Gulf Shores, AL

Prickett Properites LLC is offering 15% off our already "Best Rate Guarantee" for online booking at

www.GoToTheGulfCoast.com

Book any of our fabulous condos or homes for travel through 1/1/2009 and receive an additional 15% off. Use promotional code "Holiday."

Here is a list of some of our fabulous beach condominium resorts that the Holiday Discount applies:

Bella Luna, Orange Beach Alabama

The Indies, Gulf Shores, Alabama

Marlin Key, Orange Beach Alabama

Turquoise Place, Orange Beach Alabama

Please visit our website at www.GoToTheGulfCoast.com for more information and online booking

Quite often Prickett Properties LLC gets Rave Reviews from our valued guests. We would like to take the opportunity to brag just a little bit by posting some of the reviews about our company and the Indies in Fort Morgan Al :

"Thank you so much for a great stay at the Indies! Our family loved the condo and the little red wagon was perfect for our kids. We had spectacular sunsets on the roof top terrace. We will be back next year!"

The Blackshear Family
Birmingham, Al

"We really enjoyed spending July 4th at your Indies condo. The condo was well-equipped and beautifully furnished. Tamala and Daniel were professional, friendly and provided lots of great information about the area. Thanks again."

The Wilson Family
Franklin, Tn

"We just returned from our stay at your Indies condo and wanted to take the opportunity to say Thank You! Our family had a wonderful time and fell in love with the Fort Morgan area. We had everything we could possibly need in the condo and wish we could have stayed another week. Great memories at the Indies. We will definitely be back next year"

The Rodgers Family
Ocean Springs, Ms

These were some very kind remarks from a few of our guests at the Indies in Gulf Shores/Fort Morgan. We hope that you will take the opportunity to visit our website at
www.GoToTheGulfCoast.com and make your next vacation at the Indies

Tamala and Daniel Prickett

Thanksgiving is over but we are still giving Thanks to all our vacationers!!!

Prickett Properties is offering 15% off all Holiday stays (valid through 1/1/2009)

There are some great places to stay at some killer prices:

For Example:

The Bella Luna

$546.00 total price for 3 nights! (Use promotional code "Holiday")

The Indies

$485.00 total price for 3 nights! (Use promotional code "Holiday")

You can view more properties and information at my website. Online Booking is available at this website!

http://www.gotothegulfcoast.com/rentals.cfm

Prickett Properties LLC provides property management services in Gulf Shores, Fort Morgan, and Orange Beach Alabama. We have a wide range of beachfront, bay front and beachside condominiums as well as homes available for short term vacation rentals.

Among those, we are very proud of the Indies Condominiums in Fort Morgan Alabama. The Indies Condominiums is a small condominium complex at the end of the Fort Morgan Peninsula. The Indies condos are beachside and only about 150 yards to the white sandy beaches of the Gulf Coast.

Here is the link to the Indies in Fort Morgan Al vacation rentals

http://www.gotothegulfcoast.com/complex_details.cfm?ComplexID=33

You ask why stay here when it is only beachside and not beachfront?

First of all, these condos have excellent beach views! The condo complex is only 150 yards from the beach and sits within a quiet neighborhood called the Dunes subdivision. The only thing in front of the Indies is 3 rows of single family and duplex homes. Thus, most of our condos look right over these roof tops. The ones on the lower floors still have excellent views through the lots of the homes.

Secondly, the walk to the beach is short and most importantly safe! If you have children, an elderly person in your group or just people who don't like to play "frogger" when crossing the road to get to the beach, then you should consider the Indies. The Indies is beachside meaning that there is no road to cross to get to the beach. You simply walk down a small neighborhood sidewalk to the private beach access. Most of our condos have little red wagons to tote the little ones or your beach gear. It makes the experience of getting to the beach very relaxing.

Many of our guests love this complex because it sits within a neighborhood. Kids love to bike around the safe neighborhood streets and it gives the older children freedom to roam.

