It has been a busy week on St. John with a lot of buyers looking at property. After looking at 12 houses in one day one of my customers looked a bit like like the guy above - kind of dazed and confused.
Merry 340 776-6666 merryvi@aol.com
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ONLY $99,000 for this quarter acre parcel in Estate Bethany. Located at the end of a newly paved estate road, this property is convenient to Cruz Bay but far enough away from traffic and road noise. The upper lot line is cut and flagged. Owner financing available to qualified buyer. Hurry!
Contact Marty for more information: marty@islandiarealestate.com
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Five gorgeous acres with views over Long Bay as well as the view above to the British Virgins. Seller is motivated and all offers will be seriously considered.
For more information contact Merry 340 776-6666 merryvi@aol.com
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It seems a lot of our site visitors have not noticed our “Interactive Map”. See the button to the left side of this page. The map shows the various Estates on St. John and you can see all listings in a particular Estate by clicking on it.
Merry 340 776-6666 merryvi@aol.com
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By Lynda Lohr — January 27, 2010 St. John Source
After several years of trying to find a planner for St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Gov. John deJongh Jr. announced in his Monday State of the Territory address that one had been hired.
“With respect to our continuing efforts to improve the quality of planning and land-use regulation, I am pleased to announce that after several false starts, we have hired a principal planner for St. John,” deJongh said in his address.
The planner’s name remains unknown. Planning Commissioner Robert Mathes said he’s reluctant to reveal his name because he doesn’t want to jinx his arrival. Mathes expects him to arrive by mid-February.
This is the second time the government announced that the long-awaited planner was hired. The first announcement was in July 2008, but that prospective planner turned down the job due to family issues.
“I’m keeping my fingers crossed he gets here,” Mathes said of the new planner.
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As I look out my office window at the beautiful, blue sky and bright, sunny afternoon, I just can’t focus on my work at hand. All I can see is that blue, blue, blue….. and all I can think about is how long it has been since I’ve gone to the beach. Shame on me! I live on this beautiful island and all I do is……work??? There’s something seriously wrong with this picture! I think it’s time for a boat trip. For information regarding real estate in the Virgin Islands, please contact me at lynn@islandiarealestate.com Maybe I’m at my desk working or maybe I’m at the beach. Either way I’m glad to help you with any questions you may have about real estate or my favorite snokel spots.
From beautiful St. John, USVI, Have a Sunny Day! Lynn
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Casa Del Palmas is back on the market at a much reduced price for a quick sale. Originally listed for $1.2M, it was taken off the market for a while but now we have a really motivated seller who has dropped the price to rock bottom. This is a lot of house for the money - almost 5000 sq ft with five bedrooms, 2 kitchens, pool, hot tub, circular driveway, mature and colorful landscaping and a water view. Now just $650,000.
For more information contact Merry 340 776-6666 merryvi@aol.com
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Great views from this parcel in the lower section of Virgin Grand Estates that I’m getting ready to list. If you would like more information regarding what’s for sale in this popluar and well established neighborhood with beautiful sunset and water views, please contact me at lynn@islandiarealestate.com From beautiful St. John, USVI, Have a sunny day!
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Two houses for the price of one in Estate Chosolate Hole. Both Sundance and Moonsong are very successful short term rentals. Though sharing a half acre lot, both houses are very private and within walking distance of Hart Bay beach. Sundance is 3 bedrooms, 3 baths with a pool & spa and a large sundeck. Moonsong is 2 bedrooms, 2 baths with a sundeck & spa. Call or E-mail for more details – including Income/Expense figures. Just $1.8M for the pair.
Merry 340 776-6666 merryvi@aol.com
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Residents of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands can expect some relief from the struggle to find a parking place in Cruz Bay in just three months, when the V.I. Port Authority will open its Enighed Pond property to 150 parking spots, VIPA Executive Director Ken Hobson announced at the Thursday evening, January 14, St. John Chamber of Commerce meeting.
To read the full story from St. John Tradewinds click here.
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Our four footed friends slowed traffic for while recently in down town Coral Bay. If you have to have a traffic jam this is the kind to have.
Merry
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Haiti Relief Efforts Picking Up Steam
By Molly Morris — January 15, 2010
A number of local efforts by governmental and non-governmental organizations, including a private airlift, are under way to supply aid to devastated Haiti.
On Friday afternoon Delegate Donna M. Christensen received welcome news. “Today, military and medical assistance to Haiti will accelerate as the Haitian government has given the U.S. landing rights to the airport of the earthquake-stricken island nation,” she said in a statement.
Until this announcement, airborne aid to the country was strictly limited due to the massive international response to the disaster.
Christensen said, “We were advised by the State Department this morning that a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Haitian government giving the U.S. pre-clearance for up to 90 flights a day, dramatically speeding up the arrival of food, water, tents and tarps provided by the military and other U.S. departments providing relief.”
Christensen said, “The Department of Defense has several units there, or en route, including the 82nd Airborne which came to assist the Virgin Islands after Hurricane Hugo. Security for Haiti will still be provided by the United Nations, with the U.S. military in a supportive role.”
She said, “The Department of Health and Human Services will provide medical teams of doctors, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical and surgical physicians, and other medical personnel from across the country.”Christensen added that an international surgical team will provide care for severely injured patients and five Disaster Medical Assistance Teams will provide basic medical care. Some 22,000 pounds of medical equipment and supplies are also on the way, she said.
“There are also teams ready to render mortuary and forensic expertise and assistance, Christensen said. “The Pan American Health Organization will set up field hospitals at stadiums and schools in Port-au-Prince.”
