Candlelight Estates MHC: mobile home park in Gainesville, Florida
Unofficial page — independent directory built from the Florida state registry, updated July 2026.
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A 80-space mobile home park in Gainesville, FL. County records put it on 11.9 acres, built in 2020.
The surrounding town is well wired: about 100% of homes can reach 100/20 Mbps. This isn't a flood-zone property — FEMA's map has it in zone X, outside the special hazard area. The nearest basics run 0–1 miles, a real but manageable drive rather than a walk. At 80 spaces, this mobile home park is a fair-sized operation to run water and rent billing across.
- Size
- 80 spaces · 8th largest of 12 in Alachua County (median 171)
- Size vs the state
- Larger than about 55% of Florida's registered parks
- Land
- 11.9 acres · about 6.7 lots per acre · built 2020
- Rent nearby
- 2-bedroom fair market rent $1,493/mo (HUD FY 2026)
- Flood zone
- N/A — outside the mapped floodplain
- Wildfire risk
- Higher than 81% of U.S. counties (USFS, county-wide)
- Tornadoes
- 45 recorded in Alachua County since 1950, strongest F2 (NOAA)
- Nearest
- Grocery 0.3 mi · pharmacy 0.8 mi · clinic 1.1 mi
- School & ER
- W. A. Metcalfe Elementary School 0.4 mi · Uf Health Shands Hospital (ER) 2.8 mi
- Internet
- 100% of homes at 100/20 Mbps · fiber 34% · gigabit 51%
- Neighborhood
- Median rent $1,092/mo · median income $31,000 · 1% mobile homes
Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Internet and neighborhood figures describe the surrounding town — and the rent benchmark, wildfire rank, and tornado count the wider county — not this park’s own lots. The fair market rent is apartment-style rent (HUD’s area benchmark), not this park’s lot rent. Rent limits are not legal advice.
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Worth knowing
Gainesville is a mid-size Florida city, home to about 140,000 people. 7 other registered parks lie within about 10 miles.
For residents
- Water billing: if your park submeters water, Florida bills it at the cost of service with the combined service charge capped at 9% (§367.022(9)) — there's no markup on the water itself. Check the math free with the water submeter calculator, or read the Florida water-billing guide.
- Paying rent: ask the park office how they take payment. Parks that run on Lot Sidekick hand residents clear, itemized rent and water bills.
- Thinking about moving here? What to ask a park before you rent a lot, and what lot rent covers and how it goes up.
Common questions
How many spaces does Candlelight Estates MHC have?
Candlelight Estates MHC has 80 total spaces per the Florida park registry (as of July 22, 2026).
Is this Candlelight Estates MHC's official website or phone number?
No. This is Candlelight Estates MHC's page in the Lot Sidekick park directory, built from the state registry. We're independent of the park and can't take messages for it. The park office hasn't added a public contact here yet; if you own the park, claiming the page (free) lets you add one.
Where is Candlelight Estates MHC?
1600 NE 13th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32601, in Alachua County.
How much is lot rent at Candlelight Estates MHC?
Candlelight Estates MHC doesn't publish its lot rent anywhere we could find, and we won't guess at a figure. Call the park office to ask. For scale: HUD's FY 2026 fair market rent for a 2-bedroom rental around Alachua County is $1,493/mo — that's apartment-style rent for the area, and lot rent (the ground under a home you own) usually runs well below it. If you run this park, you can add your real lot rent to this page for free.
How much can lot rent go up at Candlelight Estates MHC?
Florida has no statewide cap on lot rent, but Chapter 723 requires 90 days' written notice (Statute §723.037), and an increase justified by comparable parks must be disclosed — residents can request mediation.
Nearby parks in Alachua County
| Park | Distance | Spaces |
|---|---|---|
| Lamplighter Mobile Home Park | ~2.7 mi | 273 |
| Brittany Estates | ~2.9 mi | 185 |
| Paradise Trailer Park | ~3.1 mi | 43 |
| Whitney Mobile Home Park | ~5.4 mi | 206 |
| Westgate Mobile Manor | ~7.1 mi | 157 |
Park value estimate
Alachua County assesses this park at $2.1M — about $26,000 per space. The median across 6 other assessed parks in the county is $25,000 per space, so this one sits in the middle of the county range.
These are county assessments for tax purposes, not a market appraisal and not an asking price. A park's real value turns on its rent roll, its expenses and its utilities — none of which are in a public record.
Free tools
- Park value & profitability estimator: what a 80-space park earns and what it's worth, at the cap rate you pick.
- Rent increase calculator: the 2026 Florida cap applied to a 80-space park.
- RUBS calculator: split one master-meter water bill across 80 lots so the pennies add up exactly.
- Water submeter calculator: two meter reads in, an at-cost tenant bill out.
- Notice generator: a clean, printable rent-increase notice with the dates filled in.
- Rent receipt generator: a printable receipt for a cash, check, or money-order payment — two copies to a sheet.
- Prorated rent calculator: the exact first-month charge when someone moves in mid-cycle.
Registry record
| State registry ID | PRMZ000232 |
|---|---|
| Registered with | The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation |
| Listed as | CANDLELIGHT ESTATES MHC |
Data from official state registry that may be out of date.
Source: Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation mobile home park registrations (myfloridalicense.com), as of July 22, 2026. Counts come from the state's registry and can lag real life. See something out of date? Tell us, or claim the page.
https://lotsidekick.com/parks/florida/alachua/candlelight-estates-mhc