Side O Lake MHC LLC: mobile home park in Gowen, Michigan
Unofficial page — independent directory built from the Michigan state registry, updated July 2026.
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At 45 spaces, this mobile home park is a fair-sized operation to run water and rent billing across. The nearest basics run 6–7 miles, a real but manageable drive rather than a walk. This isn't a flood-zone property — FEMA's map has it in zone X, outside the special hazard area.
- Size
- 45 spaces · 48th largest of 54 in Kent County (median 157)
- Size vs the state
- Larger than about 21% of Michigan's registered parks
- Rent nearby
- 2-bedroom fair market rent $1,531/mo (HUD FY 2026)
- Flood zone
- N/A — outside the mapped floodplain
- Wildfire risk
- Higher than 11% of U.S. counties (USFS, county-wide)
- Tornadoes
- 44 recorded in Kent County since 1950, strongest F5 (NOAA)
- Nearest
- Grocery 6.2 mi · pharmacy 6.6 mi · clinic 7 mi
- School & ER
- Lincoln Heights Elem School 5.1 mi · Sheridan Community Hospital (ER) 13 mi
- Neighborhood
- Median rent $1,044/mo · median income $79,000 · 18% 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
Gowen is a rural community about 25 miles northeast of Grand Rapids (about 200,000 people). 5 other registered parks lie within about 10 miles.
For residents
- Water billing: Michigan requires a park to measure water use accurately and consistently before it can bill for it separately — billing for water without metering is an unfair practice — and suspected water-tariff violations get referred to the Public Service Commission (MCL 125.2328). Check the math free with the water submeter calculator.
- 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 Side O Lake MHC LLC have?
Side O Lake MHC LLC has 45 total spaces per the Michigan park registry (as of July 23, 2026).
Is this Side O Lake MHC LLC's official website or phone number?
No. This is Side O Lake MHC LLC'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 Side O Lake MHC LLC?
15301 Lakeshore Drive NE, Gowen, Michigan 49326, in Kent County.
How much is lot rent at Side O Lake MHC LLC?
Side O Lake MHC LLC 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 Kent County is $1,531/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 Side O Lake MHC LLC?
Michigan has no mobile-home-specific rent law — no cap on the amount, and no dedicated notice period. A lot-rent increase is treated like any change to a month-to-month tenancy under Michigan's general statute (MCL 554.134), so check what your own lease requires.
Nearby parks in Kent County
| Park | Distance | Spaces |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Pines Resort Inc | ~1.2 mi | 156 |
| Oakfield Mobile Home Park, LLC | ~6.4 mi | 22 |
| Lakeside MHC LLC | ~9.8 mi | 67 |
| Cedar Springs Associates, LLC | ~11 mi | 216 |
| The Oaks of Rockford MHC LLC | ~12 mi | 522 |
Free tools
- Park value & profitability estimator: what a 45-space park earns and what it's worth, at the cap rate you pick.
- Rent increase calculator: the 2026 Michigan cap applied to a 45-space park.
- RUBS calculator: split one master-meter water bill across 45 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 | 1201983 |
|---|---|
| Registered with | The Michigan Manufactured Housing Commission (LARA) |
| Listed as | SIDE O LAKE MHC LLC |
Data from official state registry that may be out of date.
Source: Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) manufactured home community licenses (aca-prod.accela.com), as of July 23, 2026. Counts come from the state's registry and can lag real life. See something out of date? Tell us, or claim the page.
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