Couple without power plans move

Sheriff’s sales are set for three buildings owned by the Hubbard landlord.

VINDICATOR STAFF REPORT

BOARDMAN — A couple living in an Aravesta Avenue apartment without power is thinking about moving.

Chad Partlow and Kim Eskridge have lived in the building at 5061 Aravesta since December 2006. But last week, their power, which is connected to the line that fuels the building’s hallway and laundry facilities, was cut off. Other tenants in the building pay their own electric bills and their power continues to run.

The gas and water companies also have notified tenants of plans to shut off those services this week as well.

Partlow and other tenants haven’t been able to reach landlord George Roberts Jr. of Hubbard to find out what the problem is.

Attempts by The Vindicator to reach Roberts Monday and Saturday were unsuccessful.

Court records, however, show the apartment where the couple lives and two others also owned by Roberts, one on Aravesta and one on Lemans Drive, are in foreclosure.

Sheriff’s sales are set for both the 5061 Aravesta building and Lemans building April 29. The date for the sale of the 5081 apartment is May 27.

“I have a friend who’s got a house for sale, and he’ll let us live there for some rent,” Partlow said Monday. “Me and Kim planned on probably buying a house.”

The couple has been able to make due the last few days because an upstairs neighbor has allowed them to run an extension cord from her apartment to theirs to provide power.

“What’s going to be really bad is if the other utilities get shut off,” Partlow said.

Property records from the Mahoning County Auditor’s Web site show Roberts bought all three buildings in 2005 for $200,000 each. All three structures were built in 1972.

The sheriff’s appraisal for 5061 Aravesta is $168,000. The appraised values for 5081 Aravesta and 142 Lemans are $136,500 and $144,000, respectively.