Maintenance Fees

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Re: Maintenance Fees (by Thomas C.):

debi_zyx wrote:
You are all so right about the maintenance fees! Where I live, we have a similar problem (along with the fact that we only have 3 resorts to choose from!). There is a local group of people here that got fed up, and they have got as many resort owners as possible together to bring a class action lawsuit against the company that owns and manages the resorts. The suit, which is currently in the high court, claims that the reason our maintenance fees are so high is that the resort management are charging the owners for maintenance of the complete site, including maintenance of units unsold (and there are a lot of those). So, if only 1/2 the weeks have been sold, I am actually paying double maintenance on my weeks, to cover the unsold units (which, by the way, are rented out as regular hotel rooms !!!!). Anyway, at the moment the class action is in the courts, and the claims are currently "just claims", but you guys may think about doing something similar.
I thought I saw something on the Florida regulatory website concerning timeshares that said it was illegal for owners to charge maintenance fees on unsold units. I understood it that the owners were responsible for whatever the annual fee is for each unit that remainded unsold. It only makes sense, but based on my experience with the timeshare industry, I'm not surprised they are trying to stick the weekly owners with the bill.