Thanks for reply sunniebgi. The agents are Sotheby’s,but I came across the apartments advertised on a place in the sun,and they have said it’s in St.james.
If I knew how to send you a link I’d gladly do it,but not that technically savvy yet!!!

Bloody sods! So that’s why Sotheby’s hasn’t sent me the details as it’s not in st.james!! It’s a bloody minefield out there,and even a place in the sun aren’t advertising the correct and true properties!!
I think I’ll just buy a tent and a fan!!
What agents do you recommend for me to look at? There’s so many out there that are not very honest concerning property details!
Thanks for your help sunniebgi.

Hahaha!!! My oh my,I think I’d better give my mate Simon a call 1st before I commit!! Lol!
Do you know anything about the fitts/zinnia apartments,also advertised by a place in the sun,as being in St.James? 14 apartments. They’re probably in St.lucia!!!

Bloody hell!! I just thought that the self build option was a nightmare! It seems to me that most options are a nightmare unless like you said homeowner,I go over for awhile. I really wish I could but just too busy at the moment. That’s why I want to eventually move to Barbados so I can no longer be too bloody busy anymore!!
Ah well! Thank you all for your help and information that you’ve given me,it shall serve me well! I shall just keep looking till I run out of options,then I’ll probably self build!lol!
Just hope the sun stays high!

Same stuff happens here - dodgy builders, places for sale ‘on spec at silly price’ for years, half finished projects left to moulder, government projects that fail because the finance was a crook, the list goes on... My salvation - 1, dont do anything till youve lived on island for a years and really understand the lie of the land, 2, Make sure that anyone used is by personal recommendation from the lawyer to the gardener.

Actually i cheated a bit, i was on ‘a place in the sun’ so i had some expert guidance and prices fell instantly when sellers were told they might get on the show, but it exposed some of the stuff going on.

An american wrote 2 books about 20 years ago - how to live in the caribbean and how to retire in the caribbean. Both are still highly relevant if you can get a copy, things about how to select land, hurricane protection by proper place,ent on the land etc etc. one thing we can do but maybe not in barbados - always try to live a few hundred feet up, preferrably near the edge of a hill but not on the exposed edge, cooler, drier, better breezes, and none of the dew point issues experienced at sea level at dusk that ruins the fabric of the house over time.

NB - hurricane rules - min 100ft above sea level, [30m waves are not impossible in a hurricane storm surge] , away from low points in a valley or a decent distance horizontally and vertically from little streams [aka bloody huge rivers in a storm] not anywhere exposed to the full force or a hurricane like on top of that hill with the nice view, and nowhere far away from infrastucture unless your self reliance kit is properly diplicated and protected. Do have a pool amd water tank [your water supply post hurricane] and do have a room with no windows and a concrete roof [i call it the garage] most likely to survive intact.

Thank you all for your helpful,if not sometimes terrifying advice(uk Grenada),about living in specific areas in case of hurricanes! Luckily,Barbados is just out of the hurricane zone,so it shouldn’t be too bad. I just won’t buy a wooden place and I’d make sure it has steel and concrete in all the right places.
Thank you for that suggestion julesdoopydoo,I shall check them out today. Main reason I want the west coast is that I can rent it out while I’m not there,I don’t think st.philip is a big rental area,or am I ring?
Happyowner,thank you for that sound advise. I have just found one in speightstown and sent them an email asking for more info. Next minute it’s under offer by someone,or not!!!
I shall persevere and keep pushing through the mire,for I can see what pleasure the end result can bring,ready for when I retire!! A little poem!

I dont know who told you barbados is out of the hurricane zone but they lied. There are plenty of pics that show all of the hurricane tracks, you’ll see you are firmly on target. Plan insure and build on that basis. Buildings made to stand it or to have deliberately sacrificial areas like roof coverings are pretty normal as are hurricane shutters, but bodger builders are long gone before then next big one..

The normal definition of the southern end of the zone is 12 degrees N - if you stored your boat above that in summer you either arent insured or you paid about twice as much. This is why grenada and trinidad have such amazing boatyards in the summer with heaps of mega yachts. However we get a big one every 10-15 years.