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	RE: Solar Power in USVI - can costs be financially justified? By rewired, 2 days ago	General/Relocating
	I guess my situation is very different, being much smaller in scale. My house is just over 1,600 square feet, although we do have a 1,000 square foot apartment. We don't have or need full time a/c, ha...
	RE: Building a house, which A/C do you prefer for the mini splits and best way to do it By rewired, 2 days ago	General/Relocating
	Make sure to look at the warranty (actually read it). Some units lose their warranty if installed within 1 or 2 miles of the coast... We went with Gree in a condo several years ago - didn't find out a...
	RE: House Design - Land Clearing - Site Work - Excavation - Concrete - Septic - Electrics -Plumbing Contractor(s) By NICKVITZ, 2 days ago	General/Relocating
	Again, thanks very much to any and all STX community/residents for your input, it's appreciated. My building project is also not far from Cheeseburgers.
	RE: Wills and Trusts By stjohnjulie, 2 days ago	General/Relocating
	Ah. I see! Thanks for the offer but since I’m just V.I. based I would like a V.I. lawyer. There are just too many things here that don’t make a lot of sense and I’d rather have a lawyer that is fa...
	RE: Mahogany Run Golf Course STT By vicanuck, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	@VIpirate I've pretty much given up on golf...its way too hot!!!
	RE: Mahogany Run Golf Course STT By VIpirate, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	Posted by: @vicanuck Posted by: @VIpirate I am jealous of all the golf courses on STX. There's only two and a half! That's better than zero on STT. I'd be happy with one.
	RE: The Latest from Liberty - Forced Equipment Change! By jaldeborgh, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	Posted by: @vicanuck Posted by: @jaldeborgh I like the independence from the local infrastructure as well. I absolutely agree with this. If a major storm is headed our way, I simply hop up to the...
	RE: Wills and Trusts By jaldeborgh, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	Posted by: @stjohnjulie @jaldeborgh do you mind sharing the name? I’m happy to but he’s Massachusetts based, we’ve been seasonal residents but now that I’m retired I’m looking into making the STX ou...
	RE: Mahogany Run Golf Course STT By vicanuck, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	Posted by: @VIpirate I am jealous of all the golf courses on STX. There's only two and a half!
	RE: House Design - Land Clearing - Site Work - Excavation - Concrete - Septic - Electrics -Plumbing Contractor(s) By vicanuck, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	Posted by: @jaldeborgh Without wanting to stir up controversy or debate, I’m on the east end of STX not far from Cheeseburgers, and used Dave Follman to both build a garage and replace an aging black...
	RE: Solar panel question about voltage, 3 bdrm house 1800 SF on St John By vicanuck, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	Posted by: @jaldeborgh Energy Wise Solutions (Mike Bruno) has done work on STJ as well, great guy in my experience. EWS did my system on STX. Mike Bruno is really the best in the business.
	RE: The Latest from Liberty - Forced Equipment Change! By vicanuck, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	Posted by: @jaldeborgh I like the independence from the local infrastructure as well. I absolutely agree with this. If a major storm is headed our way, I simply hop up to the roof, take Dishy down a...
	RE: Mahogany Run Golf Course STT By VIpirate, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	Yes, I am jealous of all the golf courses on STX. Have considered a day trip to try out one of the courses. One of the considerations when purchasing our home (albeit a minor one) was the proximity...
	RE: Wills and Trusts By stjohnjulie, 3 days ago	General/Relocating
	@jaldeborgh do you mind sharing the name?
	RE: House Design - Land Clearing - Site Work - Excavation - Concrete - Septic - Electrics -Plumbing Contractor(s) By jaldeborgh, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	Without wanting to stir up controversy or debate, I’m on the east end of STX not far from Cheeseburgers, and used Dave Follman to both build a garage and replace an aging blacktop driveway with concre...
	RE: Solar panel question about voltage, 3 bdrm house 1800 SF on St John By jaldeborgh, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	Energy Wise Solutions (Mike Bruno) has done work on STJ as well, great guy in my experience. I agree, fine someone local, you may think solar is maintenance free but stuff breaks, our inverter bricke...
	RE: Building a house, which A/C do you prefer for the mini splits and best way to do it By jaldeborgh, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	I will second the recommendation on using Mitsubishi. I’ve been replacing my older Daikin units with Mitsubishi as they fail. The performance difference is very noticeable and their reputation for b...
	RE: Wills and Trusts By jaldeborgh, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	Posted by: @beachbumlife Currently having a living trust and will done using upwork. Some are around $35-50/hr, so pretty inexpensive and they are paralegals that can make sure it’s done right. The l...
	RE: The Latest from Liberty - Forced Equipment Change! By jaldeborgh, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	StarLink has been great for me as well, that said it appears the fiber optic cables are being buried on the east end of STX. Not sure who is doing this work, but who ever it is has deep pockets as th...
	RE: Mahogany Run Golf Course STT By jaldeborgh, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	One of the nice benefits of living on St. Croix are the 3 golf courses (one of which is a 9 hole). Golf has become a meaningful part of my retirement social life and the membership costs are reasonab...
	RE: Solar Power in USVI - can costs be financially justified? By jaldeborgh, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	We had a 10kW system with 37.5kWh of battery backup and a 12K inverter installed a couple of years ago on St. Croix. Total cost was roughly $50K before any tax incentives. I actually initially had a...
	RE: Solar Power in USVI - can costs be financially justified? By vicanuck, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	I'm one of those grandfathered into the original 1:1 net metering program for 25 years. We have a 7.5 KW system and it paid for itself in just less than 4 years. We get a credit every month for about ...
	RE: Solar Power in USVI - can costs be financially justified? By stjohnjulie, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	I just looked at one of our more recent quotes for one of our houses to see what the numbers looked like. The house is about 4500 square feet and that quote came in at 53k. And there is a federal t...
	RE: Mahogany Run Golf Course STT By VIpirate, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	Anything new on Mahogany Run Golf Club sale or reopening? Seems a sale was close a couple of years back, but now short of the Govt stepping in as a tourism project, I can't imagine it will ever see g...
	Solar Power in USVI - can costs be financially justified? By VIpirate, 4 days ago	General/Relocating
	I'm still perplexed how solar is cost effective solution in USVI even with the crazy WAPA rates. Granted we are part timers, but our WAPA bills average about $6K-$7K per year and solar install with b...