Cherokee Estates on White Drive is closing after more than 50 years, displacing residents who received 30-day notices to vacate. The owner cites an untraceable water leak that more than doubled the property’s monthly water bill.
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Cherokee Estates mobile home park closing after decades, leaving Tallahassee families scrambling for housing
Owner Rick Hartsfield says his father built Cherokee Estates in 1967, but the more-than-5-acre property has been in the family since the 1920s. Hartsfield says an untraceable water leak caused the property’s monthly water bill to jump from about $6,000 to more than $13,000.
“It’s just a legacy that, you know, for unforeseen circumstances that we’re having to close. And it hurts,” Hartsfield said…