Archive for October, 2010
Top 10 Haunted Lighthouses
1. Owls Head Light, Owls Head, Maine Owls Head Park, open year-round, provides lovely views of Penobscot Bay. The pretty little lighthouse and keeper’s residence are part of the park but not accessible, though that doesn’t prevent a ghost from trespassing. The 3-year-old daughter of previous keepers once awakened her parents and announced, “Fog’s rolling [...]
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Would James Bond Live in an Aquaminium?
AQUAMINIUM So what exactly is an Aquaminium? According to Gulu Lalvani, the Royal Phuket Marina chief executive and developer who says he created the term, it’s an apartment complex on the water with one added feature — an indoor parking garage for a boat. At the Royal Phuket Marina, these garages are available in just [...]
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Nautilus Island – Penobscot Bay, Maine
In Maine‘s Penobscot Bay sits Nautilus Island, a private 37 acre island that has remained under the protection of one family for more than 130 years. The property includes a six-bedroom main residence, with stone piazza and pool overlooking the bay. The island has its own vineyard, a two-bedroom farmhouse, and a guest cottage that [...]
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Whitewood Point – Long Island, NY
Today’s home in Lloyd Harbor, New York has a fine architectural pedigree.Whitewood Point was created by the firm of McKim, Mead and White back in 1917 and is believed to have been done by Stanford White himself. The home is on 55 acres on a bluff overlooking Cold Spring Harbor. This striking estate has a [...]
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BVI’s Oil Nut Bay Marks Numerous Development Milestones
(VIRGIN GORDA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS) — The luxury resort-style community of Oil Nut Bay is reporting a round of development progress on its private peninsula here in the British Virgin Islands. According to an Oil Nut Bay spokesperson, the development is actively selling and individual residences are currently under construction. A beach villa model home [...]
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Ten Tips For Staffing A Luxury Ocean Estate
Owning a high-end property, although luxurious and rewarding, has its challenges. According to David Cassford, founder of Cassford Management, a luxury estate and hospitality consultancy, effectively staffing your property is the single most important step to running an organized and successful estate. Whether it is a pied-à-terre in New York City, a luxury estate in [...]
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Artificial Islands Project Launched in Panama
Panama president Ricardo Martinelli this week officially launched a project to build two artificial islands for a luxury home development off the coast of Panama City. Ocean Reef Islands will create almost 200,000 square meters of landfill for “a variety of home sites that redefine waterfront property ownership surrounded by an array of exclusive living [...]
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Genesis Puntarenas, Costa Rica
New oceanfront building features country’s first all-glass design PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica. The real estate development firm Caspi International Inc. has begun pre-sales for a new 14-story oceanfront condominium tower in Costa Rica that sets a new standard for high-end real estate in Latin America. The $120 million Genesis Puntarenas, as it will be known, is [...]
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Mortgage Applications Uptick in Latest MBA Survey
Image by Getty Images via @daylife According to the Mortgage Bankers Association‘s (MBA) latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 22, the Market Composite Index increased 3.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 3.1 percent compared with the previous week. The [...]
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A New England Ocean View House With Fluid Design
ANDREW SPINDLER, an antiques dealer with a well-established shop in nearby Essex, has definite opinions about everything in his granite house on Cape Ann. “There are no curtains in this house — I do not need or care for curtains,” Mr. Spindler, 47, announced, opening all three sets of French doors in his 42-foot-long living [...]
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