From the mezzanine gallery space, you can enter
the master bedroom first with its walk-in closets and
contemporary en-suite bathroom design. Again, the
closet incorporates fitted cupboards, custom-designed
in solid teak to match the freestanding local handmade
furniture throughout the rest of the house. In the
en-suite bathroom, walls are tiled in a modern white
checkerboard pattern with a flash of reds, yellows,
blues, and other bright Caribbean colours that both
add individuality and remind us of where we are.
The flooring here uses polished, dark-brown, classic
clay tiles as in the other rooms to add continuity
and a warm, solid, earthy feeling to the family home.
that amount. Newts invested considerably less in
buying the land and building his dream home, £80,000
in fact. What’s more, he did the conveyancing himself,
drew the architectural plans, designed the interior, built
it all from scratch and photographed it for this article.
So how much would this little lot set you back in
England? Well, don’t expect much change from your
half-a-million pounds. If this unique property and its
surroundings could ever be made available in the United
Kingdom, it would certainly fetch much more than
In many parts of the Caribbean, there are all kinds of
government incentives to encourage the children of
the Windrush generation to return to their islands in
the sun. It’s not often you get offered a tax break, so
why not take advantage?
Today, in this part of Port of Spain, you can’t buy
a similar property for under £275,000. Moreover,
properties like these are selling fast to vast numbers
of German, American and Scandinavian tourists all
looking for a place in the sun. Whatever the final
cost may be, you won’t even have paid for the
breathtaking views. Surely, that’s priceless.