About this Property
Located in the residential development of St. Benedict Gardens, St Augustine this 3-storey home situated on 7387sf of freehold land offers versatility in design to suit one’s desired needs.
The top floor designed with greenheart facing on its external walls comprises 2 large bedrooms with beautiful hardwood floors and ensuite bathrooms including a study and balcony off the master bedroom and a large laundry room.
The middle floor has an open plan living and dining area opening to a large front balcony overlooking lovely views, a powder room and a spacious galley kitchen equipped with upper and lower kabukalli hardwood kitchen cupboards including a pantry cupboard. Adjoining at this level with an independent external entrance is a studio apartment with ensuite bathroom(incomplete) and kitchenette which can easily be converted to a 3rd ensuite bedroom as part of the main house by simply opening a doorway on the adjoining wall.
The ground floor also with independent external entrance and previously used as a therapy clinic, consists of a reception area, 3 additional rooms, 2 bathrooms and an internal staircase leading up to the middle floor level. Being outfitted with gypsum walls, this floor can be opened up and configured as needed as a possible additional apartment, an office , gym room, recreation or kids play room etc. Alternatively, this ground floor level being linked by a staircase to the potential studio apartment on the middle level can be re-configured to a 2-level apartment with the upper level comprising a living area, kitchenette and bathroom with the staircase leading down to two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Lots of potential!!
To the rear of the house is a spacious back yard at an elevated level with staircase access and with fruit trees and a large storeroom housing water tanks.
Parking is available for two vehicles through an automated front entrance gate up an elevated driveway at the side of the house.
Conveniently located just off St. John’s Road with easy access to Tunapuna and St. Augustine environs.
Versatile design either as a single residence or as a multi-family residence with adjoining apartment/s to be configured as desired.
Sale Price: $2.9M
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.
