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Sunrise Bay Resort & Club, Marco Island, Finally on vacation, pics of resort

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I'm interested in purchasing a unit at Sunrise Bay Resort & Club , can anyone tell me what a good unit # would be? Does anyone have a resort map, so I can see what the unit #'s are? Are all the units facing the water?
 

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All (20) units at Sunrise Bay Resort have the same water-facing orientation. I believe there are four unit floors above the ground level / office floor, 5 units per floor. BUT...

Organizationally, things appear to be a real mess at Sunrise Bay right now. The fellow who was overseeing resales and renovations (he may also actually have been the original developer back in the 1980’s) parted company with the resort months ago. He has since initiated law firm communications to the BOD and resort manager, alleging serious misconduct and mismanagement by both. I have personally seen and read that correspondence, but have no personal knowledge (nor any opinion whatsoever) regarding its' validity.

I have a close relative who paid in full for the purchase of a (resale) fixed week at this resort back in March, 2020; a purchase initiated directly with the above referenced resale rep who was operating on site at the resort at that time. Now, almost two years later, the deed was never signed or recorded by the seller and buyer never gained occupancy. Separate legal actions have recently commenced to recover the funds associated with that particular failed "transaction". The only good news for the buyer so far in that unsuccessful ”transaction” is that no maintenance fee bills were ever issued to the would-be buyer.

Personally, I have no idea who may be right or wrong or responsible in that whole mess; just be aware that there is clearly an ongoing and unresolved ”situation” regarding the inner workings at Sunrise Bay Resort. One has to wonder how much financial, legal and managerial chaos an independent timeshare property, without the deep pockets that a corporate "chain" possesses and also having only 20 units in total, can long remain viable and functional without having to impose some huge special assessments upon the interval owners there. :shrug:

In short, tread very carefully and dig deeper into current status details if you are seriously considering buying in to Sunrise Bay Resort as you have indicated.

Caveat Emptor.
 
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All (20) units at Sunrise Bay Resort have the same water-facing orientation. I believe there are four unit floors above the ground level / office floor, 5 units per floor. BUT...

Organizationally, things appear to be a real mess at Sunrise Bay right now. The fellow who was overseeing resales and renovations (he may also actually have been the original developer back in the 1980’s) parted company with the resort months ago. He has since initiated law firm communications to the BOD and resort manager, alleging serious misconduct and mismanagement by both. I have personally seen and read that correspondence, but have no personal knowledge (nor any opinion whatsoever) regarding its' validity.

I have a close relative who paid in full for the purchase of a (resale) fixed week at this resort back in March, 2020; a purchase initiated directly with the above referenced resale rep who was operating on site at the resort at that time. Now, almost two years later, the deed was never signed or recorded by the seller and buyer never gained occupancy. Separate legal actions have recently commenced to recover the funds associated with that particular failed "transaction". The only good news for the buyer so far in that unsuccessful ”transaction” is that no maintenance fee bills were ever issued to the would-be buyer.

Personally, I have no idea who may be right or wrong or responsible in that whole mess; just be aware that there is clearly an ongoing and unresolved ”situation” regarding the inner workings at Sunrise Bay Resort. One has to wonder how much financial, legal and managerial chaos an independent timeshare property, without the deep pockets that a corporate "chain" possesses and also having only 20 units in total, can long remain viable and functional without having to impose some huge special assessments upon the interval owners there. :shrug:

In short, tread very carefully and dig deeper into current status details if you are seriously considering buying in to Sunrise Bay Resort as you have indicated.

Caveat Emptor.

Theo,

Thanks so much for this input. I have decided after reading this I will stick with my Vanderbilt Beach and Harbor Club, where I already own and love...I wanted to add a week 48 to my portfolio so I could have 3 weeks in FL in December
 

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Theo,

Thanks so much for this input. I have decided after reading this I will stick with my Vanderbilt Beach and Harbor Club, where I already own and love...I wanted to add a week 48 to my portfolio so I could have 3 weeks in FL in December
Are you here now?
 
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