National Colony Realty

Tomorrow is a public holiday in the Turks and Caicos Islands. We will be celebrating National Youth Day. A time to honour and show appreciation to youths. There are a number of activities that are planned within the various islands, including but not limited to Grand Turk, Providenciales, North Caicos and Salt Cay. In fact, there were a number of activities which took place since Monday and will end this coming Friday.  Some activities included: School devotions, gospel concerts, track and field competition, quiz competitions, banner competitions, movie night, and also a walkathon to name a few. - Luckily the youths have has a long week filled with rewarding events, now its time for the general public to enjoy a day and celebrate with them on Friday. Yes even you real estate agents, you get the day off as well. Happy Weekend!

The Turks and Caicos Real Estate Association (TCREA) will be having its annual general meeting this coming October 2009 to select its new body for the year. Nominations are now open for the position of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.

As breast cancer awareness month is approaching in October, the National Cancer Society in the Turks and Caicos Islands have began advertising their list of activities for the month. This year, the society has planned:

1. Breast Cancer walkathon on October 3rd, 2009. - This walk starts at 6pm sharp at the Graceway IGA Supermarket to the Tropicana Plaza and back to IGA. Registration fee is $15.00 which includes a T-Shirt.
2. Church Service on 4th October 2009 - Location Harvest Bible Chapel.
3. Pretty in Pink Luncheon on October 23rd, 2009 - Location Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort & Spa. Tickets are $50.00.
4. T-Shirt Friday - Any Friday during the month of October, we are asking all firms to have your employee wear their National Cancer T-Shirts as a reminder and to keep others aware of Breast Cancer.

As always, all proceeds goes towards raising awareness to breast cancer and also helping existing patients who are struggling with cancer within the Turks and Caicos Islands. National Colony Realty, works hand in hand with the National Cancer Society and is always available to direct you should you need any assistance is getting in contact with the cancer society.

A recent press release was issued by the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands that the Deputy commissioner of lands will be visiting the island of North Caicos on Friday, 18th September 2009, between the hours of 10:30 and 4:00p.m. at the office of the District Commissioner.

According to the press release, it was brought to the attention of the ministry that a number of persons had been paying for standard conditional purchase leases and some have paid for their freehold title transfers but have not received their official documentation. Hence, wanted to rectify this situation before it gets any further. Anyone who may be in this situation is asked to visit the office on Friday, and to walk along with any documents and any proof of payment so that the issue will be rectified.

I thought I would share with you National Colony Realty’s newest listing of today, that is located in the desirable community of Leeward. A garden view residential lot that is only steps away from the pristine white sandy beach in Leeward. Reasonably priced and situated on 0.51 acres. The community of Leeward, has underground utilities and chip sealed roads and is found to be a quiet neighbourhood. 

More information can be found at National Colony Realty website www.nationalcolonyrealty.com, which will also include photos of  the lot.

At the last sitting of our Turks and Caicos Real Estate Association meeting our guest speaker was ms Juliette Gooding of the 911 Emergency Services. She informed us of their deadline to have the service up and running by December of this year and updated us on the vigorous training procedures that the employees are undergoing. Much work is being done and ms Gooding is working in liaison with the Police department, Fire, Road traffic, customs and immigration, Hospitals and all other government departments. Based on the information received, I will say in my opinion was very informative and reassuring.  Thankfully, at the end of this year the Turks and Caicos Islands will have a properly functioning 911 system which will make residents as well as visitors feel even more safe on the island.

After a long two months of summer holidays, students are now back to school for the new 2009 school year.

Today is the first of September which marks the beginning of the peak of hurricane season. Thankfully, we can report that since the season began we in the Turks and Caicos have not been under any severe hurricane threat. Hopefully, the year will pass without a hurricane reaching the islands and the Turks and Caicos (TCI) will again be bless like the previous years before Hurricane Ike and Hanna.

On another note, It is raining in TCI. It has not rained in a while and hence I am enjoying the cool feeling in the air. This is much needed rain, the land needs a bit of a cooling and we need a change of climate if just for a day.