PROPERTY TAX UPDATE

Most property owners have recently received property tax bills for 2006 and many are upset by the large increases.  All properties were supposed to be revalued last year and the mil rate was changed by the VI Legislature.  The new mil rates are: Land        ...

TRAIN YOUR PLANTS!

This colorful cascade of color decorates my driveway and gives pleasure every day.  It is very unusual for bouganvilla to grow down a wall like this.  These plants were trained when they were young and supple.  A string weighted with a rock hanging...

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN CHOCOLATE HOLE

  Most people think of Estate Chocolate Hole as the place for expensive rental villas and moored yachts but there is  new activity in the commercial area just west of the Westin Resort.   Guinea Grove apartments were completed last year and are fully...

ISLANDIA GETS MUSIC

We have added a little steel pan music to the opening pages of our web site.  Please let us know how you feel about it.  Like it?  Hate it?  Slows down loading of page too much?  Would like it on the Blog page as well? ...

TEMPORARY PRICE REDUCTION

  This 4 bedroom pool villa with spectacular views over Rendezvous Bay and St. John's south shore is reduced from $1.35M to $1M until September 30 only.   Seller  has a short window  for a business opportunity and wants a quick cash closing. ...

CRUZ BAY ROUNDABOUT

The new traffic "roundabout" construction has begun in earnest.  This traffic circle is located by the former Texaco station and just down the hill from the Islandia building.  This is a great time of year to start as there is not much traffic and the schools...

NEW COMFORTABLE ACCOMODATIONS

                  The next time you are on island looking at property or just vacationing check out "Sugar Bird Nest".  This  one bedroom apartment...

HURRICANE MISCONCEPTIONS

   People are forever making jokes and asking me if I am not afraid of hurricanes  living in the Caribbean.  My answer is simple:  We have not had a hurricane since 1996  - how many have hit the continental United...

HOME, SWEET HOME

Tha above photo was taken from the deck of my house last weekend.  This is the view I wake up to every morning.  The ever changing but always beautiful watercolors of Rendezvous Bay on St. John's south side were the primary reason I built my house here. ...

PROPERTY TAXES

The  Tax Assessor's Office has announced that the delinquency notices for unpaid property taxes sent out in June have been withdrawn until further updating of the records can be done.  See the Press Release  below. Property Tax Office Recalls...