The beaches are one of the main reasons that people love the Indies. They are never crowded and the area does not attract the "spring break crowd" if you know what I mean. The beaches are wide, beautiful and adjacent to the actual Fort (Fort Morgan). You can walk for miles of undisturbed beach. It is like staying on Giligans Island. Now, you can't get that just anywhere!

Love boating too? The Fort Morgan Marina is walking distance from the Indies. You can launch your boat for quick and easy access to the Gulf or rent a charter for the day. Also, there is a fun, family restaurant called Tacky Jacks 2 at the Fort Morgan Marina. You can literally walk to have dinner on the bay.

The Indies itself has an outdoor heated pool (note: it gets chilly off-season and a heated pool is awesome!), hot tub, kiddie pool, fitness center, business center and roof top terrace. The Indies roof top terrace offers 360 degree views of the gulf and bay while sunning on our chaise loungers or misting with the misting stations.

Here is the link to the Indies in Fort Morgan Al vacation rentals

http://www.gotothegulfcoast.com/complex_details.cfm?ComplexID=33

Prickett Properties LLC

www.GoToTheGulfCoast.com

Happy Vacationing!

Prickett Properties LLC, www.GoToTheGulfCoast.com, has recently closed on a construction loan to build a duplex in the Dunes Subdivision in the Fort Morgan Area.

The Dunes is a beautiful, beachside neighborhood that is adjacent to Fort Morgan Alabama (Gulf Shores Alabama). The area has so much to offer in that it is not overbuilt, the beaches are wide, and there is easy access to boating for the beach home owners in the Dunes Subdivision. If you want to experience the beach like yester years, this is the place to go. There are no cheezy t-shirt shops and the likely hood of seeing a group of 20 spring breakers in one condo is slim. Fort Morgan is truly a hidden jewel and Prickett Properties LLC has many vacation rentals in the area. The Indies Condominiums are one of the many buildings that Prickett Properties offers for rental in the area at www.GoToTheGulfCoast.com.

Prickett Properties LLC recently purchased a duplex lot, at a very reasonable cost, in the Dunes Subdivision at an absolute auction. Without hesitation, the company secured a construction loan at very reasonable terms. Now we have closed on the loan and starting to get back hard prices for the materials and labor. Were were shocked to find out that local building supplies stores have not gone down on their prices.

Now, we personally know that these building supply companies are laying off workers and struggling financially (like the rest of the economy). One would think that these building supply stores would be salivating over this project and prices would be more reasonable than preceding years.

We built a similar duplex last year and the prices are the EXACT same. (Note: Prickett Properties LLC built the "Four Fun" beach home at the Bay to Breakers Subdivision in Fort Morgan Al which is just next door to the Dunes Subdivision)

How does it make any sense that the prices of 2008 are the same as 2007? The building supply stores state that the production plants have just cut back on the amount of materials they are producing and thus the prices are not any lower. I am not sure that I "buy" this explanation. I believe that these building supply companies and laborers have not woken up and figured out that the profit margins in 2008 are going to be different from preceding years. NONE of us are going to make the same profit margins.

The fact of the matter is that unless we get better prices on the building materials, we are not going to proceed with the project.

In my humble opinion, building costs along with labor costs should swing with the prices of real estate. In otherwords, if you can get less for the house, then it should cost less to build it. Then, we slowly start to build back up together. As the prices of real estate inch back up, so does the building costs and labor. We are all in this together. I can't build the project, if the costs are more than the appraised value...right? In some cases, you can blame the purchase price of the land. In other words, its not the building's fault that you paid too much for the land. In this case, we purchased the land for DIRT CHEAP!

Oh well, somethings are unexplainable and I cannot change the way other companies do business. My guess is that there are many similar situations out there where a builder has had to say that they are just not going to proceed with the project. If a large number of builders don't build, the building companies are going to suffer even more. We are not going to give up so easily, and will continue to shop our prices. We will keep you posted on the viability of the project. If you are interested in Vacation Rentals in the Fort Morgan/ Gulf Shores area, please visit our website at www.GoToTheGulfCoast.com