Park place in sebastian florida is a 55+ community with about 600 homes that charges $722/mo lot rent. this lot rent is something you pay regularly for the community facilities and amenities, after purchasing the manufactured home on the lot owned by sun communities. for the past year the community has been undergoing renovations that have significantly reduced the facilities/amenities provide to the point of having zero facilities/amenities available yet we are still forced to pay the full lot rent! for the months of june, july, and part of august we had zero facilities available, no pool during the hottest florida months. the management said they they didn't want to shut down the pool in the winter because the "snow birds" would complain. there is very little consideration of the year-round residents regarding most matters. I did some homework and found that under florida statutes there is a provision for implementing a reduced monthly lot rent commensurate with the reduction in facilities/amenities provided by the mobile home park owner e. g. sun communities. when I brought this up to park management I was told that I had better keep paying the full lot rent or eviction will ensue! what a rip off! when I contacted sun communities corporate office I was told that the no one was available to address my concern but that I could leave a message and someone would get back to me... no one contacted me. sun communities is just another corporation taking advantage of the physically and financially frailest demographic! the corporations can blatantly violate contracts, disregard state statutes, and rip off vulnerable populations with no negative repercussions while while the individual who is being violated has little recourse. this is truly criminal activity. the majority of residents here do not have the physical energy, financial resources, or legal acumen necessary to exercise any recourse that may be available. i'm looking to get out from under the thumb of the sun communities corporation and strongly advise anyone exploring 55+ communities to steer clear of this corporation.
