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Terres Basses French Lowlands St Martin

Terres Basses – French Lowlands

this is a 500 acres Peninsula

located on the french side of

the island Saint Martin / St Maarten

By SMI Realtors since 1993

There are approximately 320 properties, each of them have a size 2 1/2 acres,

there are also three magnificent white sand beaches.

Baie Rouge, Baie Longue, Baie aux Prune, all of them are public,

we do not have private beaches in St Martin St Maarten.

Terres Basses is strictly a residential area except for

The Hotel La Samanna from Belmond Groupย  located on Bay Long Beach.

La Samanna the onlyย  five star Hotel on the island of Saint Martin Sint Maarten.

This location has some of the best real estate on the island,

The prices of properties ranges from 1.5 up to $15 million.

Terres Basses it is a gated community with 24 hours security most

of the properties have the main villa with 3,4,5

bedrooms and a cottage with one or two bedrooms.

Also French Lowlands is very well located on the island only 10 minutes from Marigot the French capital.

10 minutes from Juliana international airport five minutes from the golf course Mullet Bay

adjacent to the French and Dutch border.

Also close to Porto Cupecoy, location with restaurant bars casinos Marina.

Let’s not forgetย  Maho the heart of St. Maarten also with restaurants bars casinos beaches and more.

Let’s not forget Maho Beach, one of the most famous location This is where tourists go to watch the planes landing and taking off.

Our airport is world famous you can see it on youtube.

The French Lowlands is the most exclusive community on the island of Saint Martin Saint Maarten no doubt.

Because of his strict restrictions this residential area is very low density therefore privacy tranquility safety are number one.

Real Estate Taxes are reasonable, the average yearly tax in this location is five -six thousand per year .

Theย  Lowland community HOA average about 3000 per year.

Some of these estates in the Lowlands have access to the lagoon with small marinas

some of them are beachfront some of them are hillside with amazing views some of them are just surrounded by beautiful gardens.

There is a road that goes through the Lowlands from Cupecoy to Marigot

the capital of the French Side if you pass through this area you can already see the beautiful entrance gates.

Terres Basses FWI is for sure one of the most beautiful and most exclusive location and best address in Saint Martin.

No doubt for anyone that knows Saint Martin well knows that the real estate in this area is the most valuable anyone can own.

This is for sure number one highly recommend by SMI Real Estate

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