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Tropic Like Its Hot - Season 1 - Episode 10: Champagne Taste in St. Thomas
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00:04What a gorgeous day.
00:06It's always a beautiful day when I'm next to you.
00:08It's very corny of you.
00:10Jay and I have been together for five years.
00:13I'm originally from Brazil.
00:14I came to U.S. looking for the American dream and I found him.
00:17And here we are, happily married.
00:19I actually kind of can't believe we're down here a little bit.
00:22Oh, I believe it. It's a little scary though.
00:24In New Jersey, we kind of fell into this pattern of work, work, work.
00:27So we are moving to St. Thomas to slow down.
00:31We have put our house for sale in New Jersey.
00:34We both accepted jobs down here.
00:37Yay!
00:38And now the only thing that's left is...
00:41Search for a new home.
00:41Search for a new home down here.
00:43And maybe only work eight hours a day instead of 24.
00:46See about that.
01:13It really is beautiful.
01:15Gorgeous.
01:15Right?
01:15Gorgeous.
01:16Well, hello!
01:17Michael and Jay!
01:19It is so great to see you!
01:21Oh, I am great.
01:22Nice to finally meet you.
01:23Yes, likewise.
01:24I'm Jay.
01:25Nice to meet you.
01:25Jay, yes.
01:26Oh my God.
01:27It's a two-piece.
01:27And it's cool.
01:29Yeah, this is just one.
01:30Oh!
01:31Yeah, look at that!
01:32Get it going!
01:33Get out of here!
01:34Well, thank you for meeting me here at Drake's Seat.
01:37This is a perfect central location to be able to, like, just kind of point out where everything
01:42is.
01:42So we have beautiful Megan's Bay, which is one of the top ten beaches in the world.
01:47Looks amazing.
01:48I can see why.
01:48St. Thomas is a part of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
01:51We are 15 minutes away from Puerto Rico, and about a three-hour plane trip to Florida.
01:57Coming to St. Thomas, you are truly getting paradise.
02:00But, because we're on a small island, land is not unlimited, so the prices are a little
02:06higher.
02:07Jay, you are an anesthesiologist.
02:10I'm a nurse anesthetist.
02:11Nurse anesthetist.
02:13Nurse anesthetist.
02:13Oh, that's a tongue twister.
02:15I'm a nurse who provides anesthesia.
02:17Okay.
02:17Wow.
02:18Okay.
02:18I'm a science teacher.
02:20I'm going to be teaching at the school on the East End.
02:22Is that Montessori?
02:23The Montessori school, yeah.
02:24Oh, awesome.
02:24My boys went over there.
02:25That's pretty cool.
02:26Oh, yeah?
02:26Oh, good.
02:27In New Jersey, you know, it's all about bills.
02:30Bills, bills, bills.
02:30I mean, we're really looking forward to slowing down, getting to know people, being a part of
02:34the community, and enjoying our new life, and our hopefully new house.
02:38I've been working for 80 hours a week, so there's no life work balance there.
02:42You know, it takes a toll also on me, because he's not home as much, and I miss him.
02:47And when I'm home, I'm just so cranky and tired, and I don't want to deal with anything.
02:52I would definitely like three beds, a pool.
02:55Furnished or unfurnished?
02:57We are looking for furnished.
02:58Absolutely, yeah.
02:59Like, we want it to be, like, almost turnkey.
03:01Yeah.
03:01We would like the house to be open, free-flowing.
03:04Every year, back in New Jersey, we would host, like, Friendsgiving.
03:07Oh, wow.
03:07And we'd have, like, 20 to 30 people at our house, so we would love to continue that tradition
03:11here in the islands, if we make enough friends, that is.
03:15Trust me, you're in St. Thomas, you're going to make friends.
03:18Okay, great.
03:19An important thing for me, Mike and I have discussed, again, it's having a large enough
03:22property that I can have a chicken coop.
03:25I grew up in a farm, and I would love to have the chicken coop.
03:28So are you a gardener also?
