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2022 Operating Assessment: $1332.02 (+$36.66 vs 2021)
2022 Replacement Reserves: $330 (+$20 vs 2021)
Estimated Taxes: $64.06 (-1.11 vs 2021)
(Mandatory Resort will also have VSN Fee if 1st or 2nd week owned)
Wyndham Founder; Disney OKW & SSR; Marriott's Willow Ridge, Shadow Ridge and Grand Chateau; Val Chatelle, Pines at Meadow Ridge and Twin Rivers in CO; Hono Koa OF (3); SBR(LOTS), SDO a few); WKORV-OFC-4 and Westin Desert Willow.
These fees have me baffled for the two sides of the lockoff. A lockoff is a bargain!
I was referring to this thread because we bought a 1 bedroom at SDO but have no idea what type it is. Does the premium one bedroom show as premium on Vistana?
Wyndham Founder; Disney OKW & SSR; Marriott's Willow Ridge, Shadow Ridge and Grand Chateau; Val Chatelle, Pines at Meadow Ridge and Twin Rivers in CO; Hono Koa OF (3); SBR(LOTS), SDO a few); WKORV-OFC-4 and Westin Desert Willow.
Real estate tax in Hawaii are included in the maintenance fees. There however is a daily TSO (Timeshare Occupancy Tax) that is payable by the guest at checkout.
These fees have me baffled for the two sides of the lockoff. A lockoff is a bargain!
I was referring to this thread because we bought a 1 bedroom at SDO but have no idea what type it is. Does the premium one bedroom show as premium on Vistana?
Paying MFs for the premium 1BR and the standard 1BR as definitely more than the 2BR lockoff. When I bought these way back when, I wasn't as knowledgeable. The good thing is that a couple of my 1BRs are platinum season not red 1-52s so for the few times that I actually trade them, they trade better than the reds. My platinum 1BR has about the same trade power as my 2BR 1-52
This is how the premium 1BR shows up in Vistana account. The standard 1BR shows pretty much the same except it doesn't have the word "premium" where the arrow is pointing.
Paying MFs for the premium 1BR and the standard 1BR as definitely more than the 2BR lockoff. When I bought these way back when, I wasn't as knowledgeable. The good thing is that a couple of my 1BRs are platinum season not red 1-52s so for the few times that I actually trade them, they trade better than the reds. My platinum 1BR has about the same trade power as my 2BR 1-52
This is how the premium 1BR shows up in Vistana account. The standard 1BR shows pretty much the same exact it doesn't have the word "premium" where the arrow is pointing.
SMV is also like this, with the total between a large and small 1br being much higher than a 2 br lockoff. I don’t know how many places are like this. This was discussed on another thread. WKV owners claim this is not the case there.
SMV is also like this, with the total between a large and small 1br being much higher than a 2 br lockoff. I don’t know how many places are like this. This was discussed on another thread. WKV owners claim this is not the case there.
It is not the case for WKV - the MFs of the 1BR units add up to the 2BR lockoff.
But the smaller 1BR is a somewhat better deal when comparing SO/MF making the smaller 1BR preferred to the 2BR lockoff which is preferred to the 1BR premium using that metric. The gap is even less material if this if your only ownership and you add the fixed VSN fee to the MF number, which may have been the developer's intent.
Replacement Reserves are the money they put aside for things that periodically need replacement or refurbishment.
For example, if they know that the roof needs to be replaced every 20 years, and it is estimated to cost $1 million to replace, then they need to put $50,000 in the replacement reserves for the roof every year, so that after 20 years, they have collected the full amount and they can pay to replace the roof.
So they have a big schedule of all the expensive maintenance and replacement items, how long each is expected to last, and how much it’s expected to cost. They figure out how much they need to collect each year and divide that up among all the ownerships – and your share is $281.43 this year. It’s essentially your share of the wear and tear on the property for this year.
Can anyone who owns Westin Flex Every Other Year tell me if there is an "EOY premium" charged on maintenance fees? I recognize that VSN fees are every year but I'm just focused on MF at the moment. Thanks!
Can anyone who owns Westin Flex Every Other Year tell me if there is an "EOY premium" charged on maintenance fees? I recognize that VSN fees are every year but I'm just focused on MF at the moment. Thanks!
My EOY 81,000 Westin Flex was $851.72 last year. The 2022 bills should come out any day now but mine isn’t yet available.
The rate per point is 0.010515
Does that help?
Edit: Looking at the maintenance fee database, there isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison with an 81,000 EY price. But it looks to me as if there is a small EOY premium. If I multiple my rate per point by one of the EY values that has a price in the database, like 148,100 SOs, and then double it (to reflect every year) I get a number that’s about $70 higher than the rate which is shown in the database for EY ownership.
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