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This is the web site for the three villas that I built on Anguilla and the villa that I am
renovating in St Barts (see Azu Villa Renovation Page), plus
tropical construction tips and resources as well. These construction projects started in 1997, although
land acquisition and architectural planning started in 1995. Every stage of the construction is recorded here.
We rent the villa in St Barts and the guest cottage in Anguilla (La Vanda)
and the villa at the top of the Anguilla property (Mimosa), but we
keep the beachfront house and pool for our own use. And we
have created a name and web page for the overall completed property:
Bellamare
For details on the main Anguilla beachfront house, visit the Residence Construction Page.
For the technology center,
visit the "Clubhouse" Construction Page.
And finally, for the guest cottage, our first attempt at construction on Anguilla,
visit the La Vanda Construction Page.
-- Mary Ann Green
The outer wall has a large window opening on the pool. Under the
window is a curved counter. The corian top will extend out the
window, making a bar/serving area near the pool as well.
The opposite wall contains the stove, sink, dishwasher and refrigerator.
The stove is a six-burner DCS gas stove, modified for use with propane.
The dishwasher is a low-water, low-noise Bosch.
The fridge is a tall, builtin GE Monogram. It is 42 inches wide and 24 inches deep (so it matches the counter depth).
Contractor Sunset Homes on Anguilla now has a web site with interesting material on all the pages.
An Email About Mangoes.
From Catherine Myers ([email protected]) in Melbourne Florida and
Andros, Bahamas.
We have several species of mango trees. Here are my thoughts on each:
We have a keitt, which gets some nasty thing on
the leaves and fruit which is black. We don't get much fruit either.
We have Julie, which is the miniature mango.
We have a glenn. Its wonderful, large and very sweet,
kinda like a cross between a tangerine and a
nectarine, tons of fruit.
We have an Edward, the very best taste and very
prolific, not a good shipper, so not used in
commercial groves, stays smaller
We have a Baleys marvel, very tall, very good, taste more like
oranges we think.
We have a carrie, small fruit, ok taste
We have a kent, large fruit, but the squirrels eat all
the fruit, have never tasted it, also late producer,
also tall.
Whe worse tree is the Tommy Atkins, used by commercial growers
because it ships well, its not good at all. If this is the
only tree available and you don't love mangoes, get it
but really its not good.
The edward is the best, followed by glenn, Baleys marvel,
then carrie, then kent, then keitt (because of the black spots)
We first got smaller trees, maybe 5 gal size cost about $39.00,
but they were so small we were thinking it would be forever
to get fruit. So then we got the largest trees we could buy, about $79.00
each.
I don't know gallon size, but it took two of us and
a van to get them home and it took 5 years to get any fruit. We planted
in '96 and '9.
Now both the largest and the smaller trees are all the same size.
We use old cd discs to scare off the squirrels, who otherwise eat and ruin
a lot of fruit.
But remember, mangos don't like salt air...
The Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami are
world famous mango growers in our area.
You need to go to your local plant wisdom source
and ask about growing mangos on the beach.
Construction Tips
Thursday, November 08, 2001 Permalink
Work on the Kitchen.
The kitchen is the last remainng room to finish in the main house.
Wednesday, November 07, 2001 Permalink
New Web Site: Sunset Homes
Read Earlier News Reports
Site Map: Links, Plans and Other Info
Building the Anguilla Beachhouse
Building the Anguilla Software Center
Building the Anguilla Guest Cottage
Tropical Construction Bookstore
Links to Related Sites
Building Material Sources
Beach Shack Contact:
Mary Ann Green
931 Shoal Bay Beach,
Shoal Bay,
Anguilla, Eastern Caribbean
Fax: 264.497.3295
Home: www.beachshack.ai
Email: [email protected]