03:29I love doing hard work.
03:30Yeah, he does.
03:30That's my piece.
03:32Let's talk about price.
03:33I would like to be somewhere around a million dollars.
03:35Okay.
03:35Please, Tanya.
03:36I don't want to feel like we have to work in order to pay our bills.
03:40You know what I mean?
03:40Got it.
03:41Understood.
03:41And I'm a little more lenient.
03:421.5, I'm comfortable.
03:44Important for us to be able to subsidize that 1.5 mil mortgage with a rental unit.
03:49Yeah.
03:49And that is something very common on island.
03:51I will say though, Tanya, if we get it for a million, we don't need a renter.
03:55Do I want to be a landlord in St. Thomas?
03:58Oh, you do.
03:58Yeah.
04:00Are you planning to walk around naked outside or something?
04:03Yes, please.
04:03Maybe.
04:04I don't know.
04:05I don't know, Tanya.
04:06But if I want to, I want to be able to.
04:08The ideal is they want a property where they don't have to do any work.
04:11That million dollars versus the 1.5 is going to be the difference in how much work they
04:16have to do versus just walking right in and start living and enjoying paradise.
04:27We are here in Peterboard and this is considered like a really prestigious area of the island.
04:36There's both gated and non-gated communities within Peterboard.
04:39It's accessible to Megan's Bay.
04:43So if you just wanted to walk to the beach, you could take this road and walk down to the
04:46beach.
04:47This beautiful property that we are about to see, this is listed at 1.695.
04:53Tanya.
04:56That's not 1.5.
04:57Tanya.
04:57I hope this is like turning key like we wanted.
05:01And that is one of the reasons why this made the cut.
05:04For example, the view is killer.
05:06And it does have a one bedroom, one bath apartment and it's furnished.
05:11So you can get anywhere from $18,000 to $2,500 a month.
05:16You know what?
05:16If it like tickles your fancy.
05:19It better do more than just tickle, Tanya.
05:21It better, it better tickle, ride, massage.
05:24I can't wait to see this property.
05:30Go right ahead and I will catch up with you in just a moment.
05:33See you soon.
05:34Thanks, Tanya.
05:34I appreciate it.
05:38Are you in my ear?
05:39Yeah.
05:40Oh, wow.
05:42Damn.
05:43This is what I'm talking about.
05:45Look at that view.
05:47Gorgeous.
05:48Wow.
05:49Tanya was right.
05:50This is a $1.7 million view.
05:54Breathtaking.
05:54Yeah.
05:55She's definitely nailed it.
05:57Yeah.
05:57There's the beach and the best view is right here next to me.
06:00Is it me?
06:01Yeah.
06:01Oh, thank you.
06:02Let's go check out the rest of us.
06:03Let's do it.
06:10So, why do you make your faces?
06:13Because it's a little small.
06:15I think it's perfect.
06:16It's one open room.
06:18Do you like the furniture?
06:19Is it like our style?
06:21No.
06:21Yeah, at this price level.
06:23It's not something that I would buy either.
06:25Kitchen.
06:26Imagine me washing dishes.
06:27I can definitely.
06:28And looking at that view.
06:29Wearing nothing but my Speedo.
06:31For the pool that this house has, correct?
06:34Or incorrect?
06:35I don't think there is a pool.
06:36Yeah, that's what I thought.
06:38Jay and I have a real fairytale love story.
06:41I can't wait to hear that.
06:42Yeah.
06:43I definitely saw him first in his little red Speedo.
06:48And he goes, oh, I'm from Brazil.
06:50And I went, yes.
06:52Because I learned Portuguese while I was in Brazil.
06:54So, I'm like, I'm going to impress this guy.
06:56This is going to seal the deal.
06:57Well, I started speaking to him in Portuguese.
06:59And he looked at me and he went, I speak English.
07:03You can talk to me in English.
07:05I'm not going to talk to you in Portuguese.
07:06Two weeks later, we ended up meeting again.
