It seems the credit crunch hasn’t hit St Lucia yet….
On the South West Coast of the island a $100 million development called Sugar Beach is coming together, it is anticipated that it will take it’s place among the best hotels in the world.
Work will commence in summer 2009, to create a world class resort. The US$100million refurbishment will take place to upgrade the hotel to five star standards that will complement the beauty of the location. Elite brand The Tides will manage, rebrand and reopen the resort as Sugar Beach. The development will offer a chic fusion of European, Asian, African and Caribbean influences, embracing the style and setting of its island spirit.
There will be 85 luxuriously appointed one and two bedroom villas available for private ownership, all with private plunge pools and breathtaking ocean and piton views.
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Owners of luxury cars in the UK might want to pay attention to this sage advice from Lemon & Co Solicitors.
It was certainly illuminating for me…..
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High-end personal plant design service Leaf-it-at-home, has come up with something rather different this Christmas. They’re offering a gift that seems to be the only one of its kind. Their Christmas gift voucher (£275) gives the lucky recipient the chance to experience an ‘interior landscaping makeover’ in their very own home.
This involves a personal design consultation with an experienced plant designer at their home, as well as a bespoke planting plan and pictorial summary of the design plan that they conjure up. They also get a £100 voucher to be spent on plants. The voucher is enclosed in a tasteful presentation gift box so that your loved one has something to unwrap on the big day, and it comes with a luxurious banana fibre notebook so that they can start jotting down their initial ideas. It’s certainly a bit different to your average gift! Leaf-it-at-home is the UK’s leading interior plant design company, offering a personal interior landscaping service.
The company’s experienced designers can create luxury and focal points in a single room, a studio flat to a house or castle! Stunning plants have never been so accessible. For clients it’s a hassle free service! Vouchers must be ordered before December 16th 2008 to arrive in time for Christmas.
Sky has unveiled a new collection of Sky+ HD Designer Boxes, featuring exclusive and distinctive prints from four of the UK’s most visionary designers and image makers. The new collection combines the creative talents of successful emerging designer Henry Holland of House of Holland; cutting edge duo PPQ; exquisite and luxury designer Erdem and avant-garde fashion illustrator Julie Verhoeven.
The limited edition Sky+ HD Designer Boxes is vailable from 15 October 2008 and will be available exclusively online to UK customers and priced from £75 - £150 when taken with a Sky TV and HD Mix subscription from £27 a month.
It’s a big year for Sky+ HD – with new pricing for the Sky+ HD box and the launch of a host of new channels – it’s a great time to join the High Definition age. Sky+ HD already offers 19 channels covering sports, movies, entertainment, arts and documentaries. By the end of 2008 there will be 30 dedicated HD channels.
The big question is how will the credit crunch affect real estate markets outside the traditional western economies. Dubai is a classic case in point.
Zaya, a UAE based luxury boutique real estate developer, recently announced the release of a limited number of additional units at it’s Nurai development on the opening day of Cityscape Dubai 2008. The news follows reports by leading investment houses and Abu Dhabi’s Department of Planning and Economy that show that the city’s real estate prices are almost certain to keep rising, at double digits, until 2012. Can this be true? I guess we’ll wait and see….
Zaya are very upbeat about their prospects after Nurai’s first launch in May 2008, which constituted 70% of the development’s units, and was sold out in less than a month.
The additional units being released include limited edition beachfront estates of 12,750 square feet which sit on generous plots, each with its own private beach, as well as luxury contemporary water villas of 5,540 square feet, which offer an unparalleled over-water living experience.
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