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Forum: Caribbean

Nov 2nd 2014, 9:51 am

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Buying land and building in Grenada

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Posted By uk_grenada

Re: Buying land and building in Grenada

Heres the process i just found for commercial construction, its taken from a govt website i suspect, its actually about getting fees paid for various connections and making sure the infrastructure...

Forum: Caribbean

Nov 2nd 2014, 9:46 am

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Buying land and building in Grenada

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Posted By uk_grenada

Re: Buying land and building in Grenada

Theres a law about not building taller than a palm tree. Joke is that it was written before those monster palms were imported. I have seen some truly hideous designs, and workmanship is very...

Forum: Caribbean

May 26th 2014, 8:40 am

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Buying land and building in Grenada

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Posted By uk_grenada

Re: Buying land and building in Grenada

Pests like mosquitos need fresh water to breed, sandflys like well drained sand. Both are nasty neighbours, so dont buy/build near standing water, or in a very sandy but sheltered area (a good...

Forum: Caribbean

May 26th 2014, 8:34 am

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Buying land and building in Grenada

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Posted By uk_grenada

Re: Buying land and building in Grenada

House / location issues that are potentially dangerous.

Never buy a house less than 60 feet above high tide. In a hurricane the storm surge is dangerous. If any of your land is low, or you need...

Forum: Caribbean

May 26th 2014, 8:26 am

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Buying land and building in Grenada

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Posted By uk_grenada

Re: Buying land and building in Grenada

All the "ingredients" for a house are available locally, you can get excellent hardwood shipped from guyana for floors and roofs, everything else is there. Import duties make most of it expensive...

Forum: Caribbean

May 26th 2014, 8:13 am

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Buying land and building in Grenada

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Posted By uk_grenada

Re: Buying land and building in Grenada

Firstly, buying land is easy, just pay the taxes monies bills etc and use a reputable attorney on the island.

However there are lots of half finished houses on the island because of the minefield...

Forum: Caribbean

May 26th 2014, 8:04 am

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Buying land and building in Grenada

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Posted By uk_grenada

Buying land and building in Grenada

Posted for someone i was talking to on tripadvisor, this belongs here. I will try. To answer but im sure other people will add hteir experiences.

I am a Brit now living in USA, considering...

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