Around it, 30-year-old mobile homes, some newly painted white, some with rust stains and corrosion, sit in what the residents say is Sunnyvale's oldest mobile-home park. The residents—all seniors, many on fixed incomes—say they're normally a calm, quiet group. But lately their Tuesday morning coffee and cookie meetings have become intense discussions about the future of their park.

On July 21, residents found letters on their front doors, informing them that the owners of the property, the Mitchell family, had sold the park to Dubrovnik Properties LLC. Dubrovnik Associates Inc, a major player in Sunnyvale's real estate market, owns the Del Monte Building on S. Murphy Avenue and the Town and Country Village.

Many of the residents are worried that the land will be converted into something other than a mobile-home park, and they'll be forced to leave. They don't think there are any places in Sunnyvale to go because they like their neighborhood, and they would not have anywhere to move their homes to.

"A lot of the parks are in an industrial area, so we're lucky to be in a neighborhood," Irene Dulfer said. "We've got supermarkets and the park right nearby."

Their attempts to contact Dubrovnik to find out its plans for a tiny mobile-home park several blocks from the downtown area have all failed. The only phone number listed is the automated answering service at the Del Monte Building. Nick Gera, who is listed as principal for Dubrovnik, has not been able to be reached by any interested parties.

"Until we meet them to find out their plans, we can't make plans of our own," resident Delores Keys said. "We're all in a state of anxiety, and to alleviate anxiety, you need information."

The residents have also written to Sunnyvale Mayor John Howe, congressmen and even Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, but have still had no luck contacting their landlords.

At the beginning of August, Darwin Throne sent a letter to Dubrovnik on behalf of the residents of the park. Throne co-owns his mother's unit, which she is no longer able to live in. He wants to sell her unit—as do several other owners in the park—but has been unable to because they are unsure about the future of the land underneath. He's left with rent on a unit that he doesn't use and can't sell.

"There's no sense in paying $800 a month for a house that you have no use for and can't sell," Throne said. "What we need them to do is respond to our letter and contact us."

Only 36 of the units in the park are owner-occupied. The park owns the majority of the rest, so Dubrovnik now owns close to 25 of the units, and according to the residents, it isn't letting anyone move into them. One of the units, number five, was just sold to a Marco Gera, but neither he nor Nick Gera can be reached to confirm or deny a relationship.

"All the units that they own can't be rebought or rerented, they're just being left dilapidated," Dulfer said. "It's my assumption that they're setting us up for sale."

At press time, representatives for Dubrovnik, including the Oasis Mobile Manor managers, could not be reached for comment.