The Knoldheim Concept ™️
Mission Statement
Knoldheim is a place to gather, to appreciate, to create, and to grow.
Goals
1️⃣ Gathering and cohabitating toward mutual benefit
2️⃣ Appreciating the good, the positive, and the enduring
3️⃣ Creating, studying, and pondering on the arts and sciences
4️⃣ Growing, maturing, and enhancing life
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We booked our favorite spot, and invited some guests to spend some time with us.
While the architect and engineers are working on creating the construction drawings, Rick and I deciding to spend a month on the island.
Happy, our dachshund (see below), made the trip with us too! It was his first time on a plane. Happy was quieter than all the wailing babies on the plane. I don’t think Happy liked it all that much, but seems to like being in the Caribbean where it is warm.
One of our first tasks is to get some of the property cleared of Guinea Grass and Tan-Tan. We had pre-arranged to purchase some equipment from the Stihl dealer on the island. They were fantastic. Even after we found out that we had a defective part, they jumped right in and took care of everything right away.
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Rick and I loved our Caribbean trip over Christmas 2021 and after talking some about it, decided that we wanted to have a place in the islands. Leaving the U.S. is a challenge with differences in health care systems, so we decided that we wanted to stay in a U.S. territory. After a lot of discussion, it seemed like St. Croix was going to be a fit we could really enjoy. A balance of development and non-gentrification. An interesting history. Large enough so that we wouldn’t be totally isolated, but small enough to be slow, Island living.
For many years, I’ve been interested in intentional community and cohousing in particular. We talked things over with some very close friends and decided to take a trip to explore the island and look at some land. We poured over listings that seemed interesting to us and arranged with a great real estate agent, Stephen Swanton, to take us around the island.
We initially thought that we would like the properties in the rainforest area on the west end of the island the most, but found that the very dry east end was better suited for what we want for building. We found a fantastic piece of land at the top of a knoll in Boetzberg. At just under 3 acres, it had plenty of space for us and the views are stunning with something to look at in every direction. Most of the water view is your north, but there is a peek in between two mountains of the south shore.
It didn’t take us long to decide to make an offer and after a few days of negotiations, we were on our way. You’d think that the sale would be fast since we were paying cash, but Island time.
After a couple of months, though, we became the owners of a piece of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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