Just saw on H&G TV this nice couple
with apparently more money than God ready to
move from Minnesota to Roatan. They had contacted a Real Estate Agent (Tiburon Swampus) and were off on a three day buying visit to the sunny Caribbean.
The kids go spending money- HGTV Link
I know it was "just TV" (aka Hollywood), but the entire show had no basis in reality. Either that, or these people were just out of their minds. Three properties were shown, one would have given Mr Buyer absolutely no protection for his boat- they kept mentioning "deep water access" instead of the much more relevant term, "protected harborage".
They wanted to spend $1m and they were shown three (at least during the show) that ran from 400k to 3m. Just to give you the idea, the plunked down on the last place, settling on it for for $2.7m or so. Oky doky, then.
They got what they
said they wanted. If anyone knows Roatan, this is about as far East (away from anything) as you can get before you run into total swampland- they are near Port Royal. Constant mentions of how expensive it is to import furniture- no mention of the beautiful Honduran pieces that are quite reasonable. So they fawned over furnished (as is) homes. The one they bought had standard US covered couches. Can you say rot?
They were shown one home that had a natural wood interior, elegantly done, countertops of finely finished and sealed concrete- the place blended with the environment. She said no- as that wood looked to be a lot of maintenance. They went for the plasterboard & tile type. Wait till they find out about the stuff the eats plasterboard from the backside.
I think there was a refernce to 'wanting a home just like they were leaving in Minnesota'. A lot of people try to do this. A long term very bad idea. Houses look like they do in the tropics for a reason- not because they didn't know what Anderson Windows or Formica Countertops are.
About the only nod to reality the show allowed was the reference to not being able to drive a few blocks to the grocery-
when you go out you have to plan your days and schedule your trips. That would be putting it mildly when you live in Port Royal. It was basically Robinson Cruse for Thurston and Lovey.
With that kind of dough they would have been better off buying the right piece of land and harborage, then building whatever they wanted. Maybe they just didn't want the headache of building?
Man, I should'a stayed in Brain Doctoring School with Jethro.