This charming 1 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom house with an income-producing 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom cottage sits on 2 acres of fertile land in the rainforest. The main house comes with a separate basement, an external cloakroom, and a garden pavilion. Both buildings have access to a functioning well.With a multitude of mature and fruit-bearing trees (full list in document section), a variety of exotic flowers and a stone bake oven with a roofed pavilion, this is a dream come true for anyone with the wish to live surrounded by nature on a tropical island.The property is only minutes away from the most beautiful sandy beaches this island has to offer as well as from Frederiksted with its new playground, a ballpark in the making, multiple shops and restaurants to choose from. Boundaries on the East are Tamarind trees. West boundary is close to the neighbor's road: Hogplum on road to Mango tree to the West of the cottage.
FEATURE'S LIST:
Buildings:
- 1-bed house with separate basement, external cloakroom, and garden pavilion. Roof frame and all door and window frames, shutters, and internal floor made from pest resistant Greenheart wood from Guyana.
- 1-bed Cottage with extension, own electric meter.
The core buildings were built prior to 1850 and restored from 2007-2015. The cottage has been extended by an additional room. None of the buildings have had any damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
- 500 gal old stone cistern
- Stone bake oven with roofed pavilion.
- Septic system (2009) suitable for 4 bathrooms.
- 3 'footprints' of cottages in ruins (possible rebuilds)
- Well on neighboring property that pumps 20 gallons a minute. Well has easement for 2 existing buildings.
Mature trees:
Kidney, Haiti and Julie mangoes
5 varieties avocados
2 guava
4 breadfruit
5 soursop
3 sugar apple
6 cacao + seedlings
4 varieties bananas (at least 50 trees)
Lime
Sour orange
Hogplum
Genip
5 Tamarind
Silk-cotton/Kapok
Sandbox/Monkey-no-climb
Saman/Raintree
Florals:
5 varieties heliconia
5 types ginger
Turmeric
Vanilla orchids
6 types ornamental orchids
Bromeliads, etc.
Uncleared approx. 1 acre heavy tertiary forest (genip etc.)
Recent updates (Feb 2025):
Main house:
- Replaced door to outside cloakroom.
- Repaired several windows and lights. About to repair shower (not running hot) and one hinge pin on door.
Cottage:
- tiled floors of 3 rooms (ie. all of cottage now tiled).
- Painted doors and windows, repairs.
- Plumbing repairs with new faucet in kitchen.
- Weathersealed and painted gables.
- Painted exterior back, sealed all gaps.
Exterior:
- The large Saman to East of the house, and the large Mango directly behind cottage, and the Avocado have been trimmed.
- The exterminator has carried out a $1000 termite and bug treatment.
Pending
$430,000
2 & 8A-1 Little La Grange WE, St. Croix, VI 00840
2beds
1,664sqft
Est.:
Multi Family
Built in 1800
-- sqft lot
$-- Zestimate®
$258/sqft
$-- HOA
What's special
Mature and fruit-bearing treesVariety of exotic flowersGarden pavilionSeparate basementExternal cloakroomTiled floorsPlumbing repairs
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