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- Vistana Resort Orlando (2BR, Deeded Wk10) , Silver Lake Resort Orlando (3BRLO)
Cuts to Courts refurbishment
I was wondering what was cut from the Courts refurbishment as well when we recieved notice of the reduction in fees back in January. The total reduction to the SA was 26%, which is pretty significant.
With the May SA billing we have an answer:
"Planned expenditures were reduced by $1.7 million. Kitchen appliances, previously included, will be replaced during their normal replacement cycle as these were recently replaced in the last few years. Soundproofing in the townhome units and the replacement of the windows/sliding glass doors, and handrails & stringers throughout the property were eliminated from the project. The modification to the refurbishment plan achieved a per week savings of $268 for villas and $402 for townhomes. Refurbishment is scheduled to begin February 2011 and conclude by July 2011."
IMO the appliances are probably a good call - most of the appliances in our unit are in pretty good shape. Not sure if soundproofing the townhomes was necessary - but you could ask a villa owner downstairs. We had no noise problems through the walls, but often wonder if the villa owners can hear us walking above. Handrails and stringers seem okay - I haven't noticed anyone falling through the collapsing stairs. But I am gobsmacked about the sliding doors being cut - the one in our unit is an ancient aluminum door that doesn't lock. There is a "nail-on-a-chain" drilled through the door frame that was installed to lock the door. Seems kind of strange to have sophisticated mag locks on the front door, with no security at the back door.
We are also greatly disappointed by the schedule delay (although I suspected as much this past March because Cascades seemed behind schedule). Since we are there again in March this year we will be in the middle of reno's that should have been completed this summer, and suspect our unit won't be done (if they start at either end, we are in the middle). We had kind of planned on having a stay in our reno'd unit once, as we are planning on trading out for the next couple of years after. Looks like I won't get to see what I paid for now until 2014 or 2015.
I guess that's just whinging tho...
I was wondering what was cut from the Courts refurbishment as well when we recieved notice of the reduction in fees back in January. The total reduction to the SA was 26%, which is pretty significant.
With the May SA billing we have an answer:
"Planned expenditures were reduced by $1.7 million. Kitchen appliances, previously included, will be replaced during their normal replacement cycle as these were recently replaced in the last few years. Soundproofing in the townhome units and the replacement of the windows/sliding glass doors, and handrails & stringers throughout the property were eliminated from the project. The modification to the refurbishment plan achieved a per week savings of $268 for villas and $402 for townhomes. Refurbishment is scheduled to begin February 2011 and conclude by July 2011."
IMO the appliances are probably a good call - most of the appliances in our unit are in pretty good shape. Not sure if soundproofing the townhomes was necessary - but you could ask a villa owner downstairs. We had no noise problems through the walls, but often wonder if the villa owners can hear us walking above. Handrails and stringers seem okay - I haven't noticed anyone falling through the collapsing stairs. But I am gobsmacked about the sliding doors being cut - the one in our unit is an ancient aluminum door that doesn't lock. There is a "nail-on-a-chain" drilled through the door frame that was installed to lock the door. Seems kind of strange to have sophisticated mag locks on the front door, with no security at the back door.
We are also greatly disappointed by the schedule delay (although I suspected as much this past March because Cascades seemed behind schedule). Since we are there again in March this year we will be in the middle of reno's that should have been completed this summer, and suspect our unit won't be done (if they start at either end, we are in the middle). We had kind of planned on having a stay in our reno'd unit once, as we are planning on trading out for the next couple of years after. Looks like I won't get to see what I paid for now until 2014 or 2015.
I guess that's just whinging tho...
