The planned sale next month of two aging Mountain Home motels has been canceled, according to Sheriff John Montgomery.
The Mountain Home Motel and the Spring Valley Motel were scheduled to be sold at public auction May 6 to satisfy a judgment against owner Brian Keith Ferguson. The property was seized in January via a Writ of Execution filed against Ferguson.
A news release from the Sheriff’s Office announcing the cancellation of the May auction reports that the plaintiff’s attorney had asked that the sale be canceled.
Spring Valley Motel is located at 548 U.S. Highway 62B. It has been the location of multiple drug arrests in recent years.
The Mountain Home Motel is located at 411 Main Street and was classified as a nuisance property by the city in 2019. In May of 2020, the court ordered the property have a list of repairs completed in two weeks, or it would be razed. Ferguson was able to have the repairs completed in a timely matter, thus terminating the condemnation process.
At the time, the process began, City Building Inspector Greg Ifland said the city had received multiple complaints on the motel due to the lack of maintenance and the building’s condition. He cited the property being in violation of city ordinance. Ifland said in a quick drive-by inspection, it was noted rotted and falling fascia boards were all around the building, along with falling gutters and rotted siding, exposing the interior walls.
In 2019, the city began cracking down on multiple nuisance properties, which are described as “dilapidated, unsightly, unsafe, unsanitary, obnoxious and detrimental to the public welfare,” in court documents.
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