Kamabesu Villa & Club House

15/01/2024

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15/01/2024

Kamabesu Villa is restored- bigger and better than ever! We tested it out for Christmas and were pleased to find plenty of space for 5 families- 24 people total!

23/07/2023

The untold 2nd part of the Oppenheimer story that wasn't in the movie culminates on St. John.

Our dear friend, .milam wrote a perfectly succinct article in The Daily News sharing Robert Oppenheimer's family legacy on our little island. Tragic to the very end, yet, surely full of beauty as his final home on Gibney Beach, often referred to as Oppenheimer Beach, sat overlooking some of the most coveted views in the world.

Now, our family destination for decades, we rent the Oppenheimer Pavillon regularly to host family & friend gatherings. Some seem here. The tire swing, lost in 2017, was always a hit but even long gone, the gentle egress is the perfect place for young & old to get their soak on!

10/07/2023

Kamabesu Villa is named after the 4 sisters:
Katie
Maggie
Betsy
Susan

Some people say too much together time with family will tear you apart. After 20+ years of St. John tripping we can attest that is not the case!

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Do you know where these photos were taken? Does anyone remember Pastory Gardens when you got tokens & what they were for?!

30/06/2023

They call it the land of butterflies & rainbows. We call it our other home.

Have you been to St. John yet?
Would you like to go back?

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20/01/2021

It's what we call "The Fish Bowl", the new structure on the deck offering an outdoor kitchenette, living & dining area with micro screening so nary a single no-see-um is felt!
Originally meant to be temporary.
Thinking well keep it!

10/01/2021

Situated as a Sunrise house, maximizing sun exposure on the pool deck by our genius architect Bryan Couchenour, so even in winter we have a full 8 hours of direct exposure, an island sunset still catches my breath.

And somehow, every time we stop to enjoy the view (and fruitlessly search for the green flash!), there is always a boat cruising by.

Sail away with us to Fish Bay...
2021

06/01/2021

Mermaid spotted pool side today!

24/12/2020

Some updates...
Club House Blue room....

23/12/2020

It feels so good to be back!
Merry Christmas

17/12/2020

CHRISTMAS ARRIVED A LITTLE EARLY

That IS a photo of things about to happen. Electrical fixtures are literally in the house!

14/11/2020

Did you know Sea Turtles are different from land turtles:

They cannot retract into their shell like other turtles.
They've been around for a very, very long time.
They can hold their breath for five hours underwater.
They live to about 100 years.

Kamabesu isn’t a sea turtle but we sure see a lot from the balcony into Fish Bay over the years. And soon, we will again.

12/03/2020

Oh how far it’s come! Kitchen, living room, bedrooms, bathrooms!
The cypress is being stained and the walls are secured...
I see a 2021 season coming on the books.
Who’d be interested in a visit to Kamabesu?

20/02/2020

There’s progress in the process despite the hazy hue of Sahara Dust!
Excited for what’s felt like and endless season of Phase 1!
Tick tock !

15/02/2020

14/02/2020

It’s on!
Tall Wall on High Side
Wohoo!

11/02/2020

It might not seem like a lot but that newly framed out little nook is adding about 250 sq ft to our indoor space!

Each Master Suite will now have additional space on each floor. Super stoked!

09/02/2020

In Sept 2017 the Virgin Islands was ravished by Hurricanes Irma & Maria.
Like many, we lost our home & business. It is painfully slow to rebuild on an island but slow steady progress is better than fast daily excuses.

This is a video from October 2019, about 2 years post Irma.
The house project marches on and while we aren’t where we want to be we aren’t where we were either.

We hope you’ll follow along as we gain some momentum on the next phase: structural rebuild of the main house.

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