Having lived in the islands I have been in many sugar mills, abandoned and renovated. They are creepy to be in.
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So Dreamy ~ It looks lovely :) My granny owned many sugar plantations back in the day. She paid everyone who worked and oftentimes lived on the land. If you hire people, are good and kind and treat them with love and respect; there are no slaves. Life can still be fun and prosperous too.
I would go for a long swim every day in that amazing pool. Of course stables would need to be built along with a crushed pebble trail. A couple of Gypsy Vanners, a Palomino, some dark eyed Warm bloods. A bunch of wild parrots for the trees. Happy Dogs everywhere. Big and small. Lazy afternoon naps on the veranda. Lively evenings full of music and laughter, while cooking for friends. And waking up every morning to my imaginary husband, of course :)
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@Helen
Forget the husband, I'll take the dogs and I'd need a really good working kitchen.
If anyone bothers to inform themselves of the history of these sugar mills they would never want to live in one. One horrible example is that a slave would stand guard with a large blade in case another slave was caught by the mill stone, ready to lop off the trapped limb. Apparently it would happen often enough for the need to keep someone posted.
I wonder if anyone would be willing to live in a condo built on the ruins of a concentration camp?
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I'm surprised (or maybe not) that no mention is made of the use of slaves on this property.
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@L121 but isn't slavery illegal, even in Nevis?
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@L121
The African slave trade was terminated within the British Empire, and therefore St Kitts and Nevis in 1807, and slavery outlawed in 1834. in fact, this abhorrent practice was not terminated in the US until 1965 and was reallly the underlying reason for the civil war.
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17th Century, Nevis was a major slave trade center and the sugar plantations were built by and run on slave labor.