SandCastles
Imagine a luxury villa set in a sapphire paradise of sea and sky. A place of tropic breezes sweet-scented with bougainvillea and singing the music of gently lapping waves. Powder-white sand feels soft between your toes on a family trek down the beach to step aboard your pleasure boat for a day of leisurely fishing and exploring. And later, gathering with family or friends for drinks on the deck of your own private villa, overlooking a blue intensity of ocean and heaven that meet so seamlessly it’s difficult to tell which is water and which is lofty air.
This is what you have worked hard for all your life: a luxury hideaway where you and your family can while away lazy, fun-filled vacation days. You’ve dreamed and talked of these fantasy good times, times of laugher and memories that will last a lifetime. But purchasing a tropical villa costs many millions today, and owning one – with upkeep, taxes, insurance, rental worries – just seems too overwhelming a hassle to contemplate.
Now there’s another way, a better way. With Sandcastles fractional ownership plan, you can purchase a share of an opulent home in a gorgeous beachside locale for a literal fraction of the cost of owning. All the ownership expenses are split among the five to ten partners in the villa, and Sandcastles, with over 25 years of experience in luxury vacation homes, takes all the worry out of your paradise. We manage the financial responsibilities, maintenance, and any rentals you wish to make, along with providing your own personal concierge who is at your beck and call to assure the vacation of your dreams.
Fractional ownership is the fastest-growing segment of the luxury real estate market. The concept is revolutionizing vacation travel because it’s now so easy, economical, and hassle-free to own a vacation home. Studies show most second homeowners use their vacation homes less than 30 days each year. Why be burdened with a whole 12 months worth of hefty mortgage payments, taxes, maintenance fees, and other expenses for a house you visit only a month or so annually?
It simply doesn’t make sense. With your SandCastles fractional ownership of a luxury villa, you pay only for what you will use, enjoying all the satisfactions of true ownership for a mere fraction of the cost. Yacht and airplane enthusiasts discovered years ago that the smartest way to own an expensive asset you don’t use all the time is in partnership with others. Now you too can take advantage of this practical, economical way to own a spectacular vacation home!
SandCastles is an exciting outgrowth of our company’s nearly 20 years of experience as a leader in renting luxury properties in the most exclusive tropical vacation hotspots throughout Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and the Caribbean.
Since 1991, Villas Caribe, our family-owned sister company, has managed a collection of about 2,000 luxury villas in over 35 superb vacation destinations. Our expertise in specialized tropical travel has won Villas Caribe high praise in such prestigious publications as The Robb Report, Conde Nast Traveler, USA Today, Travel and Leisure, Islands Magazine, Caribbean Travel & Life and more. Luxury Villas International grew from our desire to offer our clients deluxe rental homes throughout Europe in such locales as Italy, France, and Greece; and North American vacation favorites like Malibu, Whistler, Aspen, Vail, and Palm Springs. Now our new venture, SandCastles, gives you a savvy way to own luxury property in the world’s most desirable destinations.
For years, we have traveled tropical shores and visited legendary resort enclaves to bring our clients the best in spectacular rental vacation opportunities. But we know that for many, the dream is to own, not merely to rent, a gorgeous private sanctuary in paradise. Yet the high cost of full ownership of an expensive villa rarely makes sense when most homeowners vacation there only about four weeks a year.
That’s why we created SandCastles: to make ownership affordable by dividing the costs and expenses among several buyers. Our strong, long-time relationships with villa owners, developers and real estate firms allow us to assemble a portfolio of elite villas in the most sought-after locales. We know what beach-lovers like you want in a fabulous vacation villa and the amenities you seek. We know which destinations are the most desirable from an appreciation and rental standpoint. We know how to maximize your investment, because we know what villas in each location should cost. And you can rely on our judgment and expertise, because we will partner with you and other owners in each and every villa we offer.
