Lakeshore Management took over Candlestick MHC, Newburgh N.Y. in September of 2018. No notice given by previous owner. They just showed up banging on doors and handed out a one-page notice. Since then, it's been nothing but trouble. Violations of NYS laws regarding mobile home parks. Belligerent and condescending "community manager" intimidates tenants. Rents increase annually above the %3.0 minimum allowed under NYS real property law. But services and maintenance are minimally performed. New roads were recently installed. Overall job is slipshod at best. Water now runs into some tenants' driveways. Others have 4 inch "lips" in front of their driveways. Ice forms on roads and make some roads impassable in Winter. A playground was installed. It's claimed the playground cost $25,000. It's comprised of two Home Depot back yard play sets, an old picnic table, some mulch and plastic parking lot bumpers surrounding the small area. It couldn't have cost more than $5000 to install. Park office was removed to put a new home on the site and the office moved to another Lakeshore MHP location in another county. You need an appointment to see the "community manager."
I have been told by the regional manager I can no longer speak to the community manager after trading emails with her and calling her a "corporate stooge." The emails regarded inadequate road signs and road safety issues. She refused multiple requests to install speed limit and speed bump indicator signs. Likely in an effort to save money for the corporation.
Yet, large signs advertising Five New Homes line the main roadway and the entrance to the community. They have been there for a year, as only ONE of the five homes has been sold.
To date, the safety signs I requested STILL haven't been put up. While delivery trucks and some residents drive at speeds exceeding 30 mph past my home and those with children living in them.
Most tenants here are afraid to speak up. Even when there's a question related to how much rent they pay and why they pay so much. The few that have, were told if they don't agree with the rent they pay or can't afford their rent, they should move. The community manager hands them a card for a real estate broker. Although Lakeshore is allowed by law to charge tenants property taxes. The taxes are now separate from the rent. Whereas before Lakeshore took control, the taxes were included in the rent. This added $21.00 to the rent for 2021-22 in addition to the rent increase of %3.8.
All in all, as corporations continue to take control of Manufactured Home Parks. The tenants suffer. Laws are simply ignored, and the authorities put in place to oversee Manufactured Home Parks, at taxpayer expense to uphold the laws, are basically useless.
Lakeshore Management takes full advantage of the lacking oversight and does what it wants. With total disregard for the tenants, our quality of life and our concerns. read more