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Salt Spring Island Real Estate | Oceanfront Paradise for sale

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Salt Spring Island Real Estate and Island Living

… it truly is for sale.

SaltSpringIsland.org writes:

Nearby Galiano Island is longer but sparsely populated with only about a thousand permanent residents. Galiano, Mayne and Pender Islands (North & South) are closer to Vancouver and the mainland than Salt Spring Island. Prevost Island is located between Salt Spring and Active Pass, which separates Galiano and Mayne Islands. There are also scores of smaller islands throughout the Southern Gulf Islands. To the south of BC’s Gulf Islands are the San Juan Islands in Washington State. They are very similar to the Southern Gulf Islands

Back to real estate on Salt Spring. A description that is actually apropos for a property of that of a section of real estate… Mayne Island is truly an Oceanfront Paradise.

Mayne Island’s tranquility. A sunny pristine oceanfront paradise, featuring a private 64.12 acres, that encompasses a beautiful point of land (all of St. John Point is encompassed, here). Enjoy several sandy & sweeping bays & crushed shell coves, and walk your own forest trails. Old Growth forest here.

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Old Growth Forest | Salt Spring Island Real Estate

Exposures are East | South | West, for excellent all day and all year sun exposure. The very private property features rocky knolls, forest preserves with private hiking trails, an old growth forest enclave, Arbutus and Garry Oak groves, sunny meadow areas, & an historic orchard.

The family, with environmental natures, have respected the land, and it is minimally developed (there is an original older cottage structure, in the meadow/orchard area, plus a well, and the truly valuable aspect is the untouched nature of the land).

Originally one of the Japanese holdings on Mayne Island, this property has been enjoyed as a family retreat, as is, by current owners, since the early 1950’s. It remains in a very pristine state. The family, with environmental natures, have respected the land, and it is minimally developed (there is an original older cottage structure, in the meadow/orchard area, plus a well, and the truly valuable aspect is the untouched nature of the land). This is the very best oceanfront acreage available in the Southern Gulf Islands, and may offer potential for some subdivision. It has the capacity to be kept as a private family compound or create a corporate retreat, or, investigate the subdivision potential of this wonderful oceanfront acreage. It encompasses all of St. John Point, and the view panorama is expansive. Close to Horton Bay (year round moorage), and with sweeping panoramic vistas, this property truly has it all…even Milton might have considered it to be found.

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Salt Spring Island and the Southern Gulf Islands are “governed” by the B.C. Provincial Government, under the Islands Trust. The Trust came into being in 1974, with a “preserve & protect” mandate, to keep the Islands as these pristine and park-like environments, for the benefit of all B.C. residents.

Two trustees per Island (not representative of population, then) are elected every three years, in the B.C. civic elections, to manage the Trust bylaws/official community plan, on each Island. These strong zoning/density bylaws control (& effectively “cap”) growth. Limited supply, and a strong buyer demand, usually result in higher prices, regardless of market trend in play at any given time. There will always be a low inventory of properties for sale, then, on any Gulf Island, due to this Islands Trust mandate and resulting cap on growth.

There is no industry on the Gulf Islands.

Salt Spring Island is the largest and best serviced of the Southern Gulf Islands (Gabriola, Thetis, Galiano, Salt Spring, Pender, Mayne, & Saturna Islands are the ferry accessed options, in the Southern Gulf Islands grouping), with a year round lifestyle, and with all the amenities required in the 21st Century.

One doesn’t “have to” leave Salt Spring Island for anything, but it’s easy to go to Vancouver or to Victoria or to mid-Vancouver Island locations, on day trips. There are three separate ferries that service the Island, plus three regularly scheduled (year round) floatplane services, so it’s very simple to do daytrips to major centres, and to return easily to the Island’s charm. In the “season”, there’s also a floatplane service from Seattle to Salt Spring Island.

Sea to Sky Premier Properties | Salt Spring Real Estate

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Sea to Sky Premier Properties is an independent real estate company, and a leader in luxury real estate sale & marketing. Sea To Sky Premier Properties is an affiliate of Christies Great Estates and is a member of the Board of Regents for Luxuryrealestate.com

Sea To Sky Premier Properties maintains offices on Salt Spring Island and also in Pemberton, Whistler, Squamish, and West Vancouver. Sea to Sky Premier Properties realtors have specialized local knowledge and are known for their personalized service for local, out-of-town or international investors.

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LuxuryRealEstate.com is considered one of the premier websites for luxury real estate from around the world. It has been profiled in Forbes magazine, and has made its Top 100 websites list. It has also been profiled in Unique Homes, Dupont Registry, Wall Steet Journal, and many other publications.

LuxuryRealEstate.com is both a website and also a print magazine. The print magazine is published several times a year. The publisher / founder John Brian Losh is considered one of the most influential people in the luxury real estate category, today.

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John Brian Losh | Publisher | LuxuryRealEstate.com

I have been a member of LuxuryRealEstate.com since 1996, when the owner of this company invited my participation, and profile many of my high end listings both on their website and also in ads in their quarterly print magazine. Although some real estate companies are represented on this site, I have been welcomed as a top producing individual, in this very specific market category (luxury real estate), since 1996.

In 2007 I was invited to attend a major conference, in Vancouver/Whistler, and this was a very productive venue in which to showcase my area & my listings. The same opportunity was available to me, in a U.S. venue, in April, 2008. The attendees were from all over the world.

In the Fall of 2007, I accepted an invitation to join LuxuryRealEstate.com’s Board of Regents. This is an exclusive group of currently 82 agents neutrally selected from North America & Europe. There can only be one Regent in a market area. This honour allows me to be counted among the world’s leading real estate professionals, and as an individual realtor, not just as a company logo.