Vernica's Journal

We visited six properties in the Turtle Tail area of Providenciales today while on our MLS home tour. These properties were dwelling homes as well as short term villa rental properties that are obviously for sale. They had beautiful ocean and beachfront views and is just breath taking. See for yourself, three of the many photos which I took.  

Philip Cross, general manager of Scotia Bank wrote an interesting piece in the Free Press about "Financing your home" in the Turks and Caicos Islands. He stated a few basic mortgage facts that is essential in your decision making if you are considering taking out a mortage in the TCI. "Qualifying is step one: Before you consider the type of mortgage you need, you first have to qualify. This usually requires three things: (a) a down payment - as little as 5% of your home's purchase price. (b) the ablility to pay the closing cost, such as the solicitor's fee, etc. (c) a regular income that allows you to cover the monthly payments.; Save money with a shorter loan period; Factor in the risk of variable rate mortgage; Mortgage process differs when building a home: If you are buying an existing home, you'll most likely need a typical residential mortgage. But if you plan to build, the mortgage process often unfolds in stages, as most people need to fund constructio...

If you own property in the Turks and Caicos Islands, be it on the island of Providenciales, North Caicos, Middle Caicos, South Caicos or Grand Turk and is looking to sell let me be that real estate agent to help you sell your property. My contact delancy@nationalcolonyrealty.com .

The real estate association toured the area of Richmond Hills and Turtle Cove this morning, as part of our annual homes tour exercise that is geared towards refreshing old agents minds and educating new agents about the products out there on the market so that we as an association can better serve our clients. Here are a few photos of the homes we tour, which was priced from $345,000 and up to $1.7 million. If you would like further information on any one of these properties, please send me an email on delancy@nationalcolonyrealty.com . Photos 2,3 and 4 - Seabreeze house. Photos 1 and 7- Reef beach house. Photo 5- Sea flowers. Photo 6 - Richmond Hills Villa. (click on the photo to get a better view of it)

Yet another tour of a section of the island. This week, the TCREA agents tour homes in the Blue Mountain and Thompson Cove area. This included, canal front homes, Ocean view homes, and beach front properties. All the properties were interesting and beautiful in their own respect, particularly the two Villas of Blue Mountain homes which were a beach front bungalow, and a two storey home with exquisite views. One good thing about it is that, in purchasing these home at the Villas of Blue Mountain you have the option of tweaking the homes a bit to suit your needs. It is a housing project you will want to see. We will be doing yet another tour on this coming Friday, but will be in another area looking at other homes on the market. I always enjoy this association exercise, as even though I have seen many of the properties before, I am always happy to refresh my memory of the product which means again, serving my clients better.

The sixth annual conch fest is fastly approaching on 28 November 2009, in Blue Hills, Providenciales. There will be a variety of conch dishes prepared by over 20 chefs, who will be competing for a prize. Its a public event where tickets will be sold for $20.00 giving you access to sample all dishes. There will also be games for the children, live music by local bands and  Junkanoo. Yes I said it Junkanoooo! Fun and games for the entire family. Rotary will be drawing the winning ticket for their $10,000 pot of gold. You can purchase tickets at the event if you have not done so already. If you have not attended conch fest since it has been going on this is your opportunity!

Grand Turk one of the up and coming islands of the Turks and Caicos, is home to three condo developments. These include: L'Emeraude Resort Cacique Royale Beach Resort Columbus Landing They are all under construction, and now selling at pre-construction prices. It is the hope of the developers to increase more tourist traffic to the islands, while helping with the development of Grand Turk at the same time. Want more information on Grand Turk send an email to delancy@nationalcolonyrealty.com .

4th November 2009 marks the first day of the arrival of WestJet in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. A non-stop flight from Toronto Canada. Three days each week will be flights, from now until 1 May of 2010. The tourist board of TCI welcomed WestJet and its 139 passengers at thier inagual arrival with a coctail reception in the VIP lounge of the airport.

The Turks and Caicos Real Estate Association (TCREA) is having an MLS tour starting next week. This will be a tour of all the homes on the island of Providenciales that are listed for sale on the market. Even thought it is an agents tour, to refresh our memories about the products out there, the general public who have an interest in purchasing is also encouraged to attend. However, we would prefer it you contact your agent to let you know the schedule and answer any questions about the tour you may have.

Apartment building, consisting of four (4) units. Two 2 bedrooms and Two 1 one bedrooms. Each unit has a bathroom, living area and kitchen. The complex sits on 0.25 acres of land and has a total square footage of 4,000. Also included is a laundry room consisting of a coin operated washer and dryer for the tenants. Extra storage in laundry room.

Two apartment buildings on 0.45acres of land. The first building was completed in 2005 and consist of six (6) one (1) bedroom units all furnished. The second building is two stories, and consist of two 2 bedroom units. The unit down stairs is completed and rented while the upstairs unit is occupied by the owner. An ideal investment.

Available for sale at a price of $150,000 is this vacant lot in Long Bay Hills on Cheshire Hall Circle. See "Lot B". Adjacent lot availabe for sale as well. Walking distance to the Long Bay beach. Three lots back from the beach.

One acre residential land marked "Lot A", located on Cheshire Hall Circle in Long Bay Hills. 160ft of frontage and three lots back from Long Bay beach.

Provo Sand and Sea Tours is the perfect opportunity to get a taste of the islands water activities while on your vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands. They offer a number of activities at a reasonable price, namely: Island Exploration by sea; Snorkel, snorkel and more snorkeling; Beach cruise; Conch quest- get conch out; Island Beach BBQ - Catch and eat; Bottom Fishing; and Deep sea fishing. And if the service is not offered on their website , they will be happy to create a custom trip to satisfy your needs. I know the captain very well and he has a history for giving an excellent product to his clients.