Reply to 'la dolores',

I got to tell you that I have always wondered the same thing myself. I have one unit there and agree with you that these buildings stick out like a sore thumb. They simply do not go very well with the aesthetics of the beautiful coast. I don’t know how the developers were able to build such monstrosities. As we know, it’s more difficult to get away with this now. Although I got to say that not impossible. A couple of years back the builders of the cellular tower that’s on the corner of Hwy 3 and the Condo complex sneaked the construction of the tower on weekends and at night. I don’t know how they got the permits for that without any participation from the people that live there. As you probably know the radio waves that those towers emit are very controversial and the spot were it sits is heavily populated which presents a real hazard for the safety of people. I was always under the impression that to build those towers you have to have a clear radius the size of the height of the tower around its perimeter for in the event that it falls it doesn’t damage property. That is obviously not the case with this location.

We've newly rented a Condo for a month @ Luguillo Beach! Are there any reasonable places to play golf, or/and is there a driving golf range within 15 miles? I understand that a car is just about a necessity!
And how about safety?

Happy New Year. We have been renters in Playa Azul for years and rented space in a friend's garage to store things from year to year. He has now sold the place so we are looking for a public self-storage facility near Luquillo. We need only a small unit. Does anyone know of such a facility?

Hi
We did rent a condo at Playa Azul for 2009
We are looking to share or rent a car (Jan, Feb,March 2009)
Anybody know someone , you can reach me at
g.lapierre@rocler.qc.ca
Thank you for now

Hi all,
I was thrilled to come across this discussion forum today.I can't believe that with all the research we have done that I didn't find it until now. GREAT SITE. Have read all 167 messages. We visited this past Feb. We had a very positive rental experience,loved Luquillo,all the fabulous places we visited and all the very welcoming and friendly people that we encountered. Not to mention the amazing outlet shopping!(went home with 2 extra suitcases). We loved our vacation so much that we are now also looking into buying. There do not seem to be very many units for sale...none on this site and only two 1 bdrms with a local realtor. Are they usually so hard to come by? How long do they usually take to sell?How is the U.S.Mainland's housing crisis affecting sales and prices? What did one bdrm condos go for a yr ago? Ten years ago? A couple of investor type's here in Canada are telling my husband all the horrors of foreign investing...a big topic brought up is problems with titles to properties. We do know that most of us Canadians are not aware that PR is a US Territory and wonder whether they don't look at it like that or perhaps we are simplying it too much? Have any of you had such problems or heard of this? What is the reference to a lawsuit against owners of Playa Azul 3...these condos are for sale in that building..would this affect future owners? What about another building possibly going up that would affect people's views from bldg 3? Any advice would be great,as well as posive and negative stories about condo ownership. Renters on here are leary of owners...what about problems that owners have had with renters? Are there any Canadian owners out there?? Any comments on the local real estate company? Taking a long time to get responses to questions. Is this usual? It sounds like none of you use a management company...how can you do this? I have read that keys are mailed but how do you have the place cleaned and checked after a rental? How can you take care of maintenance issues living elsewhere? Sorry if this is too long...please help us get some of our questions answered...we would love to be sitting on the beach with all of you again. Thanks.

Hi Bll. Can't blame you for loving Luquillo. I just heard of someone interested in selling their one bedroom condo in Playa Azul 3. I look into it and post later again. (My e-mail is bane_1107@hotmail.com)

I am surprised that I haven't received more answers for my questions and concerns. Anyone else out there that could help?
You can email me at : lamoureuxbonnie@hotmail.com if you don't feel comfortable saying what you have to say on this forum. Not sure why one of the responses was deleted by the topic administrator??
Happy Easter everyone!!

/m171
Message number 170 was deleted for violation of rule #2 "to refrain from promoting other websites and REALTORS"......

Felix Riviera Sr
It appears that you are the site administrator and also have a lot of experience at Playa Azul. Do you live there? Any info would be great.

To bll,

I believe Mr. Rivera is the site admin also. He usually give lots of pertinent info.

To the lady and her husband who were selling their brother's condo on the 3rd floor of building one...i have lost your email address. could you please contact me or could someone please forward me their number or give them this message. they had an ad posted on the bulletin board. we saw the condo when we were down there.

Edited by author 09-17-2008 12:25 PM
Hello everyone. Just had a great stay in PA I, just wanted to share my experience "not complaining just don't want you to get blind sided". Two of the elevators were inop due to upgrading, we had a rainstorm hit and there were no elevators for the rest of the day. Had to walk up 12 stories. I was wondering how people with health or handicap conditions were handling this situation. A friend in town lent me her car, but the security guard wanted to charge me $20.00 to park where I had already payed to stay. I chose to park outside. I was there last year during the same time frame and a red camaro (inoperable) was parked in the same spot for a year, had not been towed, but yet they wanted to charge me $20.00/week. Other than that had a great time, laundromat there was super. Safety in the area was not an issue, law enforcement everywhere in town, and food was within walking distance. I'll be back next year.

the new administration de playa azul iii fire the old lobby security guard edwin

I am a new condo owner in blg 1 and have a question about a tax form 480.30? There is some confusion over whether I need to submit this form in connection with the purchase of the apartment? I do not intend to rent or make a profit from it, so I don't think it applies to me even though I am a non-permanent resident. Am I right?