07:09And this time, I didn't speak Portuguese.
07:12And I asked him to go on a date with me.
07:13And he agreed, so.
07:15And here we are.
07:17Jay, this is kind of what I was afraid of.
07:20I really don't like that the primary bedroom is down here.
07:23I wish this was all upstairs.
07:26It's still a beautiful view.
07:28And I'm sure that over here on this balcony.
07:31Yeah.
07:32Wow, Jay.
07:33Wow.
07:34Gorgeous.
07:35This view, it's right off our bedroom.
07:39I want you to look behind you.
07:41It seems to be a possible tenant that I wanted to have.
07:44Yeah.
07:44That means that we are sharing a bedroom wall with the tenant.
07:50Yeah.
07:51Let's just go take a look on the possible rental unit.
07:54Keep your mind open to it.
07:55I do like that it's at least a separate entrance.
07:57It is.
08:00All right.
08:02And surprise, surprise.
08:04Dark furniture.
08:07Boring, bland, brown cabinets.
08:10It's a good space.
08:14Come on.
08:15I don't like it.
08:15What's bringing for us?
08:16The view that we wanted?
08:17There's all three rooms, three bedrooms, three bathrooms,
08:20a rental property.
08:21I mean, you just don't want to spend that 1.5 mil.
08:23I mean, I feel like you're just looking for what you want.
08:25I'm not considering my wants.
08:26Well, first of all, it's not 1.5 million.
08:28It's 1.7 million.
08:29It is $200,000 above what you wanted to pay.
08:33You got an extra $200,000?
08:35No.
08:35We have the rental unit.
08:37Just got to find a renter.
08:38This house offers a lot.
08:47What do you think overall?
08:50We love the view.
08:51It's like a painting.
08:52I mean, it's absolutely gorgeous.
08:54There's definitely a plus for me.
08:55It has the rental property that I wanted.
08:58Well-desired area of St. Thomas.
09:00Beautiful gated neighborhood.
09:01But there's no pool.
09:03Inside the house is kind of boring.
09:04You know what I mean?
09:05We're sitting on a half an acre.
09:06And it is somewhere where you can grow with it
09:09and you do have a rental.
09:11The only thing that makes me even possibly consider this house
09:15is the view.
09:17It was tough because I was thinking that given this, like,
09:21beautiful property, we went a little higher on the price point
09:24to make sure that it had that stronger appeal,
09:26and it did not make the great.
09:28All right, let's go.
09:29Now I have to go back and reevaluate what we're going to see next
09:32just to make sure that we find something that is a closer hit.
09:43This beach is perfect.
09:44Being in New Jersey, I mean, it's just like,
09:46it's just not like this.
09:48Where are the jetties?
09:50In New Jersey, we're definitely working more than we're enjoying.
09:54Jay and I have a shared calendar,
09:56and it kind of takes the sexy out of it,
09:59to be honest with you.
10:00There we go.
10:02Look up.
10:03Look up.
10:03Look up this way.
10:04I'm hoping once we move to St. Thomas,
10:06that we can try to get some of that back.
10:09I just love being with him,
10:10and I want to do things with him,
10:11and I want to explore St. Thomas.
10:14That was good, honey.
10:14I like that.
10:19So we are on the south side of the island.
10:21We are in contact.
10:22We are close to the airport.
10:24Everything is more lush, and you see, like, it's denser.
10:28I can see how dense it is.
10:29Yeah.
10:30The houses are, like, in the million-dollar price point.
10:33I'm hoping to see a rental unit for me.
10:35There is a rental unit.
10:37The house, it is a nice layout.
10:39You can entertain and be happy.
10:41And it is $9.95.
10:44Which I love.
10:45Thank you very much.
10:45You're welcome.
10:46Now, you'll find throughout the island
10:48that there's some roads that are a little easier to traverse than others.
10:52This is not one of them.
10:54Nope.
10:54I feel like I'm riding a pole right now.
10:56It does not feel cozy.
10:57This is the hill.
