Life in Antigua Barbuda

Your Own Life
in Antigua
Photo: Jonathan Murphy
Both the British and the Amerindian people known
as the Siboney, Arawaks and Caribs have all made
long standing claims to the island of ‘Wadadli’,
known today as Antigua. Wadadli, which literally means
‘our own’, can now be your own. It’s never been easier
to purchase Caribbean property. By purchasing your second
home in Antigua, you are not only buying an asset
but also the easy going Antiguan lifestyle.
The strong pound and euro compared to the eastern
caribbean dollar makes purchasing the Antigua
lifestyle very attractive and a solid investment. The varied
offerings within the Antiguan Real Estate market offers
the purchaser a quality and varied selection of
homes, whether or not it is a second home or a permanent
home. You have the choice to purchase individual
homes as well as homes located within gated
communities, which often times coexist along with hotels
and accompanying hotel amenities. Longtime Estate
Agent Geoffrey Pidduck often espouses how
“property owners love to use the amenities while enjoying
the privacy of their own homes. These developments
also offer rental, management and
maintenance services.” The ease of this relationship
should provide comfort to the purchaser that their
property will be taken care whilst off the island. Of
course, you can always hire your own maintenance
services if you like.
Antigua has long provided elegant Real Estate opportunities
for individuals purchasing second homes. The
Mill Reef Club, established in the 1940’s, has been the
longest lasting real estate development of its kind in Antigua
with its 56 residences, boutique hotel and golf
club. It continues to bring and introduce many individuals
as to luxury vacation homes with privacy blend
nicely of course with the Antiguan lifestyle. The Antiguan
Government has seen the value of this relationship
and has incentivised this concept in order to boost
these types of developments by establishing the Citizen
Investment Programme in 2013.
The Citizen Investment Programme (CIP) allows the
qualified purchaser and their family to gain citizenship
in Antigua and Barbuda. The CIP allows a individual who
purchases a property with the minimum value of US
$400,000 in a designated resort zone an accelerated pathway
to citizenship. Of course this is subject to stringent
application procedures that includes a thorough background
check.
For further information, You can find this type of investment
available through entities like Tamarind Hills,
(www.tamarind-hills.com), Sugar Ridge, (www.sug -
arridgean tigua. com) and Antigua Estates (www.antiguaestates.com).
You can also find helpful Estate
Agents at Antigua Estates who represent not only specific
resorts but individual owners as well.
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