Slatter's Court

Slatter's Court is both an affordable housing option and one of the few mobile home parks in Davis. Slatter's Court was operated by the Slatter family. It was a roadside gas station on the Lincoln Highway which developed into a campsite, then motor lodge. The gas station, still recognizable from Olive Drive, later turned into a very cool barber shop. Slatter's Court has historically been a home for both impoverished and quirky UC Davis students and residents.

Different areas are called: the strip mall (the section shown in the picture), the titanic (the bosses house), i-house (dorm), the ghetto (area you come into when you first come in) and hold it, there's another one too but i can't remember it. the mainstrip is called:

According to some residents, it's a fun place to live and the rent is reasonable. The people are cool cuz they all have an affinity for disobedience.

The laundry room at Slatter's Court has hosted art shows in the past. In July and August of 2005 the Nelson Gallery hosted a show about Slatter's Court by Terry Berlier. Here is an article in the Sacramento News and Review about Terry Berlier's film and art project for Slatter's Court.

In July 2003, 47 year old David Lawrence Beale was arrested after decomposing and mummified human body parts were found near a dumpster at Slatter's Court, where he'd lived previously. Subsequent investigations uncovered an additional 157 pounds of body parts in an Olive Drive storage locker and in a shed behind his home on Erma Lane in the Royal Oak mobile home park. Beale, a self-taught autopsy tech, admitted to collecting the parts for study over a fifteen year period.

Wow, the above description reads like a VCR manual. Who edited this page? Slatter's is way better than the above description portrays, just don't tell anybody. — You edited it. Thus it is as good as you made it. Congrats.

Does anybody know what the land rental fees are?

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2007-04-30 18:47:04   I have been looking at renting from Slatters court for a while. I finally got a double wide with my best friend, the rent is so cheap-$900 a month for a three bedroom!!! i Can't wait to move it. Studios for $420, $480, and $520, the people seem nice and some a bit quirky. I will let you know more about the place once i have lived their for a while. —Desiree'

2007-10-14 22:06:32   I've known many people who lived at Slatter's Court in the past twenty-five years, and there are a number of positive aspects to the area and the community. I've known people who rented "the Big House" (#71), who lived in cabins, and who lived in trailers. Please be aware that some people are driven RAVING CRAZY by the process of dealing with the office and landlord. A prospective renter really should find a way to hear some stories & see whether they could be happy with that kind of attitude towards maintenance and repairs. Because the cabins are old now, and they weren't exactly build to last... Still, some people are able to adjust their expectations, appreciate the Olive Drive vibe, and feel that "it's a fun place to live and the rent is reasonable." —DougWalter

2008-06-25 17:16:19   I don't think it works like other parks where you bring you own trailer or mobile home. It seems like they own the trailers as well and people just rent from them. Although you might ask them. —Innisfree