Another fantasy island in The Bahamas hits the market, along with Exuma’s getaway home – EyeWitness News

NASSAU, BAHAMAS When Tim Rodland, partner in Better Homes & Gardens MCR Bahamas, signed the listing agreement for the 293-acre Powell Cay, Abaco, with more than 22,140 linear feet of white sand beach, he wanted the best tools in his selling kit to reach that elusive audience of potential buyers. He called on Concierge Auctions, a company that has redefined the meaning of auction from a last-ditch effort to a smart first-step marketing thrust, to partner.

Only 13 years old, Concierge controls 90 percent of the high-end residential auction market, has broken world records for the highest-priced homes ever achieved at auction, is active in 29 countries and is a success story that would have been implausible had it not been for an increasingly virtual reality world.

In The Bahamas, where luxury properties and fantasy islands dot the landscape, Concierge is showing up in more and more real estate listings. Its not just about reaching the super-wealthy, though that database is as irresistible as Cristal to a lover of fine champagne. Agents gravitate toward the online bidding process for the speed, simplicity and protection of their percentage. Most sales take place within 30 to 45 days of the signing and once bidding opens, prices heat up for five to seven days before the virtual gavel bangs and the auction is closed.

So this month, while Rodland called Concierge in for Powell Cay with its blank canvas of potential, John Christie lassoed the marketing firm for his listing of a nearly $7 million estate called Casa Azul on the island of Exuma.

This estate has everything someone who dreams of living on the oceanfront with all the luxury imaginable, including their own stone-line lagoon pool, could want, said Christie, a veteran of the industry.

The 7,000-square-foot residence features five oversized bedrooms and five and a half baths and has never been offered for sale before. The asking price is $6.75 million with a $3.4 million reserve.

Casa Azul is sprawled across two lots at the very pinnacle of Emerald Bay, said Christie, who never hesitated taking the listing directly to auction.

Its sure to draw great interest. It boasts its own expansive terraces that overlook the Greg Norman-designed 18-hole championship golf course. It has a great room with a cathedral ceiling for entertaining, a gourmet kitchen, a large guest cottage.

You could live there forever and never tire of the views, coffee in the morning as you watch the sun rise over the turquoise sea and enjoy evening cocktails watching that same sun, worn out from warming you all day, slip beneath the horizon. Its a magical place.

That magical place, along with Powell Cay in the Abacos, opens for bidding this Friday, May 7. Both close one week later.

Concierge Auctions Director of Business Development Danny Prell said: Both of these properties, the ready-to-move-into Casa Azul, fully furnished, and Powell Cay, on which you design and build your own perfect world, are extraordinary listings.

I am excited about bringing these properties to market with our database of 600,000 high-net-worth individuals including our special 10,000 property connoisseurs, including 60 billionaires.

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Another fantasy island in The Bahamas hits the market, along with Exuma's getaway home - EyeWitness News