Some Residents at Kings Park Estates in Peoria County are frustrated with the property managers.
A group of them just formed a homeowners association in response to what they feel is negligence.
Bonnie Getz has to clean out her sewer pipes every 6 to 8 weeks.
"I'm a little upset about it." Getz owns her home, but rents the lot it sits on, like all Kings Park Estate residents.
So the neighborhood's sewage system is the park owner's concern.
But Getz hasn't seen any results after multiple complaints with management, so she'd rather just take care of it herself.
Other residents bought their mobile home from Kings Park Estates, and when they did, they were promised central air conditioning.
After the heat, and the wait for A.C. became unbearable, Robin Brown, who has asthma, paid for her unit out–of–pocket.
Robin Brown said, "I feel like she was wiggling her way out of it. Some people got their a–c after hiring lawyers. I'm going to get a lawyer so I can get reimbursed."
Theresa Ernst's son received his central air after his daughter started getting ill from the heat. "We had to take her to the emergency room a couple of times and we were told she had heat related illnesses. My son went to the office and raised holy Cain and someone finally came down here."
And Pat Weitzel is concerned about security. Up until a month ago, he says the neighborhood had its own security officer. Weitzel says management let him go. "We were never informed. The officer himself told us."
I called and left messages with the Kings Park Office to ask them about resident complains, but they have yet to return my calls.
Residents say that's the general response from the Kings Park office, and unless residents like Getz starts seeing results soon, they feel park management is about as dirty as this task.
News 25 also called the estate's regional office, but we were unable to reach them. Management held a meeting with residents Monday night.
About 170 people showed up...but residents say no constructive response was given.
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