It's been almost a month and a half since the residents of Oasis Mobile Manor first wrote to Dubrovnik Properties LLC, the new owners of their park, to find out what their plans were with the space. Many are worried that they're going to have to leave when the park is converted into something other than a low-income mobile home park for seniors.

On Sept. 9, Nick Gera, principal for Dubrovnik, told The Sun that nothing in the park has changed other than ownership. And while he said there are plans to "recycle" the property in the future, nothing is being done currently.

"We definitely bought the property for the long term. I think it is a great spot, a great location," Gera--who said he was out of town when the residents were first trying to contact him--said. "But we're still in transition; we're just trying to figure out what we're going to do." Gera said he would contact the residents.

On Sept. 7, the residents of Oasis--worried that their park is being lined up for conversion--sent a second letter to Dubrovnik Properties LLC. They sent a copy on Sept. 8 to Dubrovnik Associates Inc., based in the Historic Del Monte building on S. Murphy Avenue.

Part of their concern stems from the fear that the unknown future of their park keeps potential buyers away, so when homes are sold in the park, no one new comes in, and those who sell their units only receive a fraction of their asking price. While many in the park own the units they live in, they must pay rent on the land under their home, because it is owned by Dubrovnik Properties LLC.

Around the beginning of September, Darwin Throne--who was trying unsuccessfully to sell his mother's home because she could no longer live there--was contacted by Stan Perry, who said Dubrovnik was interested in the unit.

"Under the circumstances, I'm happy to sell it for what they were offering, because I was going to keep paying rent on a space I wasn't using," Throne said.

Soon after, a deal was made to purchase the unit, but for much less than he was asking. He ended up getting around $12,000 for the unit, and his neighbors say he was asking for close to $30,000.

"From his point of view, that's the best he could do, because his chances of selling the property elsewhere were nil, because no one knows what's going on with our park," Keys said about the park's uncertain future.

Dick Lee, another Oasis resident, is worried about selling his home because he wants to get a fair price on his unit before he moves to Peoria, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, but doesn't know if he will be able to with the uncertainty of the situation.

"I'm between a rock and a hard place here, because I have to sell my place before I move," Lee said.

Throne's unit was not the first to be bought by a representative for Dubrovnik. The unit in space five was recently bought by Nick Gera's father, Marco Gera, and a number of empty units were purchased along with the park from the former owners.

Gera said he plans to sit down to talk with the residents, to address the concerns they're having. He said there is no need for them to worry right now, because nothing has changed, and he doesn't see anything changing in the immediate future.