Two aging motels, one formerly classified as a nuisance property by the City of Mountain Home, will be sold at public auction at 4 p.m. May 6 at the Baxter County Courthouse, according to Sheriff John Montgomery.
The property was seized in January via a Writ of Execution filed against owner Brian Keith Ferguson in Baxter County Circuit Court to satisfy a judgment. Ferguson has the opportunity to redeem the property by paying the amount of the judgment up until the start of the auction, according to the sheriff.
The Mountain Home Motel is located at 411 Main St. 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.
Spring Valley Motel is located at 548 U.S. Highway 62B. It has been the location of multiple drug arrests in recent years.
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