Lamplighter/Los Coches Manufactured Home Community, Lakeside CA

I have friends at the park, and they have been residents for a few decades. I have visited the park many times.
The parking and lighting are major problems. There are inadequate spaces and poor lighting in the complex to park my vehicle at night.
It is a major safety hazard for me as I have to find a spot and usually it's in a dark area. I am a senior citizen and require safe parking and adequate lighting to avoid stumbling and falling.
I've tripped many times parking with the inadequate lighting.

**I am a current resident of the park** This community is 50 years old and it shows. We have multiple infrastructure failures each year which are increasing each year. Management has reduced their managing hours, clubhouse availability, proper maintenance of common area grounds, streets, perimeter walls, tree maintenance and dry brush buildup. There is no longer an on-site assistant manager and the manager does not work on weekends or after 3pm during the week. The park is plagued with massive gopher destruction throughout the entire park. Causing costly landscaping damage upon residents as a result of their failure to maintain and effectively erradicate the pests from vacant land and non resident areas. Instead they put the responsibility and cost of treatment upon its residents to attempt to cure the problem. The main park amenities have not been handicap updated and are not ADA compliant for handicapped persons. There is no security and poor lighting at night has encouraged thefts and vagrants. This is a family park with no playground or facilities for kids to play at. Embankments have been denied water causing hill stabilizing and erosion issues to become dangerous and unsightly. Management however has made a huge investment in solar setup to further increase their profits, which after one year now is still not up and running. There have been multiple closures of the pool area due to improper pool & spa treatments as there is no professional pool company balancing & cleaning pool and spa. Management has updated and added all kinds of unreasonable rules and expectations. If I would have known the path and decline of this community 21 years ago, I would have purchased a brand new home in a better staffed and maintained park. I do not recommend buying a home in this park.

I would completely recommend this park! There are a few people here that think they should run the place, but they're NOT equipped to handle it. Yes, there are items that are being worked on in stages and it WILL take some time to make it all perfect. Just like in real life, infrastructure needs to be improved. I've been here for over 5 years and I looked at a lot of places before moved in. This is by far the BEST place out there. You will always have someone complain, because that's how they are in life.
Not to point out anyone in particular, but this place is very well kept. The pictures of the "overgrown" shrubs, grass, etc, are like this because of the upgrades being done, and equipment storage. I say, if you don't like it here, MOVE OUT! We want only nice people in this park, not bullies! My 2 cents. FYI, the manager is great! She always listens to our concerns. Maybe it's because we don't constantly complain? Hmmm (my opinion).

Owner is reluctant to proactively make much needed repairs. They are also reluctant to reinvest profits of their $1.4 million in profits to modernize and update this 50 year old park. The park has deteriorated significantly in the last 10 years. Residents have seen their rents go up year after year while the overall condition of the community has declined. As a result of not maintaining the park properly, residents homes, property and lives were put at risk of fire due to massive dry brush buildup. The fire marshal had to get involved after owner & management refused to respond to resident concerns over the matter. The abatement took about 6 months as they failed to hire appropriate help to complete the work quicker.

The property is not ADA compliant. The pool area is not accessible for someone who is handicapped. Management is always slow to respond for maintance issues.

This place is great! Management is awesome. The people complaining, Karen, Krista and Richard, can leave the park if they don't like it. There are other places to live. Quit complaining because Karen told you too. It doesn't look good on either of you.

Nice! Quiet and clean park. There's hardly any parking space for visitors