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| Villa E |
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OF PEACHESAND CREAM - “Good things come to those who wait,” may be a cliché, but this beautiful, contemporary Caribbean take on a Palladian style villa took almost a decade to find....
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| The Ridge house |
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LUXURY CARIBBEAN LIVING WITH JUST A HINT OF MAGIC - A BVI sunrise is magical to watch. Be in the right place at the right time and that great orb will rise from behind silhouetted peaks and floo...
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| Land of Plenty |
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TORTOLA'S EAST END - In 2003, Joe Collier of Mainsail Hotels signed a deal with the government and owners to purchase Scrub Island, located just north of Camanoe. After lengthy negotiations with t...
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| MERMAID'S QUAY |
 | VILLA AT NAIL BAY - During our trip over to Virgin Gorda to view the pretty Mermaid’s Quay at the Nail Bay Luxury Resort Community, the sea was anything but civil, rising and falling as it was with the approaching northern swells. Almost as if Oberon’s mermaid had breathed sweetly upon it, on our arrival at the property high on the promontory above the spectacular Mountain Trunk ...
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| ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT |
 | THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - You’ve found your dream home and you’re ready to sign on the dotted line. Before you do, there are a number of regulations you need to be aware of, and a few criteria you need to meet.This issue, we look at the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) element of the development planning process. A compulsory requirement of the Planning Act 2004, this ...
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| Design for living |
 | DROPPING THE COSTS - Like almost everywhere in the Caribbean, the BVI is subject to ever-increasing fuel prices and home-owners are feeling the effects – not least from the drastic increases in their energy consumption bills.A client decided recently to take radical steps to curb his projected energy consumption cost on his newly built dream home. Now, nestled amongst evergreen tropica...
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| Building Green |
 | BUILDING GREEN - This is the first installment of OBM International’s series, “Building Green.” This month’s article discusses the importance of environmental sustainability.The built environment has a profound impact on our natural environment. The environmental impact of the building design, construction and operation process is enormous. In the United States, buildings c...
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| bvi fact file |
 | REDUCING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT - The message has been quite clear for some time now: human activity – industrial globalization, excessive farming, population expansion, etc. - over the last century has contributed significantly to global warming. Symptoms of global warming include drastic alterations in weather patterns, the melting of the polar ice caps, rising sea levels and increasi...
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| The Waters Edge |
 | GO FOR GREEN - Creating an environment for you personal enjoyment is probably one of the most rewarding design challenges you may encounter within the arduous tasks of home design. The pallettes of colours, hues and textures available are deliciously inviting, although sometimes one can feel a little overwhelmed when in comes to making a commitment.In today’s world, we look much further than...
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| State of the market |
 | IN THE NEWS - Smuggler’s Cove Development - 6:30 pm on Wednesday 24th January saw over 100 people gather at the West End Community Centre for a public hearing and to see New York-based property developer Harold Lynn’s presentation on the proposed Villa Paradiso resort at Smuggler’s Cove.The meeting was opened by Louis Potter, Chief Planning Officer at the BVI Government’s T...
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