About this Property
St. Augustine is well known for its proximity to the University of the West Indies, Trinidad Campus and its Legal counterpart, The Hugh Wooding Law School. Many of the homes in the area are known to rent out rooms or apartments to law students, university students and professors who teach and lecture at the facility.
This apartment has been the enjoyment of many such students and teachers over the years and has always been highly sought after when their internship or teaching assignments are over. It sits quietly at the top of Santa Margarita Circular Road and is one flight of stairs down from the road level and below the main house. There are some lovely views from the windows or a seating deck on the next floor down, so one can relax and enjoy the calm of the surrounding greenery and views of the Caroni Plains.
The apartment comes fully furnished and equipped and is a modest 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom unit with an awesome view of the Caroni Plains. It is very well maintained and the surrounding land has many fruit trees. Both bedrooms are air conditioned and there is an open-plan kitchen, living room and dining room, also a laundry and store room, a small sit out area just outside of the apartment door and one car garage parking.
The entire property has a security alarm system and cameras. Perfect for a lecturer from Hugh Wooding Law School, 2 university students sharing or working professionals whose office is in the East or Central/South.
About the Region
St. Augustine
St. Augustine is a town in the Northwest of Trinidad. It is the site of the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine. St. Augustine is home to thousands of university students and is now being converted to a university town as the economy of the area is fuelled significantly by the spending power of the 60,000 plus university population. Many houses in the general university area have been converted to students' accommodation.
You can find St. John's Road in St. Augustine, this is the main access road for Mount St. Benedict, one of the notable historic sites in Trinidad and Tobago. On the mount, one can find a Catholic Church along with a monastery and a factory where yogurt is made. On this road, there is also the St. John Baptist Roman Catholic Church. The church is opposite to a Community Centre and now houses a new field for the residents to engage in football, one of the more popular sports of this area. St. Augustine is also home to the Hugh Wooding Law School, a prestigious law school which attracts many inter-island students of the Caribbean and beyond. Further educational establishments include St. Augustine Girls' High School and Lakshmi Girls' Hindu College. In close proximity to the law school is the Seismic Research Centre, which is the official source of information on earthquakes and volcanoes in the English-speaking Caribbean. It is the headquarters of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha.
Hospitals, Banks, Supermarkets, and many other businesses can be found in this location. The Tunapuna market is just a short distance away on the eastern side of St. Augustine and Curepe junction on the western side where food, transportation and recreational centres can be found.
