Our space feels clean, modern & beachy!
Park one step from the sand and enjoy our vast balcony directly overlooking the beach directly facing the waves with NO obstructions!
You can't get closer to the beach than this, our condo is fully facing the beachfront, and you can hear the waves from the 1st-floor deck overlooking the waterfront from both bedrooms and a large sliding glass door in the living room. Features a nice pool and hot tub to relax, an area to grill out, and includes games and beach toys for the kids
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Our Story
It started in October 2015 while we planned a beach vacation during fall break. Marsha and I have traveled the world and usually are pretty good at finding the best spots to stay. We ensure our beach hotel or condo has beachfront views and easy beach access. The beach has always been a big part of our vacations as the kids love every aspect of it.
We booked condo 102 for a week in Gulf Shores for that 2015 vacation, and little did we know it would change our life. That week was one of the best vacations we had ever experienced, and we were amazed that it was directly on the beach. You can’t get any closer to the waves than this; go down one set of steps, and your feet are on the white sugar sands of Gulf Shores beach. It was terrific. We pitched beach toys to the kids from the 1st story deck right outside our sliding glass doors of our living room area!
I remember talking to Marsha while we were staying there, discussing how this would be the perfect place to invest if we were ever in a position to do so. In the owner’s guest book, I wrote something like, “We loved our stay here and would be very interested if you ever decide to sell.” The owners were not interested in selling then, and we talked about our vacation condo 102 for many years.
Fast forward to June 2022, after returning from a trip to Venis Beach, CA, to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We stayed at a hotel for the week where we booked the 1st-floor room on the beach side with total ocean views, this is always our goal, and the view from our room is always the most important thing to us everywhere we go. We have talked for years about getting a place to stay for a few winter months every year when we retire. After a super busy year with our transportation company, we found ourselves in a position to start looking for that winter retreat and the week at Venis Beach had us thinking about this.
Well, we were back home on June 26th, the day of our 23rd wedding anniversary, and I started researching beachfront Gulf condos for sale that morning and found some nice ones available in Gulf Shores, Clearwater, and Panama City. When Marsha woke up that morning, I told her I had been researching beach condos, and she said wouldn’t it be great if that Gulf shores condo we stayed at in 2015 was available? We looked up the old Facebook posts to confirm the name was Sunchaser Condominiums and then checked to see what they had for sale. We both had a moment of excitement when we saw that the owner of condo 102 at the Sunchaser had just recently listed this unit for sale after being the owner for the last 22 years! We quickly contacted the agent, did a video facetime walkthrough, and made a full-price offer on the best beachfront condo we had ever booked. I did a lot of research and found many available units to purchase at a lower price. We found four other units in the same complex, one was over $100,000 less, but condo 102 is unique. It’s the best unit there because of the view! No other condo had direct beachfront views, and being on the first floor with minimal steps made it the perfect one for us, even though the cost was much more than the other units in the same complex. We wanted the best of the best, and this was it!
On June 28th, the seller accepted our offer, and we are now under contract for Condo 102! We plan to close in the middle of August and immediately start a full remodel and Tiki bar theme redesign. The condo already has the best view of Gulf shores’ sugar sand beaches and calm turquoise waters, and after our project is complete, our little slice of heaven will be our perfect winter home, and we will share it with the world for the time we aren’t there.