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15 BAY ST SCHOONER BAY

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The brief

The reason to consider it.

On Great Abaco Island in The Bahamas, a traditional community, a destination, a real place, built between 2008-2013 by community founders Orjan & Amanda Lindroth. A tidy harbour village of 30 Bahamian cottages many with docks, An Inn & Fishing Lodge, organic farm, surrounded by the sea with narrow streets, sweeping beaches, rugged dunes, a tropical forest, where fishing boats rock idly on their moorings and the lively bustle of early evening; parrots call from the forest and neighbors mingle in the streets. Capture all that is essential and nothing that is not. Welcome Schooner Bay. Lot N-15, located along the Bay St. live-work corridor, offers panorama views of the harbour island, harbour, forest canopy, east towards ocean. Lot N-15 is fully serviced, is 30×66 which allows for a 2200-2500 square foot 2 storey, Bahamian style waterfront building…just steps to both beaches.

Last confirmed

Type
Land
Land
2,217 ft²

What people say about Bahamas

Sources agree that foreigners can own Bahamian property outright and that an ordinary home purchase needs a registration filing through a Bahamian lawyer, not a discretionary permit.

  • Positive Foreign buyers mostly register rather than seek a permit; permit applies to large or commercial land
  • Mixed Closing costs are dominated by a 10% transfer VAT for foreign buyers, usually split with the seller, plus legal fees
  • Mixed Annual property tax is being reshaped in 2026 (new foreign owner-occupied category), and Bahamian realtors dispute fairness
  • Concern Vacant land owned by foreigners carries a notably heavier tax until built on

Read what people say, based on 14 sources

Cost of entry

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What completing costs

US dollars

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