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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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You are best to contact the Club O site. Units for sale range from less than 100,00.00 for studios to mid $300.00 for the beach front chalets.
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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There is a bulletin board with units for sale, and their prices, in the office.
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Guess the downturn in the world economy has affected prices there. It seems that the prices used to be a lot more than that.
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Carol_Hill said: Guess the downturn in the world economy has affected prices there. It seems that the prices used to be a lot more than that. Wow! What sort of return would they get? I imagine privately-owned units are in the rental pool, but I'd also imagine Club O would rent out their own units first.
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Anonymous said: You are best to contact the Club O site. Units for sale range from less than 100,00.00 for studios to mid $300.00 for the beach front chalets. Did you misplace commas, forget zeros, or what? If you move the comma on the studios one place to the left you are saying ten thousand dollars for a studio. I also doubt the beach front chalets are selling for three hundred dollars? Your numbers make no sense... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> Guess I read it quickly! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> I thought they had said $100,000.00 to $300,000.00. Still seems low to me. I have no idea what the correct numbers are.
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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$75k, anybody want to go in on one?
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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I personally would not be interested, but whoever is on island next, go check out that board that they supposedly have listings of people wanting to sell. That would be the best indicator of what is really available.
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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In jan 12, the lowest was 125k. One owner was so excited we had bought the studio we were in. But we had to tell her we wished we were. It does look like a great way to live a bit.
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Bill_S said:Anonymous said: You are best to contact the Club O site. Units for sale range from less than 100,00.00 for studios to mid $300.00 for the beach front chalets. Darn...must be Club O deprivation that has me leaving out the necessary zeros. Mid $300,000.00 but I like my misprint better. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> Did you misplace commas, forget zeros, or what? If you move the comma on the studios one place to the left you are saying ten thousand dollars for a studio. I also doubt the beach front chalets are selling for three hundred dollars? Your numbers make no sense... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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To be clear...less than ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND for some studios to MID THREE HUNDRED THOUSANDS for beachfront chalets. The caps helped me self check. I think I got it right this time. Phew! Sorry, bargain hunters. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />
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They told us you have access X months a year and Club O has access the remainder. If you choose not to occumpy all your Xmonths, they canbe rented out. It wasn't clear whether "owner" got a cut of the rental action. Maint Fees??????
As Jenniboston said, I wouldnt look at as an investment but a lifestyle expense.
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I hope plenty of wicked wealthy keep making donations to keep the place afloat and I hope the rest of us patronize as much as we can get away and enjoy. It would be a Caribbean Bummer of the 10th magnitude for them to no longer be. Ah, is this yellow umbrella taken? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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After many conversations with owners here is what we gleaned. if able, and interested in staying 3 months, and likely to do so for 6 years, it's a viable option to buy a studio. It is not a money making investment, but rather one that supports Club O as a naturist resort. Also, for anyone NOT a committed naturist, hence not desiring to live without clothes round the clock, and not needing to have the proximity of the room when rain interferes with a beach day, the expense makes no sense at all, no matter how long one might stay.
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So for the roughly $100,000 investment (in a studio) you don't own the property, you're assessed fees, when you stay at your studio you pay a daily facility charge, the ownership only allows you a certain amount of time at your studio, and preferred reservations contain an additional fee. Granted, it's a beautiful beach, but it sounds pretty close to a high priced time share to me.
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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It is a sum of money you pay so you can be recognized as an owner of the property.The "purchase" allows you a certain amount of time in your unit for a small daily fee. Preferred reservations for additional time at a higher cost. The sales angle is that you are supporting the nudist lfestyle. I could not find any way that it would ever be profitable. Factor in weather disasters, legal changes regarding nudity on Orient, a host of many other potential legal issues and what you have is basically a "donation" to the nudist lifestyle Me thinks a group of buyers interested in single ownership "Club O", would be better off banding together funds and buying "N Resort" in Jamaica. Incorporate and make purchase. That place has unbelievable potential with the right investers.
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Marc--I thought, way back when, that the resort kept some of the units, like the minisuites or something? Did they sell them later or I just mis-remembered?
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Carol_Hill said: Marc--I thought, way back when, that the resort kept some of the units, like the minisuites or something? Did they sell them later or I just mis-remembered? You're not mis-remembering; not all units are privately owned. I don't know the figures, but I believe it's a little closer to 2/3rds. The villa is also not privately owned.
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Bill_S said:Anonymous said: You are best to contact the Club O site. Units for sale range from less than 100,00.00 for studios to mid $300.00 for the beach front chalets. You just missed the sale on those beach front chalets...it ended yesterday. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> Did you misplace commas, forget zeros, or what? If you move the comma on the studios one place to the left you are saying ten thousand dollars for a studio. I also doubt the beach front chalets are selling for three hundred dollars? Your numbers make no sense... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Carol_Hill said: OK, thanks. My memory often isn't what it used to be, so I tend to doubt myself. And the amount of rumors that are always floating around Club O can't help, right? Hey, did you hear about the pool?!? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
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I was sure I corrected that mis- typing, and had done so in TWO ways... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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So far, it seems the TVs are the same myth. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Carol_Hill said: So far, it seems the TVs are the same myth. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> Actually, the TVs are coming. They have to find a company to wire the place for less than a grand fortune. It is hoped this will lessen the strain on the internet pipeline. The project is just on island time. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Yeah, I know the TVs have been in the newsletter, but as you say 'island time'... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club o ownership costs?
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Really???? That makes absolutely no sense, on a whole lot of levels. If they were going to do it, why in the world would it be an above ground pool? Today isn't April 1, come late, is it?
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Not that I am interested in buying, but one advantage of ownership is that the owner can fix up the unit to their tastes. I visited one unit that was furnished much better than the unit I was staying in.
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sailn said: when we were there last Thursday week, in la boutique there was an architectural concept drawing of a proposed pool. Pool was an above ground pool. Above ground pool? sounds like any backyard in my good old Midwest!
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Hopefully, it remains just a "concept". An in-ground pool and/or hot tub would, in my humble opinion, be more useful than TV's. A nice way to relax after a rough day on the beach. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
We've met owners that were happy with their purchase and the terms. I believe Jenni's parents are owners - I wonder what their overall perception is. Jenni?
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I totally understand the reason why they are putting TVs in, as basically, people watching TV now are totally destroying their band width, and making it unusable. As far as an above ground pool, in a hurricane prone area? Weird..
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