community-proud | | | | Let's face it - most people love and have raised |
| would want to live. However, mobile home parks | | | | kids, but sometimes they want to live in a quieter |
| are changing to meet the demands of a growing | | | | environment. Living in an adult community means |
| demographic who want quiet, well-maintained | | | | that you don't have to wake up to the chatter of |
| communities where they can live in peace. Due to | | | | schoolgoers in the morning. This doesn't mean |
| this transition, here are six great reasons to | | | | that you can't have your grandchildren over to |
| consider an upscale mobile home community: | | | | visit; it means that when they go home, you can |
| 1. Affordability | | | | relax and reflect on the sweet sound of silence. |
| Mobile homes are affordable, with a low initial cost | | | | That and not tripping over rollerblades outside are |
| and upkeep. The park usually takes care of major | | | | definite benefits to adult communities that many |
| area maintenance, leaving you to care only for | | | | people appreciate! |
| your home and its immediate environs. This | | | | 5. Security |
| means that you have to spend less time, effort | | | | Many upscale mobile home parks are gated, but |
| and money paying for and keeping up your home. | | | | this is not the only reason that they are more |
| Spend your money on your hobbies or travel! The | | | | secure. Smaller communities, especially those |
| bonus of the new wave of mobile home | | | | formed for people of similar interests and goals, |
| ownership by the well-to-do means that a mobile | | | | are closer knit than today's sprawling collections of |
| home in a luxury resort is a good investment for | | | | houses. People are more likely to notice if |
| your money. | | | | strangers hang around or if suspicious activity is |
| 2. Luxury | | | | going on. They are also more likely to be |
| Did you just see the word, "luxury" in regards to | | | | proactive by confronting suspicious people or |
| mobile homes? Yep. The demand for more | | | | calling the police. Crime is low in these |
| upscale housing has turned the entire mobile home | | | | communities, due to the lifestyles of the people |
| industry around. Today's modern homes look like | | | | who move here. |
| luxurious houses instead of boxes on the outside. | | | | 6. Community |
| On the inside, plush carpeting, hardwood floors, | | | | It's wonderful to live where you know your |
| modern fixtures and spacious designs make these | | | | neighbors and share interests. A specially-designed |
| homes very comfortable residences. New laws | | | | mobile home park allows these connections to be |
| concerning mobile home construction are also | | | | made easily and swiftly. With many quality mobile |
| changing the design of these dwellings into | | | | home communities investing in social centers for |
| buildings with solid construction of quality materials. | | | | their residents and group activities, it's easy to |
| The face of adult-oriented mobile home parks, | | | | stay active and interested in your community and |
| too, is changing, with many being designed to | | | | make new friends. Community is something we |
| meet the needs of active retirees by installing | | | | can all appreciate and benefit from and choosing a |
| swimming pools, fitness complexes, clubhouses, | | | | community that encourages community spirit is an |
| community center activities and other desirable | | | | excellent way to support this. |
| amenities. | | | | If you are looking for the above amenities in your |
| 3. Appearance | | | | next home, try visiting an upscale mobile home |
| It's hard to watch unmaintained houses and | | | | park. Mobile home parks are changing to meet the |
| messy yards in your neighborhood give it a | | | | needs of people who want more from the |
| trashy appearance and lower property values. | | | | communities they invest in. Upscale parks are |
| This is especially difficult if you have worked hard | | | | challenging the stigma of the term "mobile home |
| to keep your property clean and your house in | | | | park" with quality residences and standards that |
| good repair. One of the attractions of a luxury | | | | uphold community values. You may be pleasantly |
| park is that there is maintenance of the grounds | | | | surprised with what you see. |