Tuesday, January 24, 2006
El Retreat
17 % of the properties in the Retreat are for sale including 4 homes and 12 lots.
34% of the properties are improved with homes that are complete or under construction.
And The Really BIG pending sale you have all no doubt heard about by now was accomplished despite all of the Hurricanes, bad press, and with no new sand , walls, bags, tubes, fences , or oats being placed on our wonderful Retreat Beach.
So if you can't armor your Gulf front house because it is not threatened under law (Florida DEP rules) and because you still have 45' to 60' of dunes in front of that house and you like that view and want it to remain because in the future it may get eroded further and leave the pilings under your house exposed which will still not make it threatened since it is a newer "conforming" structure under DEP rules and your only option will be to pay for gobs of sand to be put back under your Gulf Front home from time to time and you think it would be a tough sell getting your neighbors to help pay for it under those circumstances and the insurance company won't pay for that sand either...
then what do you do ?
Well you have to try and armor 45' to 60' out in front of your home - In front of that dune.
Save the dunes sounds better than save my home or my view.
* the Retreat documents state that Gulf front owners must maintain their lots to the water line.
You have to Make the issue saving the Dunes for everyone, sort of a save the Whales angle. Get those politically correct vibes working for you and try to herd all the rich cats in one direction so that the solution will be uniform and sell the " preservation" of value concept (fear of loss) as an added motivator to get every neighbor to help pay for it.
The problem comes in when you start messing with private vs. Common property lines and trying to determine the threat level for each neighbor to arrive at how much you are going to tax each neighbor to pay for the scheme.
Tune in next time when we deconstruct the term "Special Assessment"
127 Days until hurricane season
91 DEP days until hurricane season (they don't work weekends).
34% of the properties are improved with homes that are complete or under construction.
And The Really BIG pending sale you have all no doubt heard about by now was accomplished despite all of the Hurricanes, bad press, and with no new sand , walls, bags, tubes, fences , or oats being placed on our wonderful Retreat Beach.
So if you can't armor your Gulf front house because it is not threatened under law (Florida DEP rules) and because you still have 45' to 60' of dunes in front of that house and you like that view and want it to remain because in the future it may get eroded further and leave the pilings under your house exposed which will still not make it threatened since it is a newer "conforming" structure under DEP rules and your only option will be to pay for gobs of sand to be put back under your Gulf Front home from time to time and you think it would be a tough sell getting your neighbors to help pay for it under those circumstances and the insurance company won't pay for that sand either...
then what do you do ?
Well you have to try and armor 45' to 60' out in front of your home - In front of that dune.
Save the dunes sounds better than save my home or my view.
* the Retreat documents state that Gulf front owners must maintain their lots to the water line.
You have to Make the issue saving the Dunes for everyone, sort of a save the Whales angle. Get those politically correct vibes working for you and try to herd all the rich cats in one direction so that the solution will be uniform and sell the " preservation" of value concept (fear of loss) as an added motivator to get every neighbor to help pay for it.
The problem comes in when you start messing with private vs. Common property lines and trying to determine the threat level for each neighbor to arrive at how much you are going to tax each neighbor to pay for the scheme.
Tune in next time when we deconstruct the term "Special Assessment"
127 Days until hurricane season
91 DEP days until hurricane season (they don't work weekends).
