Tilsen Manor is a small established single-family subdivision in North Tampa, inside Hillsborough County and ZIP 33612. It sits near 15th Street and Bougainvillea Avenue, between Busch Boulevard and Fowler Avenue, just east of Interstate 275 and a short drive from the University of South Florida (per area and parcel references, confirm the exact location for any specific home).
This is mid-century stock. Homes in the area were largely built in the mid-1950s, mostly modest three-bedroom single-family houses on roughly quarter-acre lots, with carports, one-car garages, and driveways common (per neighborhood housing profiles; confirm year built and lot size per parcel). Like most original North Tampa platting, the subdivision carries no HOA, no CDD, and no deed restrictions, which keeps fixed carrying cost low.
Because the housing is older and the area is owner-occupied established living rather than a managed community, condition is everything. Roof age, electrical and plumbing, and insurability set the value and the insurance premium at this price point, so the money is made or lost on an honest read of the specific home, not the headline.
The pitch is location and value: low fixed costs, an established grid, and quick access to I-275, USF, and the Uptown corridor, where the former University Mall is being redeveloped as the multi-billion-dollar Rithm at Uptown district. The work is reading the roof, systems, flood zone, and insurance on an older home before you fall for a price.
