Maybe they can build some steps to access their connection to the beach (aka- pontoon boat)
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Maybe they can build some steps to access their connection to the beach (aka- pontoon boat)
Maybe they need monkey bars to climb aboard the jungle cruise.Jungle cruise guide
Since when have pontoon boats been allowed on coastal dune lakes?
They could call it Redfish Jungle Queen and have a giant hippo try to attack the boat as people cross on their way to the beach
Not sure a "pontoon" boat is necessarily the classiest style of boat, but I guess it can get more people on it, and I think as long as the motor is less than 5hp you can use it in the lake?? I'm not positive about that, but would imagine they had to get that particular boat approved before they could put it in the lake for use. I think owners are allowed to also have kayaks and that type of thing at the dock as well to get to the beach. So I guess the jungle boat can distract and shoot at the hippos while you safely navigate across in your kayak
Not sure a "pontoon" boat is necessarily the classiest style of boat, but I guess it can get more people on it, and I think as long as the motor is less than 5hp you can use it in the lake?? I'm not positive about that, but would imagine they had to get that particular boat approved before they could put it in the lake for use. I think owners are allowed to also have kayaks and that type of thing at the dock as well to get to the beach. So I guess the jungle boat can distract and shoot at the hippos while you safely navigate across in your kayak
They could call it Redfish Jungle Queen and have a giant hippo try to attack the boat as people cross on their way to the beach
Not sure a "pontoon" boat is necessarily the classiest style of boat, but I guess it can get more people on it, and I think as long as the motor is less than 5hp you can use it in the lake?? I'm not positive about that, but would imagine they had to get that particular boat approved before they could put it in the lake for use. I think owners are allowed to also have kayaks and that type of thing at the dock as well to get to the beach. So I guess the jungle boat can distract and shoot at the hippos while you safely navigate across in your kayak
. Maybe Mr. CBA can chime in on this one, but I don't know that there is a restriction on the type of boats which can be used on the coastal dune lakes. I know of at least one pontoon boat being used on Eastern Lake, and I have seen people skiing behind a boat on Western Lake. Maybe they, too, are in violation, but I don't think so. I know there has been discussion regarding the size and types of motors which could be used on the Lakes, but I don't know that a rule has been set. Even if there was, the same people who allow seawalls to be built on public property, thereby increasing the amount of their personal property, will probably be the people in charge of monitoring it.
Update: approx 1 fourth of the 64 units have closed so far...
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Update: approx 1 fourth of the 64 units have closed so far...
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64 units and 1 Jungle Cruise ferry. That will be interesting.
:scratch: I still think it looks like a retirement home.
Here I go with my pretty predictable opinion about the project ;-) I think the reason that more units haven't closed yet is similar to the reason so many closings are being delayed right now....market is slow, and some people are trying their hardest to delay. Unfortunately, I have seen so many people buying into investment properties over the past couple of years with a "flipping strategy" in mind, and never intended to close, or were probably not really financially in a position to be buying so much to begin with. If the market was still hot, these same people would be lining up to get their paperwork signed and get their properties on the market....since it's not that way, I am hearing horror stories of so many buyers trying seven ways from Sunday to get out of closing completely (forfeiting large EMD's) or whatever they can do to keep pushing it back.
Overall, I really like the development. I think it is beautiful and has a nice secluded feel that is hard to find with many developments using every inch of land to put as many units as possible. You don't look out of any of these units into another buiding or across to some one else's balcony...I like that. I know we have joked a lot about the pontoon boat, and maybe the owners will decide on something else, but I was glad to see there was something being offered as an access across the lake. Don't forget...I would think most of the 64 units were bought as vacation homes and such. I wouldn't imagine it would be very often that you would have 64 occupied units all waiting in line at once for the ferry on the lake. But...you guys know by now I am a fan of this place, and I fully expect to get some grief about my optimism
Overall, I really like the development. I think it is beautiful and has a nice secluded feel that is hard to find with many developments using every inch of land to put as many units as possible. You don't look out of any of these units into another buiding or across to some one else's balcony...I like that. I know we have joked a lot about the pontoon boat, and maybe the owners will decide on something else, but I was glad to see there was something being offered as an access across the lake. Don't forget...I would think most of the 64 units were bought as vacation homes and such. I wouldn't imagine it would be very often that you would have 64 occupied units all waiting in line at once for the ferry on the lake. But...you guys know by now I am a fan of this place, and I fully expect to get some grief about my optimism
Sherry - I am with you on this one.
We actually looked at Sanctuary a few years ago - before the land was even cleared and thought that it was a very beautiful, secluded place where you could really relax and enjoy the tranquility of a day in a place where time stood still. We actually had contemplated purchasing a pre-construction unit, but we wanted to keep our options open at the time and shortly afterward came the slew of hurricanes... so we never did anything about buying. But, I think it will be like Wild Heron and a few of the other more secluded PCB spots... a haven for owners who do not wish to share their piece of heaven with the masses and just want to get away and relax with friends and family.
That said, these PCB places are opting out of the "...rent your place to hoards of teenagers and families every weekend that you can't come and even some weekends that you want to come just to try to cover costs..." mentality. They may, therefore, be appealing to buyers (at some point) who do not want their privacy and peace shattered by strangers coming in and out of their neighborhoods every weekend in the summer. We will just have to see how this thing develops, but I think that the developers may be on to something - creating some properties just for the owners to enjoy for the long term instead of an investment strategy. Naj
We actually looked at Sanctuary a few years ago - before the land was even cleared and thought that it was a very beautiful, secluded place where you could really relax and enjoy the tranquility of a day in a place where time stood still. We actually had contemplated purchasing a pre-construction unit, but we wanted to keep our options open at the time and shortly afterward came the slew of hurricanes... so we never did anything about buying. But, I think it will be like Wild Heron and a few of the other more secluded PCB spots... a haven for owners who do not wish to share their piece of heaven with the masses and just want to get away and relax with friends and family.
That said, these PCB places are opting out of the "...rent your place to hoards of teenagers and families every weekend that you can't come and even some weekends that you want to come just to try to cover costs..." mentality. They may, therefore, be appealing to buyers (at some point) who do not want their privacy and peace shattered by strangers coming in and out of their neighborhoods every weekend in the summer. We will just have to see how this thing develops, but I think that the developers may be on to something - creating some properties just for the owners to enjoy for the long term instead of an investment strategy. Naj