HURON — For decades, Beachwood Villas operated under a dual structure that functioned smoothly: About 100 condo units and 50 boat docks, each group running as separate entities with separate checkbooks and independent governing boards. Dock owners paid approximately $25,000 for their slips plus an annual maintenance fee. If a condo owner with a dock sold their unit, dock ownership transferred seamlessly.
Trouble began, however, when the marina required structural repairs estimated to be about $2 million to $2.5 million. According to resident accounts, owners serving simultaneously on both boards devised a plan: rather than having the 50 dock owners foot the bill, why not fold the marina into the primary condo HOA and spread the millions in repair costs across all 100 unit owners?
It’s genius
“Simple math,” one resident who wrote to StayTundedSandusky.com stated. “Rather than 50 dock holders having to pay for marina improvements, why not spread the cost over the 100 condo owners... To this writer’s view, it was hyped-up BS.”
