Place in the Sun is a small, established manufactured-home community on Trouble Creek Road in New Port Richey, in west Pasco County. Public listing sources describe it as a resident-owned, land-owned community of roughly several dozen parcels, where the homeowners collectively own the underlying land through a corporation rather than renting a lot from an outside operator (mobilehome.net and neighborhoods.com listing data). Confirm the exact ownership structure for any specific home.
The land-owned structure is the key fact. In a land-owned or co-op community, you are buying both the home and a share of the land, which generally protects value better than a home on rented land, where lot rent can rise and is set by a park owner. Place in the Sun reports a homeowner corporation and a monthly association fee for the shared land and common costs rather than a lot rent. Always verify whether a given home conveys the land share, and read the corporation documents and fee in full.
The homes are manufactured homes dating to roughly 1980 to 1981 (listing-era data), so condition does the heavy lifting on value: roof or roof-over age, the tie-down and foundation system, plumbing and electrical updates, and whether the home can be insured at a workable premium. A well-updated home and a tired one can list close and carry very different real costs.
The location is west Pasco near US 19, which means easy access to coastal New Port Richey services but also real coastal and riverine flood exposure. The Pasco coast was hit by recent storms, so the FEMA flood zone, the surge zone, and the insurance quote are essential diligence on this specific parcel, not an afterthought.
