Category: 2023 News

Good morning fellow owners. The February financials have arrived and unpaid maintenance fees have been cut in half, down to $218,519. While this great news, they are still up, year-over-year, from $153,776 in February 2022. For those of you that have not paid, please attend to this matter because legal action and attorney fees will… Continue reading March 11,2023 update

Good morning fellow owners, in the past couple of days, we have received messages that maintenance fee credits are being posted to owner accounts who lost 2022 weeks due to Ian. Please monitor your accounts for these credits. HGV is issuing credits in advance of receiving insurance proceeds. The Board web site continues to be… Continue reading March 4, 2023 update

Good morning fellow Seawatch owners.   Yesterday, I attended the memorial of fellow Board member Steve Hoffman in Fort Myers and had the opportunity to get caught up on Seawatch matters.  The most important issue on all your minds is receiving the credit for paid 2023 maintenance fees. Hilton confirmed they have submitted the necessary documentation… Continue reading February 25, 2023 update

Good afternoon fellow Seawatch owners, We have just received the January 2023 financial reports on your resort, and I have some information to report.  Our 2023 operating budget is based on revenues of $1,749,410.  As of 1/31/23, we have unpaid owner maintenance fees of $400,350, up from $322,315 at 1/31/22.  22.8% of our 2,100 owners… Continue reading February 15, 2023 update

Good morning fellow owners. It does appear that we are crawling our way to some reconstruction. Chip was asked for signatures on some building permits so they are ready to go when appropriate. We have just recently learned that we have to replace a transformer to power our building so that will cause some delay… Continue reading February 12,2023 update

Good afternoon owners, It is with extreme sadness that I report to you of the passing of one of our Directors, Steve Hoffman. Steve passed away on January 27, 2023. Steve and his wife Sally are original owners at Seawatch and he has served on the Board for many years in various roles, including past… Continue reading February 2,2023 update

Missing maintenance billing? Good morning fellow owners, are you missing your maintenance fee billing? If so, please call 1-877-311-4440 and the billing department will assist. When calling, make sure HGV has your correct mailing address, telephone number and email address. Questions to the Board? For those of you that follow the Facebook page, please do… Continue reading January 21,2023 update

Good morning fellow owners.  Earlier this week, I conversed with the Project Director, Chad Carney, from First On Site, our restoration and rebuilding contractor.    Chad explained the recovery, restoration, permitting, and rebuilding process.  As I suspected after being on the property last week, the damage to the interior of the units is minimal, and limited… Continue reading January 14, 2023 update

Good morning fellow Seawatch owners, Yesterday, I spent the afternoon at Seawatch with our Resort Director, Chip Fosth.  Driving the Island, north to south, there is still a tremendous amount of clearing and demolition to be accomplished.  And, while I noted some familiar names on building sites as far as contractors are concerned, there is… Continue reading January 8, 2023 update

Good evening fellow owners, there have been several comments on various social media sites that have inquired on the ability of our owners to visit the Seawatch property. Please be advised that your resort is an active construction site and we expect reconstruction efforts to start soon. In addition, trespassing on a construction site in… Continue reading January 3, 2023 update