Sugar mill estate - a beautiful property close to the sea
Property by the sea "close to the beach" directly on sale from the land owner
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The property is located in the Quarter of Choiseul at Morne Sion, directly at the Caribbean coast in a natural landscape with indigenous people and nature. There are 3 beaches in short distance, the closest 50 meters from the property, another further north 5 Minutes by car and south to Choiseul the beach Sabwisha at 10 minutes driving distance. The fishing village Choiseul is at 15 minutes driving distance. The natural trail to the rain forest by the pitons is at 30 minutes distance. The international Airport Hewanorra ist at 30 minutes driving distance at the town Viewfort. Further north you find the Soufriere with its sulfur springs and typical West-Indian laid-back culture of a town formed by traditional fishing. The capital Castries and the very touristic area Reduit is located in the north and 1.5 hours away.
You can reach the property by a small road along the coast or from the road at Fond Doux. The estate has access to electricity and water. The vegetation is typical for St. Lucia like palm trees, plums, mangoes and other tropical growth. You will find all necessary infrastructure as supermarket, bank, post office in the close Choiseul village. In addition you will get here every day fish directly fresh from the see as well as all kinds of tropical fruits and crops. Local and international restaurants are spread all over the countryside as well as the typical rum shops which invite you to relax and enjoy the amazing golden twilight and sunsets at this part of the island.
The use of the land is very flexible since the relief is gently sloping and therefore the construction of many houses on the property is possible without interfering with the outrageous view of each house. The construction of one big house up to a resort of several smaller houses is possible. The owners have made already an architectural plan for a big wooden (green heart) house with two units of 2 bedrooms, 2 floors, swimming pool, water tanks, solar system, all embedded in a French Victorian style. The exposure to the sea allows also the use and construction of a windmill. There is no house on the property now, just walls of the windmill as indicated on the photos. The touristic use is supported by the government with duty free and import licenses.
House & Home comments St. Lucia as an attractive real estate market. St. Lucia charms are luring high-end buyer
Christos Poravas of Sotheby´s International Realty says about St. Lucia: Seven years after the crash it is on the rebound. It's a buyers market.
Giles Hannah, senior-vice-president at Christies International Real Estate says in 2016: In the prime Caribbean markets, the last 12 months have seen prices recover to 2012.
and: I think the leader in the Caribbean is still St Barts. Yet St. Lucia is not to be ignored. In a league of high-end Caribbean destinations I´d put St. Lucia second or third with Barbados.
In other made-up leagues, you might even put it first. In a Piton league, perhaps. Gros and Petit Piton two volcanic rocks that jut from the sea to sky in south-west St. Lucia, rocks of such beauty that to see them is to be in love. In this league, St. Barts cannot compete. St. Lucia has also the world´s only ´drive-in´ volcano. And it has charm!
Let your eyes wander over the blue and turquoise sea with the visible neighbor islands St. Vincent and Martinique. Surrounded by former sugar cane plantations the estate is gently sloping to the sea and embraced by the breath taking scenery of the pitons. The position of this peace of paradise is predestined for a private villa or a touristic (honeymoon) resort.
Small beach at 150 feet distance
The pitons
The big (gros) Piton
Small beach at 150 feet distance
Big beach at Sabwisha
View to the sea from property
Small beach at 150 feet distance
Construction plans for Victorian wooden villa available, at ca. 200 m².
Sufficient size on the property for resort/hotel.
Romantic bays with turquoise sea, inspiring views of the sapphire blue sea and lush green coastline, tropical vegetation, incredible fauna, gentle climate, cultural events like the annual jazz-festival with international stars and local parties, in combination with typical Caribbean life at its best: St. Lucia is therefore called the pearl of the Caribbean or â beautiful Helena of the West. With 616 square kilometers in the Eastern Caribbean it is a little smaller than Hamburg or Berlin but which city in the world has 2 nobel price laureates?
St. Lucia has ca. 180000 inhabitants and is a stable solid democracy and member of the Commonwealth. The Queen of England is still the head of the country.
The south at Choiseul is a little laid back, however you find there a very friendly and hearty community where you can experience real West Indian life. Indigenous people as well as tourists enjoy the attractions of the countryside and a quiet life in the tropical nature. The biggest parish of Saint Lucia Choiseul is maybe one of the nicest places in the caribbean since you will rarely find such a variety of preserved and beautiful nature in the windward island as in St. Lucia, which is also the reason why people call it the Pearl Of The Caribbean.
Saint Lucia is part of the Common Wealth and basically Common Law applies. In addition national Statute Law has to be followed and therefore in the act of purchasing a property the national Land Registry Act needs to be considered. When you buy a property in St. Lucia you have to consider in particular: The purchase goes through a lawyer which is in St. Lucia as well a notary. Payment of the purchase price shall be done only if the court registry and the land registry is free from any rights of third parties and if the purchaser has a priority notice in the land registry so that the property cannot be sold to others during the procedure of purchase. Purchase from a person or a company which has a deed or is registered in the land registry is simple. Family Land however can only be purchased with consent of all the family members. This is often not easy since also in the case of a power of attorney of the family to one person there might be other unknown members who have not signed the power of attorney. If you are not Saint Lucian citizen you need an alien holder´s license which is easy to get at the Registry. If you buy as a company this license might not be necessary. A purchase by a company allows you also to get duty free licenses if the intention of the purchase is touristic. If you need help the owner will assist you in any matter to avoid any risk.
A lot of famous people loved this part of the island of St. Lucia. Mick Jagger stayed in a coco plantation in Choiseul not far from the property. Amy Winehouse had a house close to the property at Morne Sion. And many more admired this piece of earth. It must be the Magic of this particular piece of land in St. Lucia, the yellow twighlight starting in the late afternoon, the incredible view at the turquois sea up to St. Vincent, the stunning presence of the vulcanos, the gros piton and petit piton, the presence of relaxed people; it must be a mixture and a harmony of all of it.
Besides the outrageous sea view from every point of this beautiful piece of the earth you can look behind you and you got the stunning view at the gros piton, the landmark of St. Lucia which is also part of the national flag of St. Lucia. This property of St. Lucia is very easy to reach: the international airport Hewanorra is very close as well as Soufriere as one of the main cities of St. Lucia which posesses one of the main attractions in St. Lucia called Sulfur Springs, a still alive vulcano with hot baths, a socalled drive-in volcano, and of course the close village of Choiseul as a fishing village. You will find in Choiseul every amenities as supermarkets, bank, post office and of course every day fresh fish directly from the sea. So altogether the property in its location in the south of St. Lucia seems more central to the main attractions of this island, rather than any property in the north of the island around the capital Castries of St. Lucia. Alltogether the location of the property in the south by the coast offers you only advantages and it is simply beautiful.
In comparison to many other Caribbean islands above all St. Lucia has still a well kept tropical nature. St. Lucia even has a good piece of rain forest with an untouched nature, with a unique fauna and flora and many extraordinary attractions as waterfalls and sulfur springs and humming birds which you will find only in St. Lucia. And since the countryside is formed by farming Saint Lucia is in its major parts quite laid back. Therefore people have remained pretty natural and friendly also to visitors and when people seem to stare at you as a white, it is based most times on curiosity rather than for anticolonial reasons. In addition there is a diversity of the landscape, from a rough Atlantic side with cliffs which invite to enjoy the views of wild nature of a beautiful lively sea to the calm romantic Caribbean sea side which gives you the occasion to enjoy the beaches and the attractions of sealife at its best. And this diversity of St. Lucia is one reason that you will never get bored in St. Lucia. Everyday there is something new to discover.