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I was wandering if anyone has stayed at Mont Vernon recently, and if the have repaired the complex.

Interested as well. Will checkout first hand the first of the year.

We Would like to return the unit we rented (which is available) if the “resort’ surroundings are safe to navigate and bearable visually. Personal safety is a concern as well at the moment. We’ll check to see if the lights are back up and if a security guard is still around at night.

Walked by the beach most of the units uninhabitable no one on beach pool is a mess

Just returned Wednesday, pictures of Mount Vernon. Most buildings with out roofs still

Looks like hell in paradise. While many maybe uninhabitable it looks like many are inhabited.

We’ll probably walk the full grounds maybe even have a breakfast,lunch or dinner at the onsite cafe to support andsee first hand if staying there would be tolerable. It always took an imagineer to see the beauty of mt vernon. But once in the unit, all was beautiful looking over orient and out to st barts.

The views from Mont Vernon are magnificent and we loved staying there but you had to be half billy goat getting to and from the parking lot. Lugging beach gear, groceries and luggage up and down those hills was challenging.

Amen on the billy goat analogy.

The metal, green roofs were only for show. They may not be replaced. The units have flat waterproof roofs.

Function over beauty first. Chief concern to us is bridges and railings outside unit walkways and unit balcony’s. Easy work, 2x4s and pastel paints. I hope.

Any news on their swimming pool?

We hear from one of the owners that they have contracted to START rebuilding the pool January 1, 2019.

Well at least I guess they are getting started. Any idea how long it will take to complete?

Not open yet.

Elizabeth--what is not open yet? The other poster said they were not going to start on the pool until next year.

While the pool looked good in pictures, the deck area was weathered, there are no bathrooms, and generally not inviting. In this case, maybe Irma was a blessing if they do something other than just replace the deck boards. It needs a potty that is maintained.

If it were spruced up, I could see a vendor making a good living with a Rosies’s drinks, ribs and chair service. At least a cooler full of drinks.

With no bathroom, no one wants to make more than one trek up to their unit a day. And lugging a cooler is worse.

Otherwise, MV is just a nice inexpensive base to go elsewhere for the day.

in person the pool and pool area is a mess trees down debris decks destroyed need a total redo

The pool itself is cool. Let’s hopemthey do something special. I don’t think it involves a lot of material cost. Just some neat ideas for how to nail the boards together to create some better space. And toilets.

Here are some pictures of the pool area as of September 2018. I am not sure of the current condition.

Wow, thanks for the pics. That looks rough!

I heard from one of the owners the railings along the walkways were repaired