Seagrove Villas Motel Reopening this Spring

**Dreamsicle** · 08-05-2008, 05:59 PM

Have the little "Florida cottages" at Seagrove Villas been bulldozed yet, or are they still in business? I'm trying to book a place for a couple + small child at Thanksgiving (we don't have enough room for all the overflow company) and I always loved putting guests there because they are so old fashioned. I don't love the three story building but the individual cottages had some charm - anyone know if they're still there, and how I would go about booking?

TIA!

**scooterbug44** · 08-06-2008, 09:24 AM

Yes!

http://www.seagrovevillas.com

**Miss Kitty** · 08-06-2008, 11:21 AM

Raise your hand if you want to be able to move one or more of the cottages to your property before/if they are flattened. I am seriously thinking of buying land to do this if possible. I haven't told Mr. K yet, IJS. DD...this may be the ticket.

cp · 08-06-2008, 11:25 AM

1st place I stayed on 30a and an alltime fav.

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DD · 08-06-2008, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by Miss Kitty

Raise your hand if you want to be able to move one or more of the cottages to your property before/if they are flattened. I am seriously thinking of buying land to do this if possible. I haven't told Mr. K yet, IJS. DD...this may be the ticket.

Oh Kitty.....I am so liking the new drug!! That would be so totally far out. I'd help if I could. We can discuss this on our trip...brainstorm if you will.

**Dreamsicle** · 08-06-2008, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Miss Kitty

Raise your hand if you want to be able to move one or more of the cottages to your property before/if they are flattened. I am seriously thinking of buying land to do this if possible. I haven't told Mr. K yet, IJS. DD...this may be the ticket.

I used to have a fantasy about buying them, bulldozing the 3 story building and building a few more just like them, and opening a real Old Florida motel. I had those little cottages redecorated already in my mind - barkcloth, midcentury furniture, some framed vintage Florida postcards and paint-by-numbers tropical art. Oh, what fun! I'll be sorry to see them go.

Maybe I can put my overflow guests up in one of them one more time.

**jsprenkle** · 02-16-2009, 10:12 PM

Just a note to let everyone know that the Seagrove Villas Motel will be undergoing some remodeling and rennovating over the next 30 - 45 days for a grand re-opening this Spring. Lots of new paint, furniture, landscaping, and a general overhaul to restore it to its iconic glory ... We are very excited to get the site cleaned up and to make it available again to everyone who has enjoyed it for so many years. Hopefully, we will be introducing it to a whole new generation of guests over the coming years.

Our rental management company, 360 Blue, LLC, will be handling the rentals starting in Spring, and we will be taking reservations very soon. Feel free to call us anytime for additional information (850-303-0687) or keep an eye on www.360blueproperties.com for rental info and updates coming soon.

Thanks -

Jason

**DuneLaker** · 02-16-2009, 10:19 PM

Well, that is certainly the news of the evening! Congratulations.

**SWGB** · 02-16-2009, 10:20 PM

There is a certain sowaller that will be crying with joy when she reads this. Hope you can sleep tonight KDW.

DD · 02-16-2009, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by sowalgayboi

There is a certain sowaller that will be crying with joy when she reads this. Hope you can sleep tonight KDW.

**Franny** · 02-17-2009, 08:35 AM

KDW

**Smiling JOe** · 02-17-2009, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by sowalgayboi

There is a certain sowaller that will be crying with joy when she reads this. Hope you can sleep tonight KDW.

She's safe as long as they don't sell it first.

**kathydwells** · 02-17-2009, 01:11 PM

Wooooooo Hooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might actually get to fall out of the Hammock again!!!!!

This is wonderful news. Maybe we can make reservations for 2010. Or, I might just have to take a few days off this spring and come on down to the Villas. I never thought I would be able to stay there again. YEAH!!!!!!

p.s. SJ, as someone said to me "You are peeing on my parade".

**DuneAHH** · 02-17-2009, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by kathydwells

Wooooooo Hooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might actually get to fall out of the Hammock again!!!!!

This is wonderful news. Maybe we can make reservations for 2010. Or, I might just have to take a few days off this spring and come on down to the Villas. I never thought I would be able to stay there again. YEAH!!!!!!

p.s. SJ, as someone said to me "You are peeing on my parade".

DO IT Gullfriend!!! The weekend of April 25th would be a GRAYT time for you to be here!!!!

**New Yellowfin** · 02-17-2009, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by jsprenkle

Just a note to let everyone know that the Seagrove Villas Motel will be undergoing some remodeling and rennovating over the next 30 - 45 days for a grand re-opening this Spring. Lots of new paint, furniture, landscaping, and a general overhaul to restore it to its iconic glory ... We are very excited to get the site cleaned up and to make it available again to everyone who has enjoyed it for so many years. Hopefully, we will be introducing it to a whole new generation of guests over the coming years.

Our rental management company, 360 Blue, LLC, will be handling the rentals starting in Spring, and we will be taking reservations very soon. Feel free to call us anytime for additional information (850-303-0687) or keep an eye on www.360blueproperties.com for rental info and updates coming soon.

