Meritage Great House and Cottage Updates
Present owner who purchased the house in 1998 was a chef/ restaurateur owner of Fine Dinning establishments on St.John during a ten year period of the 90"s including establishments Paradise Pizza, Barracuda Bistro, Chateau Bordeaux, Paradiso, Asolare and Bad Art Bar
Owner built new stand alone Honeymoon Cottage in 2000 with it's own cisterns and septic system
House was completely rebuilt in 2000 with all new electrical wiring ,200 amp service, new sub floors, tiling, PGT hurricane rated doors /windows all new plumbing and ship-lap siding.
Cisterns for both houses cleaned and Thuro Sealed 2018
Septic tanks pumped 2018
Totally all New Air Conditioning Units( four in all) serviced by Dr.Cool 2018
New Solar Hot Water System for Main House
Meritage is Net Metering Set Up ( no longer available on St.John except for past customers ) new owner can add as many solar panels as they wish to save $$$ on electrical bills
New Treks Decking on Pool Deck no maintenance and long lasting
New decking and steps leading to Master bedroom and around Hot Tub
New Appliances in Kitchen, Refrigerator, Gas Stove and Dishwasher
New Cori gated Steel roofs on both houses, all are insulated with 1 1/2" foam insulation
New Railings on both houses
New PGT doors and windows on Meritage Great House living room
New Roofs covering all decks with double hurricane strapping on 3x8 rafters
Owner built hand crafted from live edge Red Cider, shipped in from Texas, Built in Dinning area and Deck Dinning table and coffee and end table
Four, New King size pillow top mattresses and box springs
All New Air Conditioning Units( four in all) serviced by Dr.Cool 2018
Complete night time lighting system of all palm trees and gardens from dusk to dawn, which makes the property come alive for guest every evening automatically, great for short term rentals
Full Cable TV and Internet Service with VIYA and back up Internet service with St.John Bubble Service
2018 Property Real Estate Taxes $2,829
19 Years Short Term rental history on VRBO, HomeAway, Trip Advisory, Airbnb all with all Five Star Reviews and plenty of repeat guest, financials available for qualified buyers, Meritage Great House rents for $5,600 per week during high season, Meritage Cottage rents for $2,300 ( $7,900 per week cash flow, $32,000 monthly fully rented which we are many months during high season) off season MGH $4,200, MC $1,500 ($5,700 per week ) Average rental per year has been 36 weeks per year, almost fully rented during High Season, low occupancy during Aug, Sept. Oct.
On Line web site for short term rentals meritagestjohn.com with up to date marketing
Three minute drive to Cruz Bay, walk down to Hart Bay beach, quite and safe neighborhood, great sunsets from this westerly view, included in the Chocolate Hole Home Owners Association( ECLA) great for owner rights and protection, the only owners association area on St.John
New Owners wanting to do short term rental, present owner who has been booking this house for 19 years is willing to continue booking Meritage for new owner along with in-place On-Island Manager and pool hot tub maintenance.