Update ~ Hooray ~ we can use the beach condo now {after two years of repairs}

The update from the Peregrine website: 

August 31, 2010

We are pleased to inform you that Peregrine will be open for Owner use only starting September 10, 2010 with restrictions.

Owners who plan to use their week at Peregrine starting September 10 (Week 37) should be advised that the State Environmental Health Department has not yet issued a permit for the operation of our public water system. Therefore, it will be necessary that you supply your own water for drinking, cooking and ice. Do not drink the water! We expect the State Approved permit for the operation of our public water system to be issued in September.

Please remember that Peregrine is being strictly regulated by both State and County health agencies as to the amount of wastewater that can be released into the discharge area that is adjacent to protected wetlands.

To comply with these regulations, "No Owner shall have more than six (6) family and guest in any one night in a two (2) bedroom unit nor ( 4) in a one (1) bedroom unit" as stated in the Rules and Regulations of the Peregrine Homeowners Association. Compliance with this regulation will be strictly enforced. Non-compliance with this regulation could cost Peregrine Homeowners as much as $1000.00 per day to treat the excess discharge generated over State limits. Also, as in the past, Peregrine is a "no pet facility". Those bringing a pet to the property will be charged $275.

Discussions are ongoing with RCI as to when Peregrine homeowners will be able to deposit their vacation intervals. We will notify you as soon as the arrangements are completed with both RCI and II.

We hope that you will enjoy your beautiful property and we send our best to all of you.

We Spent the night at the beach condo >>>first time since August 2008!

 but we cannot use the water . . . it is still being tested by the state.

They still have a lot a work to do - but I think maybe by Labor Day weekend the complex will be ready for people to start staying there.  We went on Sunday & the guys went fishing and I  clean up.  The water is has not been tested by the state, so I did not use it or wash any dishes yet.  They are still pilled up on the table.  I will go back in a few weeks and do that.    The weather was so nice,  I have never seen it in summer with the sky so blue and  not a cloud in the sky.   The sand seemed different to me, sort of sticky {oil spill ?}  Not sure - but it sure did stick to my feet and stain them and my moms crocs were stained.   More soon . . .

This was the swimming pool ~

Peregrine Condos, Texas, originally uploaded by exumabound.

this is a week after Ike - the grounds of the condos were ruined and they are still trying to fix the water, sewer and bulkheads.

The pool now (March 2010) ~ I don't think it will be ready by summer.

Condo Updates ~

January 25, 2010

In the December 15, 2009 Peregrine Hurricane Ike update, the process for obtaining permits to rebuild the infrastructure for Peregrine Townhomes was discussed. In addition to the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, we now have approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to install the waste water treatment facility.

With these two approvals in hand, we are finalizing the remaining governmental petitions to obtain the required building permits for the construction of the waste water treatment Facility, the public water system well, the repairs to the bulkhead barrier, the rebuild the swimming pool area and replacement of all of the driveways and landscaping.

We have completed the engineering and design of all the above mentioned projects, but our petition must still be reviewed and approved by the County Health Department, the County permitting office, the General Land Office of the State of Texas, and the Brazoria County Commissioners Court. Both the Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality had to approve the sewer design first before these other agencies would consider the request.

Once these projects are approved and permitted, the various contractors associated with construction above projects will begin work simultaneously, and we should be in position to give you an estimate of the Peregrine re-opening date.

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December 15, 2009

After 9 months of discussion the US. Army, Corps of Engineers, we received on December 10, 2009, their final approval for the new Peregrine sewer location on the property. Once this approval trickles down through the red tape of the State of Texas and Brazoria County officials (sewer design already approved by all), a permit for construction will be issued by the County. Once the permits are issued, construction of the sewer, the water well, the bulkhead surrounding the property, the buildings damaged or destroyed and the pool reconstruction will begin immediately (contracts for each already in place).

We have power ...

The power has been connected to our condo and now they are working on the water and sewage, that should be done by the end of the year. They are still working on the parking area - not sure what they are going to do. Soon - we will be hanging out at the beach again.

Update - 1-3-10 - We still do not know when we will have water or a sewer.  I was hoping by Spring Break, but that doesn't look good as of now.

We have Stairs now -

A lot of work has been done at the beach condo - we have stairs and the inside is being cleaned up. It seems the west side of the house got more damage inside than the parts that face the east. The bathrooms really got messed up - not sure why. Anyway here are two photos - the kitchen looks pretty bad - it is by the west side of the condo. I will post more as the works get done. I don't think we have power yet - in this photo of the stairs it is not hooked up.

Hurricane Ike September 9 2008 NASA

Hurricane Ike September 9 2008 NASA, originally uploaded by 敏.

It has been a long hot summer {and we are not done with it yet}. I don't think it rained at all in June and it was in the 100''s a lot of the days and it hasn't rained much since...but we sure don't want another hurricane. We have our fingers crossed around here.

Update on our condo ~

Hurricane Ike ~ photo

Hurricane Ike, originally uploaded by Coast Guard News.

Update - now they say Peregrine Condos will not be open until 2010 ~

{they say by spring break ~ we'll see}

Six Months Later....It doesn't look Good

This is a house in Surfside beach near the jetties:

The pile of cement they have cleaned up:

Our unit - the last one -see how all the grounds are washed away?
This is the {was} the road to be the beach that was by our condo.  Two houses by here are gone.
This is the only part of the grass and ground that is left. (by the pool) :
 This is by the pool:
This is a unit on the last row on the east side:
This is where the laundry building was:
Another view of our unit:
The driveway/parking lot:
I don't see how these will be open in September - it still looks awful.  The web site says they completed the cement removal- but there still is a lot of cracked cement.   I didn't see any big trucks or cranes to do more work.  I wonder what is going on?