10:58Get this into a four-wheel drive.
11:00There you go.
11:01Come on.
11:01You got it.
11:02Thank you for the muscle.
11:06I'm okay.
11:07All right.
11:08Let's go, guys.
11:09Oh, my goodness.
11:09This is a little bit scary.
11:11Wee!
11:12Careful, careful, careful.
11:13Oh, my gosh.
11:14Okay.
11:15Oh, my goodness.
11:17Can I do that every day of my life, Tanya?
11:26Oh, this is interesting.
11:28Okay.
11:29All right.
11:31Oh, I can never practice my pole dance moves over here.
11:33Does it bring you back to your days, Tanya?
11:36My working day, let's see.
11:38Ah!
11:38Yes.
11:40Honey, be careful.
11:42That was a good one.
11:44I think we should keep the pole.
11:45No, no.
11:46But what would you use this room for?
11:47I mean, it's kind of useless.
11:48Nothing.
11:49But they're using it as a gym.
11:50So you see the pool.
11:51Oh, okay.
11:51Fake plants.
11:52I hate fake plants.
11:53I love fake plants.
11:55Surprising here.
11:56This is nice and bright and airy.
11:57This is actually very well designed in here, I will say.
12:01Beautiful views from here.
12:02Of the mountains, nothing from the water, though.
12:04Wow.
12:04This would be like the dining area.
12:05Yes.
12:06This room works.
12:07This room is actually a useful room that I would be in for a long time.
12:11Okay.
12:12It's a pretty kitchen.
12:13Yeah, no.
12:14No?
12:14It does not work for me.
12:16Why?
12:17It's very...
12:17It's tight?
12:18Very tight.
12:19It's a galley kitchen, right?
12:21I want to be able to see the guests.
12:22I want to be able to talk to the guests.
12:23And this is, we're not able to do it.
12:24I understand.
12:25I agree with you.
12:26Electric stove, that's definitely no for me.
12:27Oh, I didn't even notice that.
12:29Yes.
12:29Because you don't cook.
12:31That's what you notice.
12:34I cook, I just don't cook well.
12:36Let's get out of the kitchen.
12:37How about that?
12:38Look at this bathroom.
12:40That's a little weird.
12:41It is super weird.
12:49As you can see from the hallway, it's a bathroom.
12:56So there's no privacy.
12:57No.
12:58Jay, I just, it's not even closed.
13:00But you can be having dinner, party, shower and say hi to your guests.
13:04Hi.
13:05But I like the double sinks.
13:06Double sinks are nice.
13:07Yeah.
13:07I definitely don't like to share.
13:08We don't want to share.
13:09Okay.
13:09Now, honey, make sense now why you have this bathroom right here.
13:12Because this seems to be the primary bedroom.
13:15I love the bed.
13:16The mirror is very well-placed.
13:18I like this.
13:19Very nice.
13:19And it's very open.
13:20Bright.
13:21Yeah.
13:21I like it with sliding glass door.
13:23The view is a little disappointing.
13:24The view is very disappointing, to be honest with you.
13:26Let's see what's outside.
13:28All right.
13:28Let's go to the rental unit.
13:31Yeah.
13:31I'm excited to see the rental unit.
13:33Yeah.
13:33So this is cute.
13:36Interesting.
13:37I actually do like this furniture in here.
13:40I don't want to feel like we have to rent out or have the pressure to rent out in order
13:44to make ends meet.
13:45We're able to afford.
13:46It's just a matter of making them comfortable.
13:48Well, I want it to be comfortable without renting out a part of our house.
13:52Okay.
13:53I mean, I get it.
13:53We'll see what happens.
13:56That means we're going to do what he wants to do.
13:58That is not true.
13:58We're going to discuss it and meet halfway.
14:01Okay.
14:04Finally, we can see the pool.
14:07Here it is.
14:08Lots of privacy.
14:10A lot of privacy.
14:11Yeah.
14:11You can be free as a bird out here.
14:13Run naked.
