A 4-bedroom house for $130,000 in Miami-Dade? The land isn’t included
.jpg "Cottage Grove, a manufactured housing community in South Miami-Dade, will offer 349 houses starting from $129,900.")
A manufactured housing community soon to be built in South Miami-Dade will have 349 single-family homes with prices starting at $129,900.
Cottage Grove, near the intersection of Krome Avenue and Quail Roost Drive, will have some of the county’s most inexpensive new housing inventory when it’s completed. The price covers a four-bedroom house in Cottage Grove — but not the land it’s on, which homeowners will pay $1,445 a month to lease.
In this way, manufactured houses are similar to mobile homes. But manufactured housing must adhere to certain quality standards from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. And the homes at Cottage Grove are set on foundations once they arrive, meaning they’re not easily movable, said Ross Partrich, the CEO of RHP Properties, which owns Cottage Grove.
Building homes off-site in a factory is faster and cheaper than traditional on-site homebuilding. This allows manufactured housing communities to offer houses at lower prices. It can take as little as six months to order, build and install a manufactured home, a timeline two to three times shorter than building on-site, said Marty Martin, the general manager of the Florida-based company manufacturing homes for Cottage Grove.
The median single-family home price in Miami-Dade at the end of March was $674,000, more than five times the starting price for houses in Cottage Grove.
Home prices in Miami-Dade have soared in recent years, and they’re continuing to rise. The median single-family home price in 2011 was $172,700. Even in the last year, the median single-family home price rose by more than 10%.
“We’re very excited to be bringing 349 homes into a market that where it’s badly needed,” Partrich said. RHP Properties owns manufactured housing communities in 31 states. This is RHP’s first community in Miami-Dade.
Manufactured housing exist all over Florida, but Partrich said this is the first new manufactured housing project in Miami-Dade in decades.
The first group of houses at Cottage Grove is expected to be completed and move-in ready late this summer, Partrich said. Each house will be around 1,600 square feet. The gated community will also have a swimming pool and clubhouse. There is no homeowner’s association fee, but residents will pay for their own utilities, Partrich said.
These homes, which meet a set of standards from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, are able to withstand hurricane-force winds, Partrich said. Martin said homes at Cottage Grove can withstand wind speeds up to 110 mph.
Partrich said there’s been “tremendous” interest from potential buyers, and they’re already accepting deposits on houses at Cottage Grove. He expects most residents will be working families with jobs across the county.
The commute from Cottage Grove to downtown Miami is significant, though. During rush hour, Google Maps shows drive times of nearly two hours.
This story was originally published May 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM.
