Anonymous Buyer Acquires Four Spartanburg Mobile Home Parks, Leaving Residents Concerned
Spartanburg – In recent business transactions, four mobile home parks in Spartanburg County were purchased by an unannounced buyer. The distressing news has left residents anxious about their future and concerned about whether the new ownership will resolve their housing issues or possibly initiate their eviction.
Tyquan Smith, a resident of one of the purchased mobile home parks, shared his uncertainties about the new developments. “Just by how they are, I feel like they might do something like that. You never know,” he states.
Mobile Home Parks Involved
The brokerage firm, Marcus and Millichap, in a recent statement revealed that the buyer obtained the parks for an undisclosed amount. The parks involved in the transaction include; Gateview mobile home park in Woodruff, Oasis mobile home park in Roebuck, Chelsea mobile home park in Moore, and Spring Valley mobile home park in Woodruff. The package includes 98 mobile home lots and two single-family homes.
In regards to online records, the sales of these properties are not found. The firm spokesperson, however, confirmed the continuation of mobile home services by the new owner but withheld details about the purchaser or the price of the acquisition.
Resident Concerns
Residents from two of the parks, Oasis and Chelsea, received letters in July from the newly formed Woodruff-Moore-Roebuck LLC, which claimed new ownership and management over the parks. However, the new management has shown little to no responsiveness towards the current maintenance issues the residents face, causing further worries.
Jackie Pilgrim, an Oasis park resident, mentions about the electrical problems in her unit and disappointing interaction with the proprietors; “You can’t even talk to ‘em, the first time I called, I talked to somebody, and I asked him, ‘Do they know what they’ve bought? I’ve got electrical problems.’ And I was telling him what was what. He was gonna get back to me. And that was on the 29th or 30th of June. And I ain’t heard from these people no more.”
The condition is similar for the residents of the Chelsea mobile home park. Tyquan Smith, living with his mother, fiancé, and two sons, endures a leaking ceiling in his bathroom, non-operational hot water heater, and weakened flooring that is feared to collapse.
Rent-to-Own Scheme
Another concern among the residents is the new owner’s speculated scheme to convert their rents into a rent-to-own system for their trailers. Kizzy Hunter, Smith’s mother, speculated, “I feel like they’re just gonna have to where I’m paying the rent, and once I pay the trailer off, I have to move the trailer because it’s still their lot.”
In the Oasis park, resident, Pilgrim, echoes a similar suspicion, “I’m hearing —I don’t know — that they’re trying to get it where you rent it with the option to buy it, but who the hell wants to buy it when it’s not even fixed right from the beginning?”
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