At home, Christensen said Dr. Marlon Williams will be assisting her office with coordination of local relief efforts. He can be contacted at 778-5900.
Christensen said her staff will handle calls on how to search for missing people, how to deal with immigration and other visa issues. She emphasized, as have other organizations, the quickest and most effective way to immediately help Haiti is through a monetary donation to the International Red Cross by calling 1-800-REDCROSS or going online to www.redcross.org. Those donating by check should indicate “Haiti Relief” on the memo line.
“The immediate need is for funds to assist those who are already on the ground who have the capacity to utilize the funding where it is most needed,” Christensen said.
Those trying to contact friends or relatives should call the U.S. State Department at 1-888-407-4747 or 202-647-5225 or online at www.icrc.org/familylinks. For a quick $10 donation, those with cell phones can text HAITI to 90999, and it will be charged to your account.
Local resident Carmen Partridge has organized a medical mission due to fly to Haiti by noon Saturday with medical personnel and supplies. A link is provided below.
Diageo, the world’s leading spirits, beer and wine company, is delivering more than 45,000 pounds of food and emergency supplies to earthquake victims in Haiti Friday. The company’s specially commissioned 727 aircraft departed Miami Friday morning, according to a Friday release from the company, which is building its Captain Morgan’s rum distillery on St. Croix.
This mission is part of Diageo’s Spirit of the Americas Humanitarian Aid program, an ongoing effort to deliver critical assistance to disaster zones and communities where Diageo’s employees and their families work and live. Diageo holds a minority stake in Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti S.A., a brewery in Port-au-Prince, which had employed more than 1,300.
The relief includes new World Health Organization (WHO) sanctioned emergency health kits. The health kits contain enough materials to provide basic medical care to more than 10,000 people for 90 days, which will be critical as every hospital in Haiti was either damaged or destroyed by the earthquake, according to the release.
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Sales figures for 2009 are now available on Islandia’s web site at: http://www.islandiarealestate.com/statsummary.cfm
Click on the year to see more details. Though sales were the worst in years there were more in the last half of the year than the first half and we have been quite busy so far this year with showings. Hopefully this bodes well for a prosperous 2010. There are now 271 land listings, 135 homes and 48 condos. Please call or E-mail me if you would like more detailed sales information.
Merry 340 776-6666 merryvi@aol.com
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The Port-au-Prince area of Haiti, located about 500 miles to the west of Charlotte Amalie, was hit with a 7.3-magnitude earthquake Tuesday that caused a hospital collapse and widespread damage in the small island nation. According to initial news reports, significant casualties are expected.
“We would expect the damage to be significant,” said Christa von Hillebrandt, who heads the Puerto Rico Seismic Network in Mayaguez. The earthquake, which occurred approximately five miles beneath the earth’s surface, hit about 15 miles west of the city of Port-au-Prince at 5:53 p.m.
Despite the quake’s severity, it was not felt in the Virgin Islands. While tsunami warnings were posted for Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas, V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Agency Director Mark Walters said those warnings were soon lifted.
According to Walters, no tsunami warnings were issued for the Virgin Islands. “There are no issues here,” he said.
According to von Hillebrandt, residents of the Dominican Republic felt the earthquake “strongly.” Additionally, she said Puerto Rico residents also felt the earthquake, but the tremors weren’t as strong as in the Dominican Republic.
She estimated that in Haiti, the earthquake lasted anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute.
St. Croix resident Bruce Wilson and his wife, Haitian-born Mathilde Wilson, run the non-profit assistance group Haiti Community Support, located in a village some miles from Port-Au-Prince. Wilson said they have been unable to get through to staff in Haiti.
“Mathilde is leaving for Haiti tomorrow,” he said, adding that several Haiti Community Support staff members live in Port-au-Prince.
Gov. John deJongh Jr. said in a news release issued Tuesday the prayers of the people of the Virgin Islands are with the residents of Haiti.
“Eyewitness accounts of the quake indicate a catastrophic situation,” deJongh said, adding that many Virgin Islanders have both family and friends in Haiti who are tonight anxiously awaiting word about the fate of their loved ones.
Von Hillebrandt said that two major fault lines run through Haiti: one in the north, the other in the south. Therefore, she said it was no surprise that Haiti was hit with a destructive earthquake.
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands frequently experience earthquakes, but most are minor. Von Hillebrandt said that the faults that impact these territories are offshore, which lessens the impact.
This is not the first time earthquakes of this magnitude hit the area. Von Hillebrandt said that a destructive earthquake hit Haiti in 1842. The infamous 1867 earthquake that hit the Virgin Islands was also a 7.3, she said. And a 1946 earthquake in the Dominican Republic registered 8.1, causing an estimated 2,000 deaths.
Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti points up the territory’s vulnerability to earthquakes and subsequently, tsunamis, Walters said. He said that retired UVI professor Roy Watlington has been hired to do tsunami planning for the territory. Walters expects the planning to be done by the end of the first quarter of 2010. He said that the territory has applied to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for grant money. Additionally, funding has come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency earthquake grant fund.
Walters doesn’t know how long it will be before tsunami warning signs will go up because the planning must be done first.
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The temperatures are dropping and snow is falling in many areas of the US but not here on sunny St. John! According to the calendar for the Westin Timeshare units, we are currently in week 2. There is a one bedroom, week 2 unit on the market for $29,900 and a three bedroom, week 3 unit reduced to $40,000! Own a week in the sun every year and get out of the cold! There are currently 260 units on the resale market. Please contact me for a current resale list lynn@islandiarealestate.com.
From beautiful St. John, USVI, Have a Sunny Day! Lynn
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