Southcape Resort

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Does anybody have updated information about Southcape Resort. I am thinking about purchasing a unit at this resort. Any help or advise would be appreciated.

[jericap Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close jericap]

there are reviews on tripadvisor if you're looking for experiences at the resort.
Have you called the resort to see if there are any special assessments coming up or if they plan any refurbishments in the near future? I would verify the information with the resort before buying.

[ebram Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ebram]

If you are going to buy on the Cape, buy in an oceanfront TS. After that is what we go to Cape Cod for.

[Sou13 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sou13]

Festiva Adventure Club

Southcape Resort is being taken over by Festiva Resorts, and deeded interval owners are being coerced or scared into converting their deeds to "points" in the Festiva Adventure Club.

See the discussion here:

Festiva Adventure Club - Page 2 - Timeshare Users Group Online Community Forums

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I chose not to purchase at Southcape Resort and glad I did not with all the goings on with Festiva taking over.

I purchased at Sea Mist Resort instead. I had previously stayed at Sea Mist and liked the resort. I got a great deal $1.00 including closing costs and transfer fees for a 1 bedroom townhouse unit week 36. Very happy.

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That was a really great deal!

I chose not to purchase at Southcape Resort and glad I did not with all the goings on with Festiva taking over.

I purchased at Sea Mist Resort instead. I had previously stayed at Sea Mist and liked the resort. I got a great deal $1.00 including closing costs and transfer fees for a 1 bedroom townhouse unit week 36. Very happy.

Was there a week available at Southcape for the same price? How did you find it?

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I own at Sandcastle in P'town, anout Festiva "take over." After the third time Festiva called to set an appointment for me to either visit or them to present at my home I told them I was thrilled with my fixed, deeded week 27 and had no intrest in their mini system. I've heard not a word since.

Joy

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Was there a week available at Southcape for the same price? How did you find it?

For someone who was "warning" about Festiva why would you be interested in a week even at a give away price at a Festiva resort?

Joy

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Sou13

No I have never seen any timeshares available at Southcape for that price.

I think the unit I was looking at sold for close to 1,000.00 on ebay.

I was just lucky to get the Sea Mist unit for $1.00. It was posted for over a week and nobody bid. I waited to the end and bid $1.00 and got it.

I have been told that Southcape and Sea Mist are very similar resorts in style. When I went to Sea Mist last June I knew this was a resort I would be interested in buying into. I just kept looking on various websites, sometimes the prices were too high for me and I did not buy. I would have liked a earlier week but no such luck.

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I was curious, not looking to buy!

For someone who was "warning" about Festiva why would you be interested in a week even at a give away price at a Festiva resort?

Joy

The reason I asked was that Greg Hughes, onsite Outfield Marketing sales rep, told me that weeks for sale on eBay for $1 weren't getting any bids!

Joy, I hope you intend to go to the Sandcastle meeting in April. Here's the link to just one of three Sandcastle discussions on TUG forums:
Sandcastle P'town owners - major news - Timeshare Users Group Online Community Forums

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Festiva at Sandcastle

I own at Sandcastle in P'town, anout Festiva "take over." After the third time Festiva called to set an appointment for me to either visit or them to present at my home I told them I was thrilled with my fixed, deeded week 27 and had no intrest in their mini system. I've heard not a word since.

Joy

I own week 18 and week 27. While at Sandcastle in May, I was invited to an 'owner's meeting' at the office, to review what was decided at the April Owner's Meeting. This ended up being an individual appointment for them to offer to 'exchange' my DEED for a Festiva Points membership. For a mere $2900 plus $195 admin fee per week I could permanently sign my lifetime deed over to Festiva in exchange I could have points in their system.
Their pitch:
"This is not a sale of any kind." "We are offering you a wonderful opportunity to join Festiva points, as RCI is getting out of the weeks business, and RCI no longer wants to affiliate with Sandcastle.... blah blah blah."
SO basically they want you to pay them to take over your DEED.
I have read on the internet that FESTIVA is being sued and/or investigated in several states by the Attorneys General, and has already lost their case in MO.
Hope this happens in MA too, with both Sandcastle and Southgate.
Hoping that enough owners out there get this info prior to signing on. Doesn't seem to be a lot of Sandcastle owners on these forums. Maybe because they are happy with what they already own.

I believe the couple who had a 'meeting' prior to mine signed on the bottom line.

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Southcape Resort annual meeting

I haven't posted here in awhile but want to make the connection between Sandcastle and Southcape. We are blood relatives and have been for longer than I ever realized!

Go to https://72.8.52.132/ALIS/WW400R.HTM?WSIQTP and look up Barth in Provincetown, start date 01011983. Start with this one:
BARTH, V J (AS TR) (Gtor)

UNIT 133 TIME 38
Certificate Provincetown
10-24-1996 10449-269

View the Abstract:

Bk-Pg:10449-269 Recorded: 10-24-1996 @ 9:45:00am Inst #: 60758 Chg: N Vfy: Y Sec: N


Pages in document: 1
Grp: 1
Type: Certificate
Desc: UNIT 133 TIME 38

Town: PROVINCETOWN Addr: ROUTE 6A

Gtor: ROYAL COACHMAN CONDOMINIUM TRUST (BY TR) (Gtor)

Gtor: BARTH, VINCENT J (AS TR) (Gtor)

Gtor: WOODS, ROBERT P (AS TR) (Gtor)

Gtor: BARTH, V J (AS TR) (Gtor)


Return addr: SANDCASTLE RESORT
P O BOX 576
PROVINCETOWN, MA 02657

Now look up Barth in Mashpee, start date 01011989 and start here:

BARTH, V J (AS TR) (Gtor)

UNIT 30 TIME 31
Certificate Mashpee
10-12-2001 14323-9

View the Abstract:

Bk-Pg:14323-9 Recorded: 10-12-2001 @ 10:59:52am Inst #: 75830 Chg: N Vfy: N Sec: N


Pages in document: 1
Grp: 1
Type: Certificate
Desc: UNIT 30 TIME 31

Town: MASHPEE Addr: 950 FALMOUTH ROAD

Gtor: BARTH, VINCE (AS TR) (Gtor)

Gtor: SOUTHCAPE RESORT & CLUB CONDOMINIUM I TRUST (BY TR) (Gtor)

Gtor: BARTH, V J (AS TR) (Gtor)


Return addr: DOUGLAS B CLICK REALTY
P O BOX 661
ENFIELD CT 06083


Recording Fee: 10.00 State excise: .00 Surcharge: 20.00

So let's get together on this discussion. I've posted our annual meeting overview at Southcape Resort - Page 24 - Timeshare Users Group Online Community Forums and expect more to follow. But what about the Sandcastle meeting? Where are the owner posts on TUG?

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Sandcastle TUG

This is the Sandcastle thread on TUG

Sandcastle P'town owners - major news - Timeshare Users Group Online Community Forums