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How does all this relate to 'Aquatera' specifically??
Unplugged, I think you should do us all a big public service by going down to Aquatera yourself and reporting back. As you can see, we're all pretty well useless about keeping to the specifics. (Even though we try! Really... ;-) )You're absolutely right Mermaid! Well, I was at the intro party last Friday night - unfortunately, many local SoWalers missed it. Very nice catering, hor'dourves, bar, etc. The crowd was a bit noisy during the presentation and the speakers lacked that 'wow' factor. But I like the project for all the reasons stated by Paula. We are also REALTORS? and will likely refer some of our clients into the project if it is a good fit.
You're absolutely right Mermaid! Well, I was at the intro party last Friday night - unfortunately, many local SoWalers missed it. Very nice catering, hor'dourves, bar, etc. The crowd was a bit noisy during the presentation and the speakers lacked that 'wow' factor. But I like the project for all the reasons stated by Paula. We are also REALTORS? and will likely refer some of our clients into the project if it is a good fit.
The parting gift that was offered to each guest as they left was outstanding and a nice touch - don't you think InletBchDweller? :clap_1:
The CD is nice I have been playing it quite a bit.....
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Yes the parting gift was nice, I think I had tooooooooo much champange, I ended up with 2 parting gifts, a glass, and a coconut!!!
The speakers were lacking "wow" factor, I was standing in line for fried lobster tails so my eyes were on that...
...a coconut...that's nutty!!! Uh, I mean how nice of the people of Aquatera to bless you with a coconut.
Actually I think I just flat out "took it" and smuggled it out in my purse. I think?? the sushi roller said that I could have it??? dont really remember much
, it was part of the sushi table display.... 
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Just call me the coconut bandit...ooohhhhhhh a new avatar???? :clap_1:
Gee, let me just bring one other point that you have to figure in the cost of a real estate investment. That is opportunity cost. On a 700k condo investment, if you purchased it for cash, the opportunity cost would be about 35k....the amount of money you could earn risk-free on the 700k. Back to Aquatera.Well go ahead and chop that down to about $24,000 since you do pay taxes on interest earned. ;-)
:funn: how many units did you buy????
I noticed last Saturday that they demolished and removed the brown wooden Octagonal house on Green St--the one that was damaged by Ivan and never fixed back up. You Seacresters know exactly which one I mean. It's now an empty sand lot. Wonder if Aquatera bought that one for an access?
.KB, you are SO smart! I just checked the property appraiser's site and Zohouri (owner of Aquatera) bought that house for 4.3 mil in December. I do not like the idea of all those people on our quiet stretch of beach! What a bummer
None, I am tapped out....You discovered that after your stomach was full and your pockets were loaded with freebees?
You discovered that after your stomach was full and your pockets were loaded with freebees?
You're right, KB and CCK. We have such a quiet beach. When we're there in May, January, February, November, and August, there are plenty of times in the early morning, during the day, and at sunset when we're the only ones at the beach -- very nice. Haven't been there during a peak summer month yet, but we'll see how busy it is when we get there in late June. I'll have to see how close that Green Street is. It's not right next to us (1/4 mile maybe, is that correct?) so we'll still have a pretty quiet area since most people won't want to carry their beach chair 1/4 mile toward us. But it does mean we'll see more people when we look toward Panama City Beach.If you guys think that Aquaterra building 72 (or something like that) homes in that quiet area, go visit the beach at Big Redfish today and come back in another 2 years and see the change. They are adding over 500 units along the Lake, and forever impacting what was one of the quietest places along the beach.
Times they are a changin' (but then I have to remind myself that we're part of the change ourselves).
If you guys think that Aquaterra building 72 (or something like that) homes in that quiet area, go visit the beach at Big Redfish today and come back in another 2 years and see the change. They are adding over 500 units along the Lake, and forever impacting what was one of the quietest places along the beach.
Also, it's not 72 big units. They are small as SJ noted. Which I think is an excellent idea. :clap_1: :clap_1:I know that a contractor that builds Eco block houses was at the party, maybe he is trying to get them to do something. The eco block homes are solid and very energy efficient.
Anyone know if Aquatera will be using "green" building techniques? Or anything that will make them energy efficient -- not just from a heating/cooling standpoint but also using renewable materials and/or Energy Star appliances. I think that's the wave of the future and would be a huge selling standpoint, if not this summer than in the years to come, which is when those units will be built anyway. Would be a smart move by the developers and not too much more expensive.
Also, it's not 72 big units. They are small as SJ noted. Which I think is an excellent idea. :clap_1: :clap_1:
Anyone know if Aquatera will be using "green" building techniques? Or anything that will make them energy efficient -- not just from a heating/cooling standpoint but also using renewable materials and/or Energy Star appliances. I think that's the wave of the future and would be a huge selling standpoint, if not this summer than in the years to come, which is when those units will be built anyway. Would be a smart move by the developers and not too much more expensive.
Given the sizes of some of the communities here, 72 homes isn't really that big. We have about 40-45 I think at the Cottages at Camp Creek (I never counted) and it feels pretty small and doesn't seem to make the beach very busy (again, I haven't been there yet in peak summer months but will do so soon and am very curious). So, I don't think 72 homes will make a big difference on the beach or the area -- there are several other communities around here, but they don't seem to overwhelm the beach at all, perhaps because there are multiple beach accesses along the beaches that spread people out. We shall see how it feels once Alys Beach and Aquaterra are completed and people move in. But, again, they're 1/4 - 1/2 mile away.
Yes, I've already let myself mourn the loss of our quiet empty beach, and brace myself for the coming of Aquatera and Alys. That partly why I'm taking so many landscape photos of our beach right now, while I still can get some with no crowds, permanent umbrellas or lounge chairs in them. Ah well, the winds shall blow. As long as the people who come are as friendly as the few we pass now (and I'm sure they will be), it won't be so bad.
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