Hidden Forest Homes: mobile home park in Painted Post, New York
Unofficial page — independent directory built from the New York state registry, updated July 2026.
Space available27 of 112 spaces reported vacant, July 2026
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A 112-space mobile home park in Painted Post, NY. The park runs its own regulated water system, so it — not a city utility — supplies and is accountable for the water at each lot. County records put it on 49.8 acres, built in 1967.
The surrounding town is well wired: about 100% of homes can reach 100/20 Mbps, much of it fiber. The nearest basics run 5–6 miles, a real but manageable drive rather than a walk. At 112 spaces, this manufactured home park currently reports 27 open — more room to move in than a park sitting at capacity.
- Size
- 112 spaces · 3th largest of 49 in Steuben County (median 20)
- Size vs the state
- Larger than about 88% of New York's registered parks
- Vacancies
- 27 reported
- Land
- 49.8 acres · about 2.2 lots per acre · built 1967
- Rent nearby
- 2-bedroom fair market rent $1,081/mo (HUD FY 2026)
- Wildfire risk
- Higher than 20% of U.S. counties (USFS, county-wide)
- Tornadoes
- 9 recorded in Steuben County since 1950, strongest F1 (NOAA)
- Water
- Own public system (well) · EPA NY5000747
- Nearest
- Grocery 5.4 mi · pharmacy 6.1 mi · clinic 4.7 mi
- School & ER
- Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany Boces 2.7 mi · Corning Hospital (ER) 11 mi
- Internet
- 100% of homes at 100/20 Mbps · fiber 71% · gigabit 71%
- Neighborhood
- Median rent $1,128/mo · median income $89,000 · 10% 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.
Looking for the office number? Their Google Maps listing may have it →
Worth knowing
This park runs its own regulated public water system (EPA id NY5000747), drawing from its own groundwater well. The system reports serving about 220 residents through 110 service connections.
Painted Post is a rural community about 20 miles northwest of Elmira (about 26,000 people). 16 other registered parks lie within about 10 miles.
For residents
- Water billing: New York requires water and utility charges in a manufactured home park to be reasonably related to the actual cost of service, not a profit center (RPL §233(g)). 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 Hidden Forest Homes have?
Hidden Forest Homes has 112 total spaces per the New York park registry (as of July 22, 2026), with 27 reported vacant.
Is this Hidden Forest Homes's official website or phone number?
No. This is Hidden Forest Homes'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 Hidden Forest Homes?
4759 Taft Road, Painted Post, New York 14870, in Steuben County.
How much is lot rent at Hidden Forest Homes?
Hidden Forest Homes 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 Steuben County is $1,081/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 Hidden Forest Homes?
New York requires at least 90 days' written notice before a lot-rent increase, and any increase above 3% can be challenged in court as unjustified — with a 6% ceiling absent court-approved hardship relief (Real Property Law §§233(g), 233-b).
Where does the water at Hidden Forest Homes come from?
Hidden Forest Homes operates its own public water system, registered with the EPA as NY5000747 ("HIDDEN FOREST HOMES INC"). That means the park — not a city utility — supplies and is accountable for the water at each lot. You can look up its monitoring and compliance record by that id in the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System.
Nearby parks in Steuben County
| Park | Distance | Spaces | Vacant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stokes Mobile Home Park | ~0.8 mi | 17 | 3 |
| Seagers Mobile Home Park | ~2 mi | 23 | 6 |
| McIntire Trailer Park | ~2.1 mi | 15 | 4 |
| Colonial Coach V | ~2.7 mi | 30 | 14 |
| Colonial Coach IV | ~2.7 mi | 79 | 38 |
Park value estimate
The New York State assessment roll puts this park at $3.7M — about $33,000 per space. The median across 25 other assessed parks in the county is $26,000 per space, so this one sits in the top quarter of the county.
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 112-space park earns and what it's worth, at the cap rate you pick.
- Rent increase calculator: the 2026 New York cap applied to a 112-space park.
- RUBS calculator: split one master-meter water bill across 112 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 | 1647 |
|---|---|
| Registered with | New York State under Real Property Law §233 |
| Listed as | HIDDEN FOREST HOMES |
Data from official state registry that may be out of date.
Source: New York State manufactured home park registrations (data.ny.gov), 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.
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