Category: mobile home park utilities

RAVENEL RESIDENTS UPSET OVER TAP-IN FEE

The city of Ravenel, South Carolina is now charging a new tap-in fee for sewer services.  This fee has the potential to shut down several mobile home parks in the area.

The town has opted to place sewer lines along a 9 mile stretch of town.  Right now, it only affects businesses, but that may change.  As of Tuesday, the businesses had to pay $3,500 to tap into the service. Read more »

DIRTY WATER FRUSTRATING PARK FALLS RESIDENTS

Arundel Mobile Home Park in West Falls, Idaho has been under a boil water alert since May and the residents have had enough!

The park is located next to the Spokane River which has caused the private water system to become contaminated with river algae.  The residents have been boiling or buying their drinking water for three months.

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Kentucky Mobile Home Park Sizzles With No Electricity

Mosby’s Point Mobile Home Park in Florence, Kentucky has no electricity. And it will be a while until they get it back. Meanwhile, the residents are left to cope with excessive heat and no air-conditioning.

The power to the park was lost when Duke Energy’s lines that serviced the park burned out. Read more »

Lubbock Mobile Home Park To Have Water Shut Off

The City of Slaton, Texas is threatening to turn the water off to the Slaton Mobile Home Park for non-payment of over $25,000 in water bills.

Park owner Kenney Shipley says that the bills are wrong, and have been in error since the city installed a new water meter. Read more »

Frank & Dave’s Mobile Home Park Investing Boot Camp Is Approaching:

July 16th To 18th In Dallas, Texas
The Mobile Home Park Investors’ Boot Camp will be held in Dallas, Texas on July 16th to 18th. This is the immersion event in which students learn everything there is to know about finding, negotiating, buying, turning-around, operating, problem-solving, financing, and selling mobile home parks in one information-packed weekend. Read more »

Sherwood Village Mobile Home Park Owner Pleads Guilty To Zoning Violations

Sentry Property Management, the company that owns Sherwood Village Mobile Home Park in Washington, Pennsylvania, has pleased guilty to five counts of violating local zoning ordinances. Sentry as fined $5,000 by the township. Read more »

Mobile Home Park May Close Due To City’s Inability To Upgrade Their Own Sewage Treatment Facility

Lake Canyada Mobile Home Park in Scott City, Iowa may have to shut down unless a solution to the county’s sewage problems can be addressed. Currently, the park’s sewage is processed by the county -but not for much longer. That’s because the county cannot afford the upgrades that are being required by the  State of Iowa. Read more »

Mobile Home Park Owner To Pay Fine

The owner of four mobile home parks in Dayton, Ohio has agreed to pay a $38,000 fine for exceeding the amount of wastewater that could be discharged under their permit. Read more »