Plantation Cottage

Description Plantation Cottage consists of three 3-bedroom townhouses, located on the Westmoreland Road, below Sugar Hill. Each home has a contemporary styling with an essence of the Caribbean. Nestled amongst tropical landscape each home incorporates split level construction, designed to lead you through the careful balance of exterior and interior space, you may find a bedroom opening up to it’s own verandah or even plunge pool. Exploring the bedrooms on the first floor will reveal ceilings open to the rafters while the ground floor exploits the tasteful Caribbean pickled pine tongue and groove ceilings. All bedrooms are air-conditioned and have a Phillipe Starck inspired bathroom with white vessel basins and chrome faucets sitting on hardwood vanity tables, glass screens in the showers serve to open up the bathrooms with white tiling to complete this contemporary feel. The kitchen is comprehensively fitted with marble tiled worktops, oven, hob & hood, plus integrated dishwasher, fridge/freezer and washer & dryer. Hot water is supplied by solar heating. Externally each home has a troweltex finish and Wallaba shingle roof has, with the whole development set within a mature tropical landscaped environment.

Obviously with Barbados being one of the premier resorts for beach holidays the first thought is to rent property directly on the beach. Due to the prohibitively high cost of beachfront properties by far the largest letting market is for the more affordable properties which although not beachfront offers easy access to the beach and in the case of Plantation Cottage you are only two minutes away. The quest for income is further enhanced by a climate that provides year-round letting potential. With Barbados being the premier Caribbean destination, you will find a plethora of restaurants and shops, not to mention a premium shopping and dining centre at the Old Sugar Factory, literally a minutes drive from your door .

Features Materials and finishes.
Internal Finishes:
• Floors: Semi-gloss porcelain tiles butt-jointed on wood floaters with sand
and cement screed.
• Skirting: semi-glow porcelain tiles.
• Walls: One coat cement plaster off wood, plus one coat filler and one coat
trowel plastic.
• Handrails: Internal handrails on stairs include wood uprights with stainless
steel cable.
• Kitchens:Cabinets in wood construction with hoods over the stoves.
----- Granite counter tops with stainless steel under mounted sinks.
----- Ceramic tiles to the splash backs.
• Bathrooms:
----- Porcelain floor tiles and porcelain wall tiles in shower and splash backs.
----- Vanity cupboards in wood construction with granite tops.
• Ceiling: One coat filler and one coat trowel plastic.
• Internal Doors: Painted timber doors and frames
.External Finishes:
• Entrance, lobby corridors and common areas: Porcelain floor tiles.
• Walls: One coat of cement plaster on wood float plus one coat filler and
one coat trowel plastic.
• Windows: Aluminium casement windows in bronze finish with thick bronze
tinted glass.
• Entry and internal doors: Wood frames with solid wood doors.
• Balustrade and Handrails: Wood uprights with stainless steel cable.
• Patio Doors: Aluminium heavy duty sliding doors in bronze finish with thick
bronze tinted laminated tempered
- glass, on rollers and tracks.
• Bedroom Cupboards: Purpose made 5/8” painted wood cupboards.
Appliances:
• 1 Fridge
• 1 Cooker
• 1 Dishwasher
• 1 Washer/Dryer
• 1 Microwave
Air-conditioning & Ceiling Fans:
• “Carrier” hi-wall split systems to bedrooms and studies.
• Living rooms have ceiling fans and will be air conditioning ready.
• Kitchens and bathrooms have ceiling fans.
Ironmongery:
• Locks are to be in satin nickel with stainless steel hinges.
Hot water:
• Eighty gallon vertical tank with factory installed temperature and pressure
relief valve and with immersion
- electrical heaters.
Elevator:
• Eight passenger “Kone” elevator with emergency battery drive.
External Area:
• Swimming pool: 40ft. by 20ft. surrounded by greenheart wood decks, lawns
and textured finished
- concrete, with partial shaded cover over surrounds.
• Jetty: Greenheart wood construction with handrails made of stainless steel
cables and greenheart
- wood, extending over the beach and into the ocean - 68ft. long with a
walkway 6ft. wide, leading to a
- larger platform 12.5ft.wide.
• Car parking: Asphalt and concrete topping with concrete curbs.
• Property entrance: Wrought iron, electronically controlled entry, exit and
pedestrian gates.
Structure:
• Foundations: Reinforced concrete on damp proofed membrane and termite
treated compact marl fill.
• Vertical Structure: Concrete blocks, with steel reinforcing bars and
concrete infill, along with reinforced
- concrete columns and load bearing walls.
• Floor slabs: Reinforced concrete slabs and beams.
• Roof: Timber frame with waterproof plywood and membrane covered with
asphalt shingle


Availability

Unit 2 1461 sq.ft. USD$499K/£250,000

Unit 3 – 2042 sq.ft. US$599K/£300,000


Onsite Management
Each condominium owner is required to pay a monthly service charge. The
service charge will provide for all common services e.g. insurances and
common utilities, and for maintenance of the common areas of the property
e.g. external walls and facades, elevator, pool, jetty, gardens and car park.
The total cost of common services is to be allocated to unit holders
computed on the proportionate square footage of their unit to the total
square footage of all 17 units.
We estimate that, for the first year, the service charge will range from
approximately US$325 to US$550 per month for all the 2 and 3 bedroom
units, dependant on the unit size. These funds are to be paid by the unit
owner, quarterly in advance, into the Proprietor’s Unit Plan (PUP) which has
retained IPL Management Inc. for an initial period of 3 years (renewable at
the discretion of PUP thereafter) to maintain the property. IPL Management
Inc. will be based in office facilities on site. A copy of the detailed budget
for service charge will be given to each owner on purchase.
In addition to managing the common services IPL Management Inc. will also
offer to individual unit owners, the following discretionary services at a rate
to be agreed directly between IPL Management Inc. and each unit owner:
· Interior cleaning, laundry & maid service
· Internal plumbing, electrical and mechanical maintenance
Furthermore, IPL Management Inc. offers the services of marketing,
reservations and rent collection, if unit owners do not wish to handle the
rental of their apartments themselves. Any reservations generated by IPL
Management Inc. under such an agreement will attract a commission of 20%
of gross rent charged for short term rentals and one months rent for longterm
rentals in excess of 6 months.
Current prevailing achievable market rents are estimated as follows:
Daily rates (VAT of 7.5% included)
High Season – December 1, 2006 to April 30, 2008
2 bed US$350
3 bed US$400
Low Season – May 1 to November 30, 2008
2 bed US$250
3 bed US$300
Long Term monthly rates (VAT not applicable)
2 bed US$3,000
3 bed US$3,500

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