Thanks -

Jason

Congratulations Jason and welcome to the neighborhood.

**kathydwells** · 02-18-2009, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by jsprenkle

Just a note to let everyone know that the Seagrove Villas Motel will be undergoing some remodeling and rennovating over the next 30 - 45 days for a grand re-opening this Spring. Lots of new paint, furniture, landscaping, and a general overhaul to restore it to its iconic glory ... We are very excited to get the site cleaned up and to make it available again to everyone who has enjoyed it for so many years. Hopefully, we will be introducing it to a whole new generation of guests over the coming years.

Our rental management company, 360 Blue, LLC, will be handling the rentals starting in Spring, and we will be taking reservations very soon. Feel free to call us anytime for additional information (850-303-0687) or keep an eye on www.360blueproperties.com for rental info and updates coming soon.

Thanks -

Jason

Jason, when you have the rental info available online will you please post here and let us know?

Thank you, and welcome. I hope that the Villa's will be around for a very long time

**SWGB** · 02-18-2009, 12:20 PM

Update: Landscaping and general maintenance today! It's looking much better already.

**jsprenkle** · 02-18-2009, 07:43 PM

Thanks for the well wishes and welcomes. Landscaping is already shaping up and painting starts tomorrow. It should look like its old self next week, with some improvements of course. I will post info on rentals, rates, etc. as soon as they are ready. We should have rates and a projected opening date very soon.

**kathydwells** · 02-18-2009, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by sowalgayboi

Update: Landscaping and general maintenance today! It's looking much better already.

Originally Posted by jsprenkle

Thanks for the well wishes and welcomes. Landscaping is already shaping up and painting starts tomorrow. It should look like its old self next week, with some improvements of course. I will post info on rentals, rates, etc. as soon as they are ready. We should have rates and a projected opening date very soon.

Thank you Jason. I have 7 years of memories made there and I am looking forward to many more.

**SWGB** · 02-18-2009, 11:41 PM

**JUL** · 02-19-2009, 07:43 AM

I want to see the interior shots and wonder how much a night

**DuneLaker** · 02-19-2009, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by sowalgayboi

Well, go down there and take some for us, please!!

We'll have to let John Branston of Memphis know. He did a great article in Sweet Tea Journal Spring/Summer 2008 remembering his family's first trip to the Seagrove Villas. Cute picture of him and his sister in front of cabins on sand, 1975.

**SWGB** · 02-19-2009, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by DuneLaker

Well, go down there and take some for us, please!!

We'll have to let John Branston of Memphis know. He did a great article in Sweet Tea Journal Spring/Summer 2008 remembering his family's first trip to the Seagrove Villas. Cute picture of him and his sister in front of cabins on sand, 1975.

I meant to today, but I'm waiting until the landscaping and painting is done.

**Mermaid** · 02-22-2009, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by jsprenkle

Just a note to let everyone know that the Seagrove Villas Motel will be undergoing some remodeling and rennovating over the next 30 - 45 days for a grand re-opening this Spring. Lots of new paint, furniture, landscaping, and a general overhaul to restore it to its iconic glory ... We are very excited to get the site cleaned up and to make it available again to everyone who has enjoyed it for so many years. Hopefully, we will be introducing it to a whole new generation of guests over the coming years.

Our rental management company, 360 Blue, LLC, will be handling the rentals starting in Spring, and we will be taking reservations very soon. Feel free to call us anytime for additional information (850-303-0687) or keep an eye on www.360blueproperties.com for rental info and updates coming soon.

Thanks -

Jason

Best of luck to you, Jason. I am so glad you and your team are breathing new life into the Seagrove Villas Motel. My husband and I walk past it all the time when we're visiting our condo and we like it very much. It's one of the few connections to the Seagrove we remember from decades ago. Especially those adorable little bungalows which I am so glad were never torn down!

May I ask who you hired for landscaping and painting? Our condo grounds are due for some good sprucing up and I'd love to have any leads you can give me (feel free to PM me if you prefer).

**jsprenkle** · 03-14-2009, 12:07 AM

You can visit www.SeagroveVillas.com or www.360blueproperties.com to see the 2009 rates, site layout & bedding for each unit, etc.

We are currently accepting reservations for April 15th and forward, and we have already had a tremendous response.

Feel free to call us at the numbers on the websites anytime.

Jason

**kathydwells** · 03-14-2009, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by jsprenkle

You can visit www.SeagroveVillas.com or www.360blueproperties.com to see the 2009 rates, site layout & bedding for each unit, etc.

We are currently accepting reservations for April 15th and forward, and we have already had a tremendous response.

Feel free to call us at the numbers on the websites anytime.

Jason

Thank you Jason.

**jessifunn** · 03-14-2009, 10:24 AM

i know these guys and they will do a great job with the villas congratulations!

