CUSTOM ESTATES
Built around you.
For those who would rather shape a home than choose one. Design with Arguelles Architects or your own architect. Walk through your home in virtual reality before construction begins. Built by J&W Construction in around 18 months.You bring the vision. We take care of the rest.
Tarpon Beach Estates
A coastal setting for a singular vision.
Eight estates of 1.5 to 3 acres, each with two waterfronts. To the front, your own private beach with open ocean views. To the rear, direct access to the canal and the new marina, with your own boat house and boat dock. Mornings on the sand, afternoons on the water, from the same front door.
Salt Rakers Cove
A different perspective on island ownership.
Ten beachfront estate lots of three to four acres beneath Hawkins Ridge, each with its own private beach, and a racquet court for tennis or pickleball.
Bonny Cove
An address defined by its surroundings.
Two large estate lots with dramatic, sweeping views across the Caicos Banks, each with its own private beach and boat dock.
EXPLORE THE LANDSCAPE
Eleven Hundred Acres,
A Handful of Guests
An untouched marine and wildlife sanctuary designed for total discretion. Explore sixty percent of unspoiled nature, private bonefish flats, and deserted white-sand beaches entirely at your own pace.
VISIT THE INTERACTIVE MAPOWNERSHIP AS AN ASSET CLASS
Not a holiday home, a sovereign asset.
Ambergris Cay sits under British Common Law, with title, stamp duty and processas transparent as any developed market. Stamp duty is fixed at 6.5%: on a completed villa, it's calculated on the purchase price; on a homesite, it's calculated on the lot price only, with no stamp duty on construction.
For buyers who build, that difference is a material saving on acquisition — one of the clearest financial arguments for a homesite over a turnkey villa. Owners are free to commission their own architect or designer, working alongside our preferred builder, J&W Construction (Dave Parlee), who has built on the island since 1998.
Turks and Caicos levies no property tax, no income tax, no capital gains tax, and no inheritance tax. Beyond the one-time stamp duty, ownership carries no recurring tax obligation to the jurisdiction, and the asset passes to the next generation intact — a rare position among sovereign real estate markets, and central to why families treat a homesite here as a legacy holding, not a transaction.
Waterloo Investment Holdings, a debt-free, $2.2 billion parent, retains ownership of the remaining lots — meaning the island's infrastructure, runway and marina are backed by a balance sheet built to outlast any single sale.
6.5%
STAMP DUTY, ONCE
Lot Only
STAMP DUTY BASE, HOMESITES
0%
INCOME, PROPERTY, INHERITANCE