14:14Run around.
14:14Do jumping jacks.
14:15But one of our wish lists for Tanya was my possible chicken coops.
14:20Exactly.
14:20And I don't see that yet.
14:21Yeah.
14:22So, I don't know.
14:25Well, hello.
14:27Hello.
14:27Hi, Tanya.
14:28It went well.
14:30I love the price.
14:31Okay.
14:32The price is excellent.
14:33Of course.
14:33Thank you for that.
14:34I appreciate it.
14:35Wish list that I want in the house would be enough space to have a chicken coop.
14:39And I don't have that space that will allow me to do that.
14:41Also, the kitchen is a galley kitchen and it's completely shut off from the living room.
14:45Yeah.
14:45He wants to knock down a wall.
14:47Tanya.
14:47He wants to knock down walls.
14:48I know it's challenging in St. Thomas.
14:50We don't have a large inventory.
14:52However, the property is 995.
14:55Tanya, let me just tell you about my husband just a little bit.
14:58Yeah.
14:58He's not going to be able to be zen until every single project is done.
15:04And if he's not able to be zen, my life will not be zen, Tanya.
15:08I think we need to see something a little bit more turnkey, no projects, and we're hitting
15:13more things on our wish list.
15:15On a wish list.
15:26Oh my goodness!
15:27Jay, look!
15:28Chickens!
15:29What the fuck?
15:29Grab one.
15:31Free range chickens.
15:33That's what I want to have.
15:34St. Thomas, for me, what's great about it, it reminds me of all of the
15:37home.
15:38Come here.
15:40They're not going to come, honey.
15:41All right.
15:41Free range from the meat, you know?
15:43No.
15:43They're ready to be slaughtered.
15:45No slaughtered.
15:46Jay!
15:48We're not going to eat the chickens, are we?
15:49You know, we'll see.
15:50We'll see what happens.
15:52We'll see, no.
15:52We're not going to eat the chickens.
15:53Eggs.
15:54You get eggs from the chickens.
15:56That's wonderful.
15:57I think that's enough.
15:57Yeah.
16:00Now, the house that we are going to see today in St. Joseph and Rosendale, this is
16:04another very lush part of St. Thomas.
16:07And this is the north side of the island.
16:09The price range in this area, I would say about $800,000 and up.
16:13Okay.
16:14It's a three-bedroom, three-bath home.
16:16It has a studio apartment with a one-bath room.
16:20Nice.
16:21I like that.
16:21As far as budget, we're looking at about $920,000 with this property.
16:25Ooh.
16:26Okay.
16:27Nice.
16:28Yes.
16:33Oh.
16:34Oh, my gosh.
16:35So rainy.
16:36Honey, my hair.
16:40What is this?
16:41It's a car pong.
16:43Oh, how cute.
16:43Oh, my gosh.
16:44It has a gong above it.
16:45It has a what?
16:49This way?
16:50Let's go this way.
16:51This way.
16:51Oh.
16:53Shall we walk right into the kitchen?
16:56One thing that I liked as soon as I walked in was the ceiling is open to the main area
16:59of the house.
16:59I know.
17:00And that's something that you were looking for.
17:01Yeah.
17:01You really wanted the open floor.
17:04Yeah.
17:05Although it's small, I mean, this tiny area, it fits.
17:08Yes.
17:09I mean, but this is not your style.
17:10You know, definitely gonna have to change this as well eventually.
17:12It's not, but it's older.
17:14I like it.
17:15Just like you.
17:16I mean, what did you say?
17:17I'm old?
17:18You are old.
17:19And I like it.
17:20I love it.
17:21I have a lot of experience.
17:22What do you think about the living area?
17:23I do really, really like all of the French doors.
17:27Arches.
17:27You see these like arches?
17:28They're super.
17:29So much light comes true.
17:30Yeah.
17:30I haven't seen that in another house before.
17:32Absolutely.
17:33You wanna go check out the view?
17:36Oh.
17:36Wow.
