Vandals flood 4 floors of Castaways condos -that's was the title of an article published by Anne Geggis in our local newspaper about what happened to Cstaways Beach Resort, a condo-hotel in Daytona Beach Shores Some pranksters last Friday hit a fire sprinkler head on the 4th floor of a condo-hotel and caused flooding from the forth floor down. It happened at about 11 PM, the front desk employees might not have known where the pump was and how they could stop the flooding, and by the time this all was figured, damage was quite extensive. The resort was closed, guest went to other hotels, and those who live there permanently, went to a local shelter. They may open tomorrow after drying out the rooms and hallways. Electricity and water were restored on Saturday, but the city posted a note ... 04/22/2009

Castaways Resort is a condo-hotel in Daytona Beach Shores. 16 units for sale today on MLS. Prices for an oceanview studio start from $74,900 and up to $159,900. One of only few condo-hotel, where you can claim homestead and live full-time. Since January 2008 only one unit sold in the resort, Asking price was $55,000. Sold for $50,000. As in other condo-hotel resorts, there is a serious gap between the asking and the seling price.               Jon Zolsky, Your Daytona Beach connectionswww.BeautifulFlorida.com 06/07/2008