HGTV recently aired an episode involving a father and son looking for a place in Sint Maarten. Not sure when it was filmed – info indicated 2020 – but there were cruise ships in one shot. The buyers were also shown taking an open-air bus tour and some sort of glass bottom boat tour that had them viewing a sunken helicopter. No one wearing masks.

They first looked at a studio apartment in the Simpson Bay Yacht Club. It came with a boat slip included for $265K. Next, they looked at Royal Islander – La Terracita. It was one bedroom, one bath for $186K. Oddly, the bedroom window looked out onto the public hallway. Also, oddly, they thought the apartment, furnished as it was, looked too “Caribbean”. Gee, I thought that was the whole idea.

Then they looked at a new build called Obi Hill, somewhere near Belair Beach. For $255K, they would get one bedroom, one bath and a window in the kitchen that looked out into the building stairwell.

Finally, they looked at Blue Marine, a fairly big penthouse unit, one bedroom, two bathrooms and some weird extra space, for $270K. This one was close to the airport but with a view of the golf course. Not sure where that would be. But from that unit they had an excellent view of someone else’s toilet! Amazing design feature.

They eventually purchased at La Terracita for $186K.

Some great views of the island included in the episode. Love these shows. Still living SXM vicariously