The Sanctuary


This freehold property measures 6.37 acres (2.577 Ha) in area, rising over 45 meters (>150 ft.) from the coast-line to the entry point at the end of Marsh Clam Road in Red Pond Estates, in varying degrees of slope from cliffs and rocky outcrops to gentler terrain.

The landscape is filled with indigenous flora, notably Turks’ Cap (aka Pope’s Head) and Organ Pipe cacti, Black Mampoo, Gumbo Limbo and the blue-flowering Lignum Vitae trees, as well the orange-yellow Sage bush, the national flower of St. Maarten.

Fauna are limited to small rodents, notably mongoose (imported long ago to keep the island snake-free) and reptiles, including lizards, anoles and some beautiful iguana. A few bands of green vervet monkey can occasionally be seen in the area and avian residents vary from finches and sugar birds to the brown pelican and many types of seabirds, waders, the latter including elegant great egrets, black-necked stilts, blue heron and sandpipers.

The property is zoned as residential, with a Planning Permit for seventeen villas which can be seen HERE for which the road layout seen below has been established and prepared, engendering several types of high quality villas, all with ocean views to St Barth’s.

A construction permit (HERE) for the first villa has been approved as well as an infrastructure permit (HERE) for the installation of the paved roads and underground utilities.