Three Gardens

Independent Assessment

MHBO.com's directory listing and topretirements.com both describe Three Gardens as a 129-site, land-lease manufactured-home community built in 1960, with paved streets and city water/sewer service -- this is a reasonably specific and internally consistent profile, and the 1960 founding date and 129-site count are more precisely documented for Three Gardens than for its sister communities Forest Hill and Cedar Springs (for which site counts were not confirmed). Three Gardens' address as listed (246 Redstone Street) also matches Forest Hill's address exactly, which is interpreted as the two communities sharing a physical clubhouse/management-office location at that address rather than being literally co-located across their full footprint -- the precise boundary between the two communities' home-site areas has not been independently confirmed. Current home pricing, the current monthly site-lease fee, and the original site developer/founder were not found.

Who May Find This Community Appealing

Buyers who want to own a manufactured home outright at a lower entry cost than conventional site-built housing, and who prefer a more established community (built in 1960, the longest-running in this cluster) with a larger home-site count (129 sites), will likely find Three Gardens appealing. It suits buyers comfortable with a land-lease cost structure and want confirmed municipal water/sewer service.

Homes, Builders & Development History

Three Gardens was built in 1960 and has 129 home sites; homes are individually owned by residents and sold on a resale basis rather than through an active new-construction homebuilder program, consistent with the land-lease manufactured-home model used across this Sun Communities cluster. The original site developer was not found.

Current Pricing & Market Positioning

Current, reliably sourced home-resale pricing and the monthly site-lease fee for Three Gardens were not found. As a land-lease manufactured-home community, Three Gardens is generally positioned as a lower-cost entry point into 55+ living in Southington relative to conventional condominium or single-family 55+ communities in the same county, but buyers should request current figures directly from Sun Communities.

New Construction vs. Resale Considerations

Three Gardens operates on a resale basis for individual manufactured homes within its 129 sites, given its 1960 founding date and fully built-out status; Sun Communities' own site lists homes for sale within the community from time to time. Buyers should confirm current home availability directly through Sun Communities' Three Gardens listings.

Taxes, Insurance & Special Assessments

In a land-lease manufactured-home community, the resident typically owns the home itself (subject to state manufactured-home titling and, in some cases, personal-property tax rules) while Sun Communities as landowner is responsible for the underlying real property tax on the land. Connecticut's specific manufactured-home personal-property tax treatment as applied to Three Gardens homes, and homeowners'/manufactured-home insurance requirements, have not been independently confirmed; buyers should confirm exact current tax and insurance obligations with the Town of Southington Assessor's Office and Sun Communities directly.

Community Layout & Lifestyle

As the longest-established community in the cluster (built 1960), Three Gardens offers a more mature, settled residential character across its 129 home sites, with paved streets and municipal water/sewer service. Residents share the central clubhouse, pool, fitness center, and organized activities at Forest Hill, given the two communities' shared address/clubhouse location.

Shopping, Healthcare & Airport Access

Three Gardens is located at 246 Redstone Street, Southington, CT 06489 -- the same address listed for sister community Forest Hill, reflecting a shared clubhouse/management-office location. Specific drive times to downtown Southington, medical facilities, or highway access from this exact address were not confirmed; buyers should verify these directly.

Age Qualification & Material Ownership Restrictions

Sun Communities' own community materials and its community-management listings describe Three Gardens as an age-restricted (55+) manufactured home community, which is treated as a genuinely confirming primary source, since Sun Communities is the direct land-lease operator that sets and enforces occupancy terms rather than a third-party marketing characterization. Connecticut's housing-for-older-persons framework under Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 46a-64b and 46a-64c mirrors the federal Housing for Older Persons Act (HOPA), requiring qualifying 55+ communities to verify that at least 80% of occupied homes have one resident 55 or older and to maintain published age-verification policies; Sun Communities' specific written verification procedure for Three Gardens has not been independently reviewed. Buyers should request Sun Communities' current age-verification policy and lease terms directly before purchasing.

Tradeoffs & Limitations

Because Three Gardens is a land-lease community, buyers do not own the land under their home and must budget for an ongoing monthly site-lease fee in addition to home ownership costs -- the current fee amount was not confirmed. As a community built in 1960, buyers should expect a wide range of home ages and renovation states across its 129 sites. Current home pricing and the original site developer also remain unconfirmed.

Comparison With Nearby Communities

At 129 home sites and built in 1960, Three Gardens is the largest and oldest individual community in this Sun Communities cluster among those with published figures (Forest Hill's site count was not published; Oak Grove has 45 sites). All four cluster communities -- Forest Hill, Oak Grove, Cedar Springs East & West, and Three Gardens -- share the same land-lease ownership model and the central clubhouse at Forest Hill, a fundamentally different structure from Southington's conventional Spring Lake Village community (640 condominium/attached homes with fee-simple or condominium land ownership).

Current Listings

Sun Communities' own Three Gardens 'homes for sale' page, or a connected local agent, can provide current available listings.

How many home sites does Three Gardens have, and when was it built?

129 home sites; the community was built in 1960.

Why does Three Gardens share an address with Forest Hill?

Both communities are listed at 246 Redstone Street, Southington, CT 06489, which is interpreted as reflecting a shared clubhouse/management-office location for the two sister communities, though the precise boundary between their individual home-site areas was not independently confirmed.

Do I own the land under my home at Three Gardens?

No. Three Gardens is a land-lease manufactured-home community: residents own their individual manufactured home outright but pay Sun Communities a monthly fee to lease the underlying home site.

Is Three Gardens a legally age-restricted 55+ community?

Sun Communities' own community materials describe Three Gardens as age-restricted (55+). That operator-level statement is treated as a genuinely confirming primary source, though Sun Communities' full written age-verification policy was not independently reviewed.