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Caribbean eco retreat properties for sale

Away from the shoreline the islands turn steep and green, and the houses there are designed around water catchment, solar and the road that reaches them. Buyers come for the climate as much as the ethos.

603 eco retreat listings, from $175K to $7M, median $990K.

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Cayman Islands

Freehold - Your new family home

  • 3 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 3,412 ft²
$1.7MBuilt 2022
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Trinidad and Tobago

Spacious Family Home in Tunapuna, No. 8 St. John's Road, Off Tunapuna Road, Tunapuna

  • 3 beds
  • 2 baths
  • 2,497 ft²
$242.6K$97/ft² floor
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Turks and Caicos

399 The Reserve in Leeward

THE RESERVE IN LEEWARD

  • 3 beds
  • 4 baths
  • 4,026 ft²
$1.7M$410/ft² floor
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Turks and Caicos

GUEST TURTLE TAIL DRIVE

  • 2 beds
  • 2 baths
  • 2,573 ft²
$2M$777/ft² floor
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Turks and Caicos

GRACE BAY BEACH ESTATE

  • 8 beds
  • 14 baths
  • 10,763,900 ft²
$20M
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Turks and Caicos

Shutters Villa

  • 5 beds
  • 4 baths
  • 3,003 ft²
$2.3M$749/ft² floor
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Turks and Caicos

6IX Villa

  • 4 beds
  • 4 baths
  • 5,005 ft²
$3M$599/ft² floor
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Turks and Caicos

Estate 9 - The Summit - Blue Mountain Ocean View

The Summit

  • 4 beds
  • 4 baths
  • 9,623 ft²
$4M$413/ft² floor
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Turks and Caicos

Villa 5 - The Summit - Blue Mountain Ocean View

  • 3 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 5,317 ft²
$3.5M$658/ft² floor
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Bahamas

3 Bedroom Beachfront Home for Sale, Breeze Away Estates, Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, Bahamas

  • 3 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 2,454 ft²
$2M$805/ft² floor
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Turks and Caicos

Onyx Twin Villas

  • 8 beds
  • 8 baths
  • 24,456 ft²
$9M$368/ft² floor
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Dominican Republic

New 3 Bedroom Villas for Sale, Residencial El Manantial, Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic

  • 3 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 1,109 ft²
$228K$206/ft² floor
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Dominican Republic

2 Bedroom Beachfront Condo for Sale, Cristal Oasis Residences, Cabarete, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

  • 2 beds
  • 2 baths
  • 2,368 ft²
$975K$412/ft² floor
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Cayman Islands

5 bedroom property for sale — Lumina At Lalique Quay in the Cayman Islands

  • 5 beds
  • 5 baths
  • 7,502 ft²
$10M$1,332/ft² floor
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Puerto Rico

Residence for Sale | Buena Vista Ward, Bayamón

  • 3 beds
  • 2 baths
  • 3,401 ft²
$359K$106/ft² floor
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Puerto Rico

Strategically located property in the metropolitan area.

  • 3 beds
  • 2 baths
  • 1,701 ft²
$325K$191/ft² floor
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Cayman Islands

Beautifully Appointed Condo with Garage & Boat Dock

  • 3 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 2,605 ft²
$1.7M$667/ft² floor
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Cayman Islands

OLEA 412 - GROUND FLOOR TWO BEDROOM CONDO

  • 2 beds
  • 2 baths
  • 1,776 ft²
$1.3M$704/ft² floor
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Dominican Republic

Bonita Beach Penthouse Oceanview Collection At Cap Cana

  • 2 beds
  • 2 baths
  • 12,744 ft²
$671K
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Puerto Rico

Private Mountaintop Retreat in Cayey

  • 4 beds
  • 4 baths
  • 2,422 ft²
$1.1M$454/ft² floor
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Aruba

Opal 34

  • 5 beds
  • 4 baths
  • 2,616 ft²
$965K$369/ft² floor
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Cayman Islands

OLEA Townhome - Residence 223

Olea

  • 3 beds
  • 4 baths
  • 2,659 ft²
$2M$771/ft² floor
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Puerto Rico

Casa Sol - A Bespoke Brutalist Retreat in Puntas, Rincon

  • 4 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 2,002 ft²
$1.9M$944/ft² floor
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Puerto Rico

2 Bedroom Condo in Carolina, Puerto Rico

  • 2 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 1,238 ft²
$639K$516/ft² floor
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Puerto Rico

3 Bed, 4 Bath House in Camuy, Puerto Rico

  • 3 beds
  • 4 baths
  • 1,970 ft²
$995K$505/ft² floor
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Bahamas

Little Norman's Cay Private Island

  • 15 beds
  • 16 baths
  • 1,567,613 ft²
Price not publishedBuilt 2020
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US Virgin Islands

Villa Amarante - St Croix

  • 5 beds
  • 4 baths
  • 3,681 ft²
$2.8M$755/ft² floor
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US Virgin Islands

22 Mt. Pleasant Ea, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

  • 3 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 2,002 ft²
$535K$267/ft² floor
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US Virgin Islands

16 Tara Nazareth Rh, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

  • 3 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 1,798 ft²
$900K$501/ft² floor
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US Virgin Islands

18-31 Bolongo Fb

  • 1 bed
  • 1 bath
  • 829 ft²
$430K$519/ft² floor
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US Virgin Islands

Tennis Villa - St. John

  • 7 beds
  • 7 baths
  • 7,502 ft²
$3.9M$520/ft² floor
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US Virgin Islands

2 Bed 2 Bath House in Cruz Bay

  • 2 beds
  • 2 baths
$10K
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US Virgin Islands

Price Change Residential Mt. Welcome EA

  • 3 beds
  • 2 baths
  • 1,055 ft²
$269K$255/ft² floor
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US Virgin Islands

Estate Bellevue - Luxury Villa in St. Thomas

  • 9 beds
  • 8 baths
  • 8,622 ft²
$9.5M$1,102/ft² floor
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US Virgin Islands

104 Diamond Qu

  • 4 beds
  • 3 baths
  • 1,195 ft²
$549K$459/ft² floor
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US Virgin Islands

Villa Twenty One Island View - St John

  • 9 beds
  • 9 baths
  • 12,777 ft²
$9.2M$720/ft² floor

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Go inland on a mountainous island and the temperature drops, the vegetation thickens, and the building problem changes entirely. These are houses on slopes: catchment tanks, cisterns, solar arrays, septic systems, sometimes generators. Many run partly or wholly off-grid not as a statement but because the utility connection is expensive or unreliable at that altitude.

Who buys here

People who have already spent time on the coast and found it hot, crowded or overpriced — along with buyers who want land, a garden that produces something, and neighbours out of sight. Some run small guest operations; more are simply living there.

The trade-off

Access is the honest drawback. The road may be steep, unpaved and washed out after heavy rain, and a delivery or a tradesman becomes a negotiation. Rainfall that keeps the forest green also keeps mould, rot and insects in play, and systems you own outright are systems you maintain yourself. Resale is slower than beachfront: the pool of buyers willing to live forty-five minutes from the airport and the sea is genuinely narrow.

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