hotjag1 wrote:
I read the same article. My guess is that the new owner will double the space rent and hope that the tenants will vacate voluntarily. I'm also guessing that he actually wants the land for a hotel or condos.
We stayed at the Islander RV park for a couple of months this winter and the price for a waterfront view site was $675 a month plus electric.
We ended up getting a really good deal on a home on a large lot with a great view of the lake and mountains for the same amount per month as the RV space.
It was an easy decision to have a home for the same price as what we were paying for a 40' x 60' RV site.
When we were looking for a home in Havasu at the beginning of last year, we had just left the annual Quartzsite RV event and, needed a space at ANY RV PARK in Lake Havasu. Well, due to the amount of Snow Birds that "nest" in Havasu for the winter season, spaces in just about any park, are, to say the least, few and far between.
We ended up staying at the Islander for four days, while we drove by and, looked at, over 50 homes for sale. We had to move, every day because folks were still coming in for snow birding. We needed a site for two more days, to check out the last of the homes for sale. They gave us a water front spot that was vacant for those two days.
Yeoooooowwwww! $100.00 per night, just because it was a water front sight. Well, we took it because we needed a place to stay. We were at the time, unaware of the State Parks "over flow area" at the time or, we'd have moved to there. $100.00 a night is pure ridiculous and even if we'd not found a home, we wouldn't be staying in that park or, Beachcomber. To each his own. When you're renting in some of those over-glorified trailer parks, you're at the mercy of whomever owns them. There's a plan to kick out many or all, of the mobile home owners on Mission Bay in San Diego too. It's been in the workings for quite some time now. But those owners are running into some static over there.
The state park has some outstanding sights. You're not nearly as close to each other as you are in the other parks. And, it's seriously cheaper than those other ones too. The only draw back, you only get 14 days at a stretch. If we didn't live here now, and we wanted to stay in Havasu, we'd definitely set it up way in advance for spaces at the State Park.
I read all that stuff too. I don't know what kind of tactical plan those big spenders have. I do know that half that town is GONE during the heated months so, if they plan on building any new hotels etc. on that island, they're going to see some serious vacancies, just like the other hotels at Havasu during those times. We've driven by many of the hotels during the hot months and, there's not many customers cars in the parking lots, weekdays or, weekends.
And, even during the normal weekdays and weekends in the winter months, there's tons of vacancies. They do a good business when there's a large event, for a weekend but, the following week, etc, it's back to empty parking lots for the most part. Oh, there will be some travelers here and there but, no filled parking lots, week after week, like you see in busier cities.
Scott
