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1. Location: West side of the island of Ambergris Caye, Belize, 3 miles north of the exclusive Cayo Espanto private island resort.
2. Compound’s property: 2.95 acres; 400 feet beachfront. Mature landscaping with over 200 hibiscus bushes, over 50 orchid plants, over 50 palm trees (including coconut bearing palms) and multiple varieties of indigenous trees and plants to include mangrove, gumbo limbo, poison wood, ziricote, all on “high” ground for the island.
3. Houses, built 1998-1999:
1 main house: 2 story; main living quarters of 1960 square feet upstairs with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths (showers), great room, screened veranda, office area, kitchen with island, 76 feet from sea, beautiful sea and vegetation views (“tree house” feeling), vaulted ceiling 16’ high at peak, 2 bay windows, floor tiled throughout, custom hardwood cabinetry throughout, inside staircase, inside downstairs storage room; sold furnished: refrigerator, chest freezer, stove/oven (gas), microwave, 52” HD flat screen TV/sound system, wireless DSL Internet with
VPN/routers, 2 ceiling fans, almost all furniture, craps table, computer monitor/keyboard/mouse/printer. 1960 square feet downstairs with storage areas, bathroom, shower, battery bank, solar controllers - inverter - computer, water pumps/pressure tank, butane tanks.
1 caretaker/guest house: 760 square feet, 3 bedroom, 2 baths (showers), family room, refrigerator, stove/oven, porch; sold furnished: refrigerator, stove/oven (gas), small TV, all furniture, water pump/pressure tank.
Both houses are constructed of poured concrete with some concrete block built to South American seismic+ standards. The foundations of both houses are tied into solid bedrock. Roofs are 5-inch poured concrete with tile on top for decoration.

4. Infrastructure included with the sale (both houses are completely self-sustained, green, “off the grid”):
Electricity: sophisticated solar system with 42 solar panels, controllers, inverter/computer, 24 L-16’s battery bank, automatic 12.5kw back-up generator in separate concrete house; solar system supports both houses including 2 refrigerators, chest freezer, televisions, fans, lights, microwave, etc.; new solar inverter/computer and battery bank installed March 2013.
Water: 60,000 gallons water storage capacity for rain water and/or reverse osmosis generated water, 3 cisterns for rain water collection with 3 pumps all interconnected to support both houses, reverse osmosis system to generate pure water from sea water.
Marina: protected channel and marina for boats.
Boats: 2 custom built 20’ Fiberglas boats, one boat with 90hp Evinrude E-tech outboard and live bait well/console/storage compartments/ 2 automatic bilge pumps, one boat with 25 hp Evinrude E-tech outboard, automatic bilge pump.
Satellite dishes: three 8’ satellite dishes for television, one 6’ satellite dish for Internet.
5. Property taxes: $147.50US per year.
6. Casa Brisa was a Wall Street Journal’s House of the Day and subsequently won the voting for that week’s
WSJ House of the Week : http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576411733561802642.html
7. Casa Brisa’s 2.95 acres are sufficient for further development and the houses were designed so that additional rooms may be easily and cost effectively added. Additional acreage adjoining Casa Brisa for sale by other owners would enable a buyer to purchase 1200 feet of continuous beachfront and approximately 8 acres of land.
8. Activities right off the beach of Casa Brisa include snorkeling, fishing, lobstering, bird watching, windsurfing, kite boarding and swimming.
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Casa Brisa is currently a private residence and is titled privately (British deed system) via First Registration documentation. It would also be a perfect private vacation home or an exclusive vacation rental for income or the property could be developed into a resort. It may be deeded for fractional ownership for more than one owner. It may also be titled in the name of a Caribbean formed corporation for tax efficiency.
10. 12.5 kW back-up generator: averages only 7 hours operation per week. Approximate diesel cost for 1year: $1,440US. Generator serviced by Belize Diesel & Equipment, Belize City. If someone installed gas refrigerators and/or freezers and/or a wind generator, the back-up generator time would be reduced even lower.
11. Butane for cooking for both houses: approximately $375US per year.
12. The only items that depart with the house: artwork (on walls, tables, etc.), photos, china, family silverware, a few cooking pans & accessories, drop leaf table that has dolphins on it, petrified wood table and base on east side of TV sofa, a few sentimental tools, some books, clothes. With everything else remaining (furniture, kitchen cookware/dishes/utensils, hand tools, yard tools, linens/towels, 52” LCD HD TV, DSL equipment, VPN routers), Casa Brisa will be a true “turn key” operation.

13. Wireless DSL Internet: via BTL; with VPN and routers, both houses receive fast Internet, Netflix/other movie services, streaming video and TV channels – can tap into satellite/cable DVR’s and channels at US homes. DSL/VPN service is $102.63 US per month. US Vonage phone service is available through the VPN.
14. Bedrock: houses, generator house, solar panels’ pillars are all tied to underground solid bedrock.
15. The waste system for the main house is a 2 tank/leach field septic system built to US standards exceeding
Belizean “law” standards at the time of construction. The caretaker/guest house’s waste system is an above ground septic tank system built to US standards exceeding Belizean “law” standards at the time of construction.
16. Evinrude E-tech outboards: 25 hp purchased July 2010, 454 hours as of November 22, 2012; 90 hp purchased July 2006, 598 hours as of November 22, 2012.
17. We have a current title search on the property and an appraisal on the compound for $1,983,000 -
$2,203,336 US dollars.
18. Ambergris Caye was the winner of TripAdvisor’s
Traveler’s Choice 2013 Top
10 Islands – World , http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Islands-g1 .
9 July 2013