Most people on Water Island oppose this as well. The problem with the proposal is that the Water Taxi would only run on cruise ship days. The Water ...
Rolando Asencios of Asencios Construction was building a container house last year. As for hurricane proofness I have a 20 footer anchored to a concr...
All the above is correct, however one advantage to building (especially if you do most of it yourself) is that you know exactly how it was done. Havi...
I'm building on Water Island. We did around 80 yards for the foundation/cistern/bunker for our Deltec house. Concrete $240/yd by time on site but we...
I'm building a Deltec house on Water Island. I have a friend who built a Topsider there also. The Topsider company was a nightmare to work with. I ...
Chris Tavernier 340-227-8938 or 340-775-3359. Email ctusvi00801@gmail.com I haven't spoken to him since the hurricanes, his house was up on Crown Mo...
Matt, Are you committed to a metal roof? I was until Rolando Asencios of Asensios Construction talked me out of it. On his own Deltec house he s...
Rolando Asencios is building a container house for a client in St Thomas. Here's a link to his site: Based on my experience building on Water Isla...
I think if you're zoned W-1 you need a permit from the DPNR. I had to get one. I would definitely get one if needed because even if the DPNR doesn't...
Tia, I hired Chris Tavernier for my house. I have nothing but great things to say about him. Please PM me if you want to know more about the w...
We are building a 650 sq feet house. It has an 11,000 gallon cistern. At this point I would say $3 gallon is too low, double that is probably about...
We're building now on Water Island. Not a whole lot of surprises so far (we're doing the cistern/foundation right now). One thing I would recommend ...
I would but it's a matter of timing. I am sending another one straight from my house in about a year full of building stuff. I am going to see if th...
Thanks guys. I did contact SOS but he doesn't have any for sale this year. If I can't find one at Crowley or Tropical looks like the next thing to d...
