Need Advice on Newly Purchased SDO

Sugarcubesea · Sep 16, 2014

Hi,

I figure it will take a few months for my SDO to close and for me to get my deed. So if I do not get my deed till December, will it be hard for me to book a November or December week at SDO?

What are the chances of booking a Thanksgiving Week 2015 at this late date?

thanks for all of your help

DeniseM · Sep 16, 2014

Are you wanting to book a 2014 Nov./Dec. week for your own use?

No one can reserve TG 2015, until TG 2014, so right now it's wide open.

Sugarcubesea · Sep 16, 2014

DeniseM said:
Are you wanting to book a 2014 Nov./Dec. week for your own use?

No one can reserve TG 2015, until TG 2014, so right now it's wide open.

I'm looking for 2015 weeks. Thanks

DeniseM · Sep 16, 2014

I don't think you will have any problem booking late 2015 weeks at all...

Sugarcubesea · Sep 16, 2014

DeniseM said:
I don't think you will have any problem booking late 2015 weeks at all...

Denise,

You just made my day

DeniseM · Sep 16, 2014

I just took a peek at SVN 2014 availability, and right now, every week in Nov. and Dec. is available at SDO, except for Thanksgiving week. Even Christmas and NY's week are available - so that bodes well for 2015 availability.

czar · Sep 16, 2014

Sugarcubesea said:
Hi,

I figure it will take a few months for my SDO to close and for me to get my deed. So if I do not get my deed till December, will it be hard for me to book a November or December week at SDO?

What are the chances of booking a Thanksgiving Week 2015 at this late date?

thanks for all of your help

It also shouldn't take that long to close. I have no idea why closing companies take so long. It would literally take any I us a few minutes to type in the updated info into the deed. Regardless, once the closing company takes care of the new deed and it's recorded, email a scanned legible copy of it to 00SVO.TitleChanges@starwoodhotels.com and they will likely add it to your account within 24-48 hours. I have done this multiple times
with no problem.

Sugarcubesea · Sep 16, 2014

DeniseM said:
I just took a peek at SVN 2014 availability, and right now, every week in Nov. and Dec. is available at SDO, except for Thanksgiving week. Even Christmas and NY's week are available - so that bodes well for 2015 availability.

Thank you for looking that up for me...

sb74 · Sep 17, 2014

czar said:
Regardless, once the closing company takes care of the new deed and it's recorded, email a scanned legible copy of it to 00SVO.TitleChanges@starwoodhotels.com and they will likely add it to your account within 24-48 hours. I have done this multiple times with no problem.

For what it's worth, Starwood is apparently taking much longer to process deeds at the moment. I sent one to the e-mail address above last week, got the autoreply saying 3-4 business days, and never heard back. I spoke to the Title Department a short while ago, the representative (who was otherwise friendly) noted that they're backed up and quoted a turnaround time of 7-8 business days instead.

scootr5 · Sep 17, 2014

sb74 said:
For what it's worth, Starwood is apparently taking much longer to process deeds at the moment. I sent one to the e-mail address above last week, got the autoreply saying 3-4 business days, and never heard back. I spoke to the Title Department a short while ago, the representative (who was otherwise friendly) noted that they're backed up and quoted a turnaround time of 7-8 business days instead.

That still beats the 12 weeks it's taken Wyndham since they received paperwork for my last transfer; it's still not completed.

Sugarcubesea · Sep 17, 2014

sb74 said:
For what it's worth, Starwood is apparently taking much longer to process deeds at the moment. I sent one to the e-mail address above last week, got the autoreply saying 3-4 business days, and never heard back. I spoke to the Title Department a short while ago, the representative (who was otherwise friendly) noted that they're backed up and quoted a turnaround time of 7-8 business days instead.

Do you feel that a month is a reasonable time frame for me to expect to have my deed processed from the point the title company gets it done?

sb74 · Sep 17, 2014

Sugarcubesea said:
Do you feel that a month is a reasonable time frame for me to expect to have my deed processed from the point the title company gets it done?

A month certainly seems reasonable, but I'm even more of a newbie to TS ownership than you are and would defer to folks on this board who have tons of first-hand experience.

Sugarcubesea · Sep 17, 2014

sb74 said:
A month certainly seems reasonable, but I'm even more of a newbie to TS ownership than you are and would defer to folks on this board who have tons of first-hand experience.

I'm going to follow up with the closing company and see where we are at

thanks much

Lookingtobuy · Sep 18, 2014

What closing company did u use. I am looking to buy as we'll from an owner who owns in Maui? Or wkv. What should I be looking out for when buying from a supposed owner? How do I verify he is an owner?

