Homes of Treasure Cay

[Pumpdaman]

There sure are some beautiful homes in Treasure Cay!!

[momshell]

I should buy a few more lottery tickets................

[BahamaAngie]

Me too!

[Pumpdaman]

You know if I won the Lottery, I'd be posting pictures of the inside!! Hell I'd invite the whole Board over!! and we'd all be posting pictures!!!!!!!! :D

[BahamaAngie]

Someone has their chairs in my spot!!!!

[johnrudy]

Gorgeous, BIG homes but does anyone think like me that they sort of mar the beachfront, coastline? Couldn't (shouldn't) they be set back a bit? They seem like monstrosities on the sand. No biggie really, just my opinion...

[Pumpdaman]

You are kind of right, but it's a lot better then huge resorts and thousands of people. The good thing is nobody is usually home and the beach is secluded.

It may be my camera but most of the houses are set back off the beach.

[GaGrl]

Ahhhhh, only 59 days until I get to stroll by those monstrosities again! If only I could get the winning lottery ticket and never leave!

[abacomah]

Gorgeous, BIG homes but does anyone think like me that they sort of mar the beachfront, coastline? Couldn't (shouldn't) they be set back a bit? They seem like monstrosities on the sand. No biggie really, just my opinion...Some of the homes on the east end of the crescent shaped beach have lost a lot of beach in front of them over the years. The beach has increased towards the west end of the crescent shape.

Most of these homes were built with a larger setback before the loss of beach. The purple one is new; but, seems to be in line with the other homes. It is REALLY big though; but, most of them are appropriate size, really nice beach homes.

[BahamaAngie]

Johnrudy, I felt that way about some also. Especially when took my favorite view away with the last section of the Bahama Beach Club. When we use to ride the golf cart to the point it was one of my favorite views. I can only imagine how a Bahamianl must feel. I really think they are building too much. Bahamas Beach Club could have been built right across the street there is a lot of vacant land there and they would have had the same view just had to walk further to the beach. I miss that view so much! One that is imprinted in my memory. The owner of the house at the point is a lovely person and everyone parks there and walks down to the water, I always wonder how much longer and than there is the lot next to theirs where everyone parks and looks at the sunrise....how much longer? I don't mean to sound like gloom and doom but somethings should never be touched. There is a place in Cozumel that the locals call it "virgin land" They are not allowed to build on it and it is so enjoyable to visit. A little beach called Playa Bonita and a thatch umbrella and a small place to buy food/drinks that was all that was there.....it too was like paradise. Progress...

[johnrudy]

Johnrudy, I felt that way about some also. Especially when took my favorite view away with the last section of the Bahama Beach Club. When we use to ride the golf cart to the point it was one of my favorite views. I can only imagine how a Bahamianl must feel. I really think they are building too much. Bahamas Beach Club could have been built right across the street there is a lot of vacant land there and they would have had the same view just had to walk further to the beach. I miss that view so much! One that is imprinted in my memory. The owner of the house at the point is a lovely person and everyone parks there and walks down to the water, I always wonder how much longer and than there is the lot next to theirs where everyone parks and looks at the sunrise....how much longer? I don't mean to sound like gloom and doom but somethings should never be touched. There is a place in Cozumel that the locals call it "virgin land" They are not allowed to build on it and it is so enjoyable to visit. A little beach called Playa Bonita and a thatch umbrella and a small place to buy food/drinks that was all that was there.....it too was like paradise. Progress...Well said...

[abacomah]

Well said...Agreed...... When we first starting coming to Treasure, Sunrise Point had trees and a tree swing. Lots of rocks to explore around, no sea wall and we took some incredible pictures. Those are still on negatives somewhere.

I know the locals didn't like the point being developed... such is progress. When they built the one on your right before you get to the point I thought "That is close ....... when will Mother Nature take it away?" Then, years later they started building the houses actually on the point. Most high tides bring the water over the wall.

It's happening everywhere. There are some large beachfront parcels still not developed in Treasure. Maybe progress will be slow there, especially on the old hotel land. Maybe they could all be like the "Beach Shack" in the newer version of Flipper.

Gordon, taxi driver extrordinaire, took us on a tour last week. There is a house on Ocean Blvd that looks like it is the old sixties style. It is new. They just wanted it built to look the old way. Didn't know that until he told me. When I saw if before I just thought it was one of the older houses.

