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[*] posted on 2-28-2014 at 06:22 PM


How very sad for those kind employees, always great to the fam. :no:
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[*] posted on 2-28-2014 at 06:28 PM


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How very sad for those kind employees, always great to the fam. :no:
not being argumentative just curious, are you talking about your family? and do you include their bartenders into the mix? :?:
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[*] posted on 2-28-2014 at 07:15 PM


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How very sad for those kind employees, always great to the fam. :no:
not being argumentative just curious, are you talking about your family? and do you include their bartenders into the mix? :?:



Willard, I can only speak for ourselves, The employees have been good to our family. Never really had any experience with the bartenders, usually have a cooler full in our room............ free ice, yes please ;D
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[*] posted on 3-4-2014 at 10:50 PM


Any more word as to whether the hotel will reopen? Or, is La Fonda just going to be another Baja memory?
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[*] posted on 3-4-2014 at 10:51 PM


This landed in my u2u's when it was intended as a follow-up post in this thread...

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Anyone heard any news as to when or if the hotel might reopen? Or, is La Fonda going to just live on as another Baja memory?




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[*] posted on 3-5-2014 at 05:50 AM


Familia stopped in and spoke with Mr. D and son. He has been 'handed' back ownership of hotel/spa property due to non payment. He plans to have bar open by weekend and has ordered new furniture for hotel.



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[*] posted on 3-5-2014 at 07:23 AM


Help me understand this: Persumably Mr D & Son sold the business and carried back the paper. The real property was the collateral. Right?
1. Wasn't the furniture in the hotel when they sold it?
2. Who moved it to the street; they buyers or Mr D?
3. Either the defaultees stole the furniture, or Mr D gave away what was rightly his, or there is something about Mexican real estate law I don't understand. (duh)
Can anybody explain this?
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[*] posted on 3-5-2014 at 08:43 AM


An "anonymous" source told me that Mr D plans to open the restaurant and bar where it was originally, a few buildings south of where the spa was.



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[*] posted on 3-5-2014 at 01:02 PM


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Help me understand this: Persumably Mr D & Son sold the business and carried back the paper. The real property was the collateral. Right?
1. Wasn't the furniture in the hotel when they sold it?
2. Who moved it to the street; they buyers or Mr D?
3. Either the defaultees stole the furniture, or Mr D gave away what was rightly his, or there is something about Mexican real estate law I don't understand. (duh)
Can anybody explain this?


Apparently law states that when a property is repossessed the items inside are not included. Mr. D made an offer and previous owners did not accept so stuff was emptied as prescribed and now he needs to replace.

Did hear that current restaurant situation is equally tenuous and a similar result is possible.

Next week we are heading down that way and may get a chance to stick our heads in and see how the margaritas are at the new new old la Fonda :dudette:




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[*] posted on 3-5-2014 at 04:47 PM


Spidey: Now I understand. Thanks.
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[*] posted on 3-5-2014 at 04:59 PM


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Apparently law states that when a property is repossessed the items inside are not included.


Watched something similar happen at the small motel across from Sharky's. The owner sold it to someone, then moved back north leaving his girlfriend [wife, she claimed] and her family on the premises. They refused to leave.
After a couple of months, the police came down with a crew of workers and gutted the place, putting everything out at the edge of the road just like the La Fonda picture. It didn't last long.




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[*] posted on 3-6-2014 at 11:37 AM


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This landed in my u2u's when it was intended as a follow-up post in this thread...

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Anyone heard any news as to when or if the hotel might reopen? Or, is La Fonda going to just live on as another Baja memory?


Thanks, Nomad! I am new to the board & obviously clicked the wrong icon :) Thanks for posting it for me!
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[*] posted on 3-6-2014 at 12:39 PM
Just a Reminder


Mexico, including Baja, is governed by the Napoleanic Law Code which has very different rules about property ownership from the U.S. legal system.

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[*] posted on 3-6-2014 at 02:12 PM


Brings to mind one of my favs - "this is not, America, sha la la la la...." :saint:



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[*] posted on 3-6-2014 at 05:39 PM


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Familia stopped in and spoke with Mr. D and son. He has been 'handed' back ownership of hotel/spa property due to non payment. He plans to have bar open by weekend and has ordered new furniture for hotel.


Swami predicts Mr. D's son will soon be selling hotel furniture. :rolleyes:




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[*] posted on 3-16-2014 at 08:43 PM
La Fonda is up and running again...


Passed by La Fonda today and it was packed. There were wall to wall cars. A security guard stepped out and asked me very nicely if I wanted to eat at the restaurant or get a room. I asked him if it was open for business again and he said yes and I asked who the owner was and he said Dimitri. I asked him if that was the same owner as before and he said yes. I saw no furniture on the side of the road and business in La Mision and Rosarito was booming today and the weather was gorgeous, over 80 degrees and the beaches were packed.
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[*] posted on 3-16-2014 at 08:54 PM


Sweet. Thanks for update.



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[*] posted on 3-16-2014 at 10:09 PM


the difference is now you're in the bar and restaurant, not dmytriw's living room.

[Edited on 3-17-2014 by willardguy]
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