**beachgrl** · 04-03-2009, 06:04 PM

I do not think I could ever stay there again and I loved it at one time. We stayed there near the end of its "service" and it was filthy....dirty ....horrible and when we discovered this...the office was closed and there was no one to help us get clean towels, etc.....no beach umbrellas...nothing.......It will have to have a cleaning grade before I will ever go back....this was probably two years ago.... Wish it would come back to the way it was probably 10 years ago...but I doubt it.....

**kurt** · 04-03-2009, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by beachgrl

I do not think I could ever stay there again and I loved it at one time. We stayed there near the end of its "service" and it was filthy....dirty ....horrible and when we discovered this...the office was closed and there was no one to help us get clean towels, etc.....no beach umbrellas...nothing.......It will have to have a cleaning grade before I will ever go back....this was probably two years ago.... Wish it would come back to the way it was probably 10 years ago...but I doubt it.....

Did you read the first post?

I haven't seen it yet but will be shooting pics at some point.

**Smiling JOe** · 04-04-2009, 09:43 AM

beachgrl, I hear that frustration. I'd be upset too. Sounds like these new guys are going to give it an honest shot to make it great. I can tell you that driving past it every day, I have seen noticeable improvements, which I think everyone who has stayed there will appreciate. It is looking very nice from the outside, and it sounds like they are giving it a fresh makeover. I hope to hear good things about it in the future from the guests who give them a chance.

cp · 04-04-2009, 01:08 PM

I'm soo excited about the villas!!! Please someone post some pics!

**Mermaid** · 04-04-2009, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by kurt

Did you read the first post?

I haven't seen it yet but will be shooting pics at some point.

Hooray! The Kurt touch is the best final touch on a property. Finishes it off beautifully.

**kathydwells** · 04-04-2009, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by kurt

Did you read the first post?

I haven't seen it yet but will be shooting pics at some point.

YEAH!!!!!!!

**beachgrl** · 04-19-2009, 06:31 PM

Looked at it this past weekend....Looking good....Hope it does on the inside and wish you the best....It is still the best view down there.....MAY consider it if it really has been cleaned and updated some......CLEAN is a biggie........Saw the hammocks and lots of activity going on.....Let us see pics as soon as possible.....

**TreeFrog** · 04-19-2009, 06:42 PM

Still want to know what they did with the neon...

**kurt** · 04-19-2009, 07:30 PM

I will be shooting photos ASAP.

**TreeFrog** · 04-20-2009, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by kurt

I will be shooting photos ASAP.

Ask about the neon when you're there.

**kurt** · 04-21-2009, 06:07 AM

What about the neon?

There is still a lot of work going on. They are doing a great job and it will be very cool.

**hnooe** · 04-21-2009, 07:56 AM

Yea I walked thru on Sunday--looking really great--just hope the neon sign goes back up

**Smiling JOe** · 04-21-2009, 08:04 AM

beachgirl, you saw the hammocks? I've been looking everyday that I pass, and keep wondering if they were going to have kathydwells hammocks back in place when she arrives, but I have yet to see them.

**kurt** · 04-21-2009, 09:17 AM

There are 2 hammocks between the pool and the beach.

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**Miss Kitty** · 04-25-2009, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by TreeFrog

Ask about the neon when you're there.

jfunn and I went on a field trip here the other day. She introduced me to Jason and he gave us a tour.

The Villas look terrific...all new cosmetics (they left all the funky funn!) and great furniture. The hammocks were only missing one thing...Darlene! The neon is making it's return soon...it went out for a tune up!

**go2beach** · 04-26-2009, 12:19 AM

Keep us posted on the up and coming new seagrove villas...one of the prettiest beach views around. I hope they clean it up and put new furniture in....it had gotten beyond hope.

**Miss Kitty** · 04-26-2009, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by go2beach

Keep us posted on the up and coming new seagrove villas...one of the prettiest beach views around. I hope they clean it up and put new furniture in....it had gotten beyond hope.

hey! did you read the post right before yours?

**dmarie** · 04-26-2009, 09:03 AM

Does anyone know what is to become of the Wheel House? I have a friend in the restaurant biz who thinks it might be a great place for a good Mexican Restaurant. Any idea who he should contact? Any ideas or suggestions? Thank you

**Yarmap** · 04-26-2009, 09:23 AM

I think Allifunn is still saving up for the down-payment on the property so we all can have good ol bacon & eggs for breakfest and meatloaf for lunch once again.

**coondog** · 05-05-2009, 08:57 PM

Seagrove Villas re-opened today!

**TreeFrog** · 05-05-2009, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by Miss Kitty

The neon is making it's return soon...it went out for a tune up!

That's good news. I've missed it.

**beachma** · 05-06-2009, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by coondog

Seagrove Villas re-opened today!

Awesome! Any pics yet?

**kathydwells** · 05-19-2009, 05:33 AM

Sister tried to call the number listed several times yesterday afternoon to book a room at the Villas. No one ever answered the phone. Jason, if you are out there what are the best hours to call? Thanks!