Thx

Sugarcubesea · Sep 19, 2014

DeniseM said:
I just took a peek at SVN 2014 availability, and right now, every week in Nov. and Dec. is available at SDO, except for Thanksgiving week. Even Christmas and NY's week are available - so that bodes well for 2015 availability.

Denise, if you book your week at SDO at the end of one year and the beginning of the next year, I would assume it would still count toward your 2015 week as long as it started in 2015… Gosh I hope that made sense …LOL

DeniseM · Sep 19, 2014

Lookingtobuy said:
What closing company did u use. I am looking to buy as we'll from an owner who owns in Maui? Or wkv. What should I be looking out for when buying from a supposed owner? How do I verify he is an owner?

Thx

Here is the TUG Advise page with several good articles about how to buy resale: http://tug2.net/timeshare_advice/tug_timeshare_advice.shtml

Timeshares are deeded and must go through a title transfer, just like real estate. A legitimate owner will have a deed for his property.

In general:

• Have the title company request an estoppel from Starwood to document what you are buying (Resale Information Sheet) before you complete the purchase.

• Use a reputable title transfer company, or broker, to guide you through the process.

• All funds should go to a reputable escrow company - not directly to the seller.

DeniseM · Sep 19, 2014

Sugarcubesea said:
Denise, if you book your week at SDO at the end of one year and the beginning of the next year, I would assume it would still count toward your 2015 week as long as it started in 2015… Gosh I hope that made sense …LOL

Home resort reservations must start on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. The last 3 check-in dates in 2015 are Friday, Dec. 25th; Saturday, Dec. 26th; and Sunday, Dec. 27th.

Of course, it varies from year to year - it's handy to use a timeshare calendar. Here is the one on TUG: http://tug2.com/timesharemarketplace/PlanningCalendar.aspx

Sugarcubesea · Sep 19, 2014

DeniseM said:
Home resort reservations must start on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. The last 3 check-in dates in 2015 are Friday, Dec. 25th; Saturday, Dec. 26th; and Sunday, Dec. 27th.

Of course, it varies from year to year - it's handy to use a timeshare calendar. Here is the one on TUG: http://tug2.com/timesharemarketplace/PlanningCalendar.aspx

Thank you so much for always helping me out. You are truly so amazing and gracious for doing this...I hopeful that by the end of October my deed will be in my hand and I can go select my first visit as an owner to SDO. I just love this resort so much and I'm thrilled I was able to get such a great deal on my 2/2 EOY unit.

Sugarcubesea · Oct 1, 2014

I'm so Excited - a copy of the deed has been recorded to transfer this ownership

Hi Everyone,

Today I received the email stating that a copy of the deed has been recorded to transfer this ownership into my name. The transfer request, documents, and fees are in the mail to the resort today. I will receive a final letter and the original deed from our Transfer Confirmations Department once the resort confirms they have updated their records to reflect the change in ownership.

Is there anything I can do to speed this along?

Sugarcubesea · Oct 1, 2014

czar said:
It also shouldn't take that long to close. I have no idea why closing companies take so long. It would literally take any I us a few minutes to type in the updated info into the deed. Regardless, once the closing company takes care of the new deed and it's recorded, email a scanned legible copy of it to 00SVO.TitleChanges@starwoodhotels.com and they will likely add it to your account within 24-48 hours. I have done this multiple times
with no problem.

Should have been a little less excited and read all of this info…

okwiater · Oct 1, 2014

Sugarcubesea said:
Is there anything I can do to speed this along?

If you call up direct sales and offer to spend $20K+ on a developer week on condition that they retro your resale, they'll get the resale added to your Starwood account in 24 hours or less.

Sugarcubesea · Oct 2, 2014

okwiater said:
If you call up direct sales and offer to spend $20K+ on a developer week on condition that they retro your resale, they'll get the resale added to your Starwood account in 24 hours or less.

I'm not in that much of a hurry to speed it along… My goal is not to retro my week but rather to keep my initial investment to a minimum.

I have sent the email to the link provided above and I'm hopeful that I will have this in my name by the end of the month.

okwiater · Oct 2, 2014

Sugarcubesea said:
I'm not in that much of a hurry to speed it along… My goal is not to retro my week but rather to keep my initial investment to a minimum.

Yeah I was just teasing!

czar · Oct 2, 2014

okwiater said:
If you call up direct sales and offer to spend $20K+ on a developer week on condition that they retro your resale, they'll get the resale added to your Starwood account in 24 hours or less.

This is actually true

Sugarcubesea · Oct 2, 2014

okwiater said:
Yeah I was just teasing!

Thanks, I wasn't sure… I feel so happy that I was able to purchase my SDO for less than $40.

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