Oaks Senior Community - Oroville, California

Rev K. A.

I love how safe it is here. Nothing like the feeling of being safely secured behind a gate at night. I had heard some rumors about management but I can only personally speak on what I experienced. Both Lori (owner) & Rick (maintenance manager) have been helpful to me. Lori gave me some great helpful advice during a phone conversation a few years back regarding my aging mother and was more than compassionate. When I received a notice from my homeowners insurance company telling me to get the trees cut back, I placed a call to the main number, left a message for Rick and he called me back fairly quick (within a few days or so). After I submitted the tree cutting request in writing with pictures, he had somebody come out so fast and they did such a wonderful job trimming these tall trees back. They cleaned up the mess and everything! I appreciated the professionalism.

cherie S.

I purchased my home at The Oaks 9 months ago and absolutely love it here. It’s beautifully green with so many trees and plants, there is abundant wildlife (deer, quail and other birds, ducks…even saw 3 peacocks recently!), and the neighbors are super friendly. I look at the view of the creek behind my house and over the rooftops and out to the hills beyond and I’m grateful every day for this peaceful, affordable and extremely pleasant place to retire.

There are, however, a few drawbacks. Some houses are beautifully maintained, while others are in terrible neglect. A few appear to be abandoned and need to be torn down and the lot cleared. What you can and cannot do with the property on which your house sits is very restrictive, and if you need to contact the property manager…we’ll, hopefully you don’t have an emergency. Also, as far as I know, there is no community webpage for the park. If I were more knowledgeable about running and maintaining a website, I’d create one for residents. It would be great to have an online site for directory, forum, events, news and even a way to accept monthly lot fee payments online (this is the only place for which I write a check anymore!).

That said, The Oaks is a great place to live. I love my home, the views, wildlife and neighbors. For me, the good definitely outweighs the bad.

Lynda L. A.

Although I feel safe here, I also have a feeling that the rules here are a little bit unlivable. It is a quiet community, people here are friendly, and it is safe..
But to not be able to contain your pets in any way shape or form buy a fencing is irrational. Many of the people living in this park are too old to be able to get up and go outside and walk their pets. Not only that but if you let your kitties outside don't be confident that they will make their way home.
It's beautiful, nice trails to walk on.
But maybe some updating for rules considering this is a senior park.

Sailing N.

Can't get any one to return your calls.
We've called multiple times the last 3 weeks.
The park phone number on Google, is for an answering service, who says they'll pass your message onto the park manager; either the answering service never let's the manager know that you've called, and, or, the manager doesn't care to call you back.

If you go into the park office, it's always closed with no one in it. The number on the office door, for the park manager and for maintenance concerns is for the same answering service.

This is unprofessional park management at it's finest.

My grandmother was interested in buying a home in the park; she couldn't get a hold of the park, over the phone, or in person. If management can't be concerned enough to answer her calls or mine, before she even becomes a resident, it shows me that this isn't the park for her to live in.

Imagine if she was a resident and had a problem or an emergency; she wouldn't have park management to help her.

Really sad seniors are treated this way. Definitely will not be buying a home here.

Marie C.

Very rude owner/ manager! My clients were half way through escrow in a purchase of a mobile home in this park when we found out their application was denied! Both my clients have decent credit with the exception of 1 minor blemish 5 years Ago ( not bankruptcy or eviction we're talking minor) and met the income qualification.. the park requires and in-person application and I hope this was not a discriminatory act due to one of the buyers being disabled!! The owner was very rude and hung up the phone when my clients were asking if there was any solution ( maybe a co signer or paying several months space rent up front ect).. very disappointed in the professionalism of this staff..

Alysen H.

What a Beautiful park ! I would Love to live there , Why are there so many empty homes?

Mike B.

It is by far the nicest park we have seen, I think it's the one for us

sharry H.

This is one of the nicest mobile home communities in Oroville. It is always well kept. I have never lived here however I have visited friends here. The only complaint I have is that there are far too many speed bumps. Therefore I can't come here very often because I have a back injury and going over speed bumps causes pain in my back. So I would never be able to actually live here because of the excessive amounts of speed bumps. I am actually very surprised they have so many speed bumps in a senior community. Be prepared to use your navigation to find an address in the senior community because of the way the streets wind around and snake around in a kind of Labyrinth pattern. It is easy to become lost in this development.