In troubled times – and there’s no question these count as such – investors tend to turn to a safe haven. Gold, art, Anguilla real estate. Granted, this might not be exactly the list of foolproof commodities you’ll find at your standard wealth management advisor’s office but, believe it or not, property on Anguilla has […]
How to get to Anguilla and what can do once you’re here (spoiler alert: just about everything!) Thanksgiving has come and gone, which means the Hurricane Season is officially over in the Caribbean, and Anguilla is ready to welcome back visitors from all around the world. The most exceptional year in living memory, 2020 has […]
We’ve Upgraded!
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Can you tell? Let’s play spot the difference! It might look like a minor facelift but it was in fact a colossal enterprise. And you know what? It feels great! The new SMPM door and windows make the office more modern, let more light in and look like a million dollars. Well worth the effort!
Adrian Kobbe Interview
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GUM/KO founder Adrian Kobbe was a guest speaker at Radio Anguilla’s show What’s On Today, hosted by Karen Pina on Friday July 6, 2018. Here’s what he had to say about GUM/KO International: Apart from real estate, Adrian talked all things Anguilla, from the origin of his love affair with the island to […]
Landmarks: The Old Factory
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Smack in the middle of Wallblake, halfway between George Hill and The Valley, by what has grown into Government Corner and in close vicinity to the Post Office, sits a building which, though unassuming, has been at the core of the Anguillian experience for more than a hundred years. Known these days as the Old […]
Anguilla’s curious shape, long, narrow and at an angle, ranks high in the list of factors that determine the direction in which life flows on the island. Almost four times as long as it is wide, Anguilla’s great divide runs from east to west, rather than from north to south. While the West has long […]
Landmarks: The Pump House
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We begin our series of architectural landmarks in Anguilla paying tribute to a building that, though modest, played a central and remarkably varied role in the life of local residents over the course of more than one hundred years: Sandy Ground’s pump house. Before hurricane Irma razed it to the ground in September 2017, the […]
Rendezvous Bay & Cul de Sac
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Anguilla’s south coast is home to one of the most remarkable stretches of beach land not just in the region but the world over. Beginning with Sandy Point, on the western edge of Blowing Point, four simply flabbergasting bays open up in quick succession: Rendezvous Bay, Cove Bay, Maundays Bay and Shoal Bay West coil […]
Life Goes On In Anguilla
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Time takes time, they say, and so does rising from the ashes. It’s been twelve weeks since hurricane Irma rocked Anguilla to its foundations, and the gradual motion towards refashioning the island has continued at a steady, if not dizzying, pace. But as more businesses get back to their feet and more development plans are […]
Meads, Long & Barnes Bays
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When the first English settlers arrived in Anguilla—likely running away from creditors, the law, or religious persecution—they were greeted by the virginal white sand and embarrassingly beautiful beaches of a barren, seemingly uninhabited island. That was back in the mid seventeenth century, though ironically what potential investors found roughly 320 years later was not all […]