Just my thoughts too..... it's a balance. Maybe it will slow for a while. Beach Shacks, Beach Shacks, Beach Shackshttp://coconuttelegraph.net/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

[BahamaAngie]

Of course, I would be happy with any kind of a beach shack with running water! (running in the house, not outside!)

[johnrudy]

Nothing wrong with progress I just thought they appear to have been built so close to the shoreline. Having never been to TC, maybe the land is too narrow thru there to build back. Most of the homes we saw in Hopetown were built quite a bit back as to not be so intrusive on nature. That's one of the reasons we quit visiting the beaches around Destin, FL (www.sowal.com) because of the tremendous progress and building. It's just not the same anymore. I hate to see it happening in parts of the more remote Bahamas.

Again, like I said, since I've never been to TC, I was pretty surprised to see these giganitc homes built right on top of the beach! Wow!!

[abacomah]

It is an interesting beach. To the west, past the hotel area, there are the Beach Villas. They are a "long haul" from the beach. You can just see the tops of the beach front villas from the beach.

Then you have open space and then Banyan which you can see from the beach, Tree Houses which are set back a bit and some condos in between. There are some new condos there too.

Then, still going west, you have the homes on Ocean Boulevard. You would be hard pressed to see these from the beach they are so far back. Gordon showed us where the water used to be ... say 30 or 40 years ago. It was almost to the road itself.

So you have homes close to the water on the east side and set back pretty far on the west side.

The purple one in Pumpdaman's photos is very new. We call it the Marriot Courtyard it is so large. Not sure why you would need that much space in such a beautiful place where you spend most of your time outdoors. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

We used to call the Bahama Beach Club, when there was just one of them, the pink sore thumb ..... but they have become so much a part of the beach and with all of them developed I guess they fit in. It could be a lot worse ...... like more of that purple onehttp://coconuttelegraph.net/forums/images/icons/icon9.gif

When I left on Tuesday I saw one of the largest jets I have seen parked on the tarmac at Treasure. I mean it was probably at least 12 passenger. I also saw the helicopter.

Abaco is changing as is the rest of the world. Let's hope it slows done just a bit and doesn't become like Florida.

[johnrudy]

It is an interesting beach. To the west, past the hotel area, there are the Beach Villas. They are a "long haul" from the beach. You can just see the tops of the beach front villas from the beach.

Then you have open space and then Banyan which you can see from the beach, Tree Houses which are set back a bit and some condos in between. There are some new condos there too.

Then, still going west, you have the homes on Ocean Boulevard. You would be hard pressed to see these from the beach they are so far back. Gordon showed us where the water used to be ... say 30 or 40 years ago. It was almost to the road itself.

So you have homes close to the water on the east side and set back pretty far on the west side.

The purple one in Pumpdaman's photos is very new. We call it the Marriot Courtyard it is so large. Not sure why you would need that much space in such a beautiful place where you spend most of your time outdoors. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

We used to call the Bahama Beach Club, when there was just one of them, the pink sore thumb ..... but they have become so much a part of the beach and with all of them developed I guess they fit in. It could be a lot worse ...... like more of that purple onehttp://coconuttelegraph.net/forums/images/icons/icon9.gif

When I left on Tuesday I saw one of the largest jets I have seen parked on the tarmac at Treasure. I mean it was probably at least 12 passenger. I also saw the helicopter.

Abaco is changing as is the rest of the world. Let's hope it slows done just a bit and doesn't become like Florida.I hope not either. :(

[potcake]

Here are a couple of old Treasure Cay development maps that may be of interest. The first was put out by the development company in the 1960s, and is interesting because the canal system finished up looking not at all how it was envisioned at the time. Note that the point is designated as a site for a "new hotel".
The second map is from the 1970s, and shows the whole point area still reserved for a hotel - in fact there were grandiose plans to connect the point to Sunrise Cay with a footbridge. The reason that the point was undeveloped for all those years - (and that we were able to enjoy the unspoiled beauty of it) - was that they were unable to interest a hotel company in developing it. I know that quite a few people were relieved to see the rezoning that allowed private homes to be built at the point, as it avoided the environmental disaster that a hotel would inevitably have caused.

[BahamaAngie]

Agree!