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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gregg Babcock on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 11:22 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

I am sure many of you have heard these thoughts and dreams before. After several trips to Bonaire and many more to other Caribbean and Central American destinations, my wife and I are considering purchasing a home on Bonaire. I have many questions, too many in fact to post on this web site so any and all comments, suggestions, etc. that can be offered would be greatly appreciated. I have heard horror stories on other islands about people losing their houses due to some snag or loop hole - is this an issue on Bonaire? Are there any problems for a non-resident staying for 3 months leaving and returning? On our last trip we stayed in Bonaire Exclusif and enjoyed the area very much. Any suggestions on other “nice” and reasonably safe neighborhoods would be helpful. Explain any difficulties of an English-only peaking American living on Bonaire. Comments on house vs. condo. What things should we look for and be aware of? Thanks for anything that can be offered.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kelly Lott on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 11:33 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Gregg, try www.sunbelt.an

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By michael gaynor on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 2:34 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

there are really not too many condos...just be sure you get a list of costs to avoid surprises. No reak risks, however, other than choosing a neighborhood.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Sarah on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 3:04 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Gregg, we'll be doing the same some day soon.. I really like the Belnem area, some nice places on the water there.. www.sunrentals.an also has some nice looking spots.. happy hunting, Sarah..:)

ps: last time I looked on sunrentals, they had a nice place going for quite a reasonable price over at Port Bonaire Villas!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gregg Babcock on Friday, March 22, 2002 - 8:56 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Thanks for all your comments. I have checked out Sunbelt Realty website and actually my wife stopped in their office briefly during our last visit. I am in the process of writing them and am putting all my thoughts and questions together. Michael, (& anyone else), if you can offer any neighborhoods it would be appreciated - we are not looking for anything upscale. How about Belnem, Republiek, Hato do you have any comments or suggestions??? Jake & Linda, you comments / suggestions also would be welcomed. Thanks again, Gregg

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jake Richter - NetTech on Friday, March 22, 2002 - 12:23 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Gregg,

We're obviously partial to Hato - nice quiet area, good neighbors, conveniently located, affordable.

If you have lots of money to spend, Sabadeco is the place to be. Republiek is also a nice address to have - nice views, prices better than Sabadeco, I think.

I'm personally not keen on Belnem - too close to the airport and it's what I would consider flat land and a flood plain. When the sea rises by a couple of meters in the next 100 years of whatever, parts of Belnem will make up our next dive sites :-) (Disclaimer: This is purely my own opinion based on no scientific evidence whatsoever!)

If you want more a local flavor, and be inland, then look at Tera Cora or Nikiboko. Reasonable size homes there at good prices.

Jake

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gerard van Erp on Friday, March 22, 2002 - 9:23 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Indeed Jake your opinion is not based on sientific evidence.Our island is still in process of lifting up with an average speed of about 1mm per year during some periods of time in the past and possibly in the future. So Belnem will become a safe place in the future. However when the first non-Bonaireans built a house overhere the locals were convinced that one day the sea will take their houses.Which nearly happened during the waves of Lenny in 1999.

Gerard van Erp Bonaire Boating

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Carole Baker on Friday, March 22, 2002 - 11:54 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Reminds me of what the Seminole Indians (Florida) used to tell us when I was a little girl..that the water would come back up and reclaim the land....that the land would go back from whence it came.......and it will....someday.....Carole

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Nesselrodt on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 11:22 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Jake, you shouldn't have said that... I just looked across the street and Michael is attaching a mooring to his front porch!


Tim W. Nesselrodt
Owner/Property Manager
Ocean View Villas
http://www.oceanviewvillas.com

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jake Richter - NetTech on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 12:46 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

:)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peggy Bowen on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 7:14 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Now that would be a worthwhile picture to have on the site!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Carole Baker on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 10:02 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Well, here is the adobe hut "pre" mooring! Is that water I see at the front gate???! LOL. Carole (Shutterbug)Michael's

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By michael gaynor on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 10:36 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Nice shot....I am hiding in the mailbox......

 


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