FF Santa Barbara

[jwlk0727]

Repair work

I filed a complaint with the Florida agency responsible for timeshares. I knew from the first time that I spoke with their representative that this was going to be fruitless. It was clear from her initials comments that she sided with the timeshare management company/board and not with the owner. In any case, I did get a written reply from Wyndham's attorney who assures me that work is being done. He claims that Wyndham has funded the repairs to date which are on the drywall inside of the property and are not, therefore, visible to passersby. The attorney gave me the tentative date of December, 2007 for the resort to re-open. However, he did add a disclaimer for unforeseen problems. I am not going to hold my breath.
Jean

 

[johnmfaeth]

Hi All,

Never been to Santa Barbara but here's some factoids which may be helpful in light of some recent postings.

1) Chris Forbes was manager for Florida and the Caribbean. He has returned and is now General Manager for St. Thomas which includes the Wyndham Bluebeard's Beach Club, Wyndham Elysian Beach, the Renaissance (new purchase - closed resort) and the relationship with the privately owned Wyndham Licensee - The Wyndham St. Thomas. I personally know Chris very well (being Wyndham's largest owner of St. Thomas units) and he does truly care about the owners.

2) Scott Nasser left in 2006, don't know where he went.

3) There is a new Florida/Caribbean regional manager, met him and he seems nice enough, forgot his name...

4) Board membership of owner seats vs. developer seats is defined in the by-laws of the timeshare condominium. If FF has the majority of seats, it means that certain sales thresholds of units in the hands of owners have not been met. Contact one of the owners on the Board and ask what the sales thresholds are and where the actual numbers stand. These documents are also recorded with the local county recorder of deeds. They are also referenced in the legal description portion of every deed, including the recording date, book, and starting page number. Mostly dry stuff but worth obtaining and reading if you really care. In many FF resorts, 90 % of the units must be sold before the owners get majority control of the Board.

Hopes this helps!

John

 

[johnmfaeth]

Update:

Just found his card cleaning up, Danial Walters is Chris Forbes replacement as Regional VP. He's in Orlando at 407-345-6416 as per his card. Email is dan.walters@fairfieldresorts.com. That may have changed with the Wyndham renaming. Or he may now have a new email address but the old one is still functioning.

John