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Mont Vernon

Posted By: beachy

Mont Vernon - 12/04/2018 03:53 AM

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

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/05/2018 01:27 AM

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.
Posted By: eric

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/07/2018 01:32 AM

Walked by the beach most of the units uninhabitable no one on beach pool is a mess
Posted By: CinV

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/07/2018 02:17 AM

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

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Posted By: PelicanPirate

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/07/2018 03:04 AM

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.
Posted By: Pan

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/07/2018 04:17 PM

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.
Posted By: PelicanPirate

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/07/2018 06:55 PM

Amen on the billy goat analogy.
Posted By: WCHam

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/09/2018 12:54 PM

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

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/10/2018 11:57 AM

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.
Posted By: Headcounter

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/10/2018 07:23 PM

Any news on their swimming pool?
Posted By: RunnernReader

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/10/2018 08:34 PM

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

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/10/2018 09:20 PM

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

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/11/2018 12:40 AM

Not open yet.
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/11/2018 01:21 AM

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

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/11/2018 01:30 AM

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.
Posted By: eric

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/11/2018 01:44 AM

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

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/11/2018 01:48 AM

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.
Posted By: DonnDe

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/11/2018 01:24 PM

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

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Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/11/2018 02:08 PM

Wow, thanks for the pics. That looks rough!
Posted By: beachy

Re: Mont Vernon - 12/12/2018 04:13 AM

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