17:38This is the view that I was looking for.
17:40Yeah.
17:41100%.
17:42A house without a pool.
17:43Tanya, what is she doing?
17:45I don't know.
17:46Let's just set a staircase over here in the back.
17:47I wonder if that goes to the unit that we're supposed to see.
17:50Let's go check out.
17:51Yeah.
17:51Let's go check out the rental unit that we're not gonna be renting out
17:53because this house is cheap enough for us not to do it.
17:56Nice.
17:57All right.
17:59Here's the apartment that I didn't want.
18:03It's nice.
18:04If we decide not to rent, this could be for guests.
18:06So they are separate from us.
18:08Absolutely.
18:09I totally agree with you on that.
18:10Or they can just make money for us.
18:13I still don't know if I wanna rent her though.
18:15I think we should check out upstairs.
18:17Yeah.
18:19I mean, this is definitely the primary like sweet floor.
18:23But with buying furniture for this room and also having to replace a couch and maybe a couple other pieces
18:29of furniture.
18:31It's not the price, but it's the...
18:33Project, project, project.
18:34Yes.
18:35I know.
18:35I love the closet size.
18:36It's side by side.
18:38His and his.
18:39Yeah.
18:39Cathedral ceilings.
18:40I love it.
18:41Is it a good closet?
18:42Yeah, it's his and his.
18:43What the heck is behind this?
18:45What is it?
18:46Why?
18:47Why would they do this?
18:55Is it a good closet?
18:56Yeah, it's his and his.
18:57What the heck is behind this?
18:59What is it?
19:00Why?
19:01Why would they do this?
19:02It's two doors.
19:04That leads out to the balcony that I guess they did not change.
19:07But you know what?
19:08We're just going to keep that locked.
19:10I don't think we need to touch that.
19:11That's not a project that we need to work on.
19:13A little curtain maybe?
19:14No, we're just going to cover that back up and we're just going to keep walking.
19:17No projects to see here, Jay.
19:19It's an older home so far and I haven't seen a pool yet.
19:22I can see a lot of projects.
19:24That can be a turn off for me.
19:25So I have a little proposal for you here.
19:28What do you think if we put in an offer?
19:32I'm very hesitant about that just because the pool was a must.
19:36But you know I love a great deal.
19:38The Southside home I think is a great contender as well.
19:41It had a good flow as we walked in.
19:43There was a nice foyer.
19:44I love the pool and I love the furniture.
19:47We really wouldn't have to do anything with that.
19:49How's in Peterborough?
19:50Again, I love the views.
19:51It's beautiful.
19:52You said the turquoise waters.
19:53But I just feel like this house, we do have the space for your chicken coop.
19:58For me, a big thing was having the pool.
20:00There's no pool, but with all that extra money, we can put in a pool.
20:06I knew it.
20:07You love projects.
20:08I know.
20:08But projects work for me, not for you.
20:10I know this whole time I've been saying no project, no project, no project.
20:14But I promise that if we put an offer on this house that I will look for a tenant for
20:20downstairs.
20:20This is just too good of a deal to pass up.
20:23I don't know.
20:31The house we chose is to house in the north side.
20:35Yes, we did.
20:36The price was right.
20:37We were able to work out a little deal.
20:39Because there's projects.
20:42So it was listed at $920,000 and we got it for a whopping $825,000.
20:45We got our three bedrooms, our three bathrooms.
20:47It has the room for me to have my chicken cooped.
20:51And I got my rental unit, which we plan to renovate it soon.
20:55We just did not get the pool, unfortunately.
20:57But we're building it now.
20:59How about if we got something to eat, babe?
21:01I can do that charcuterie?
21:02Yeah.
21:03You're in the mood?
21:03Absolutely.
21:04Yeah, okay.
21:04I'm trying to get in the mood, but I love just sitting out on the balcony
21:08and looking out at our beautiful views of the blue water that we wanted.
21:11I know.
21:12Isn't that a nice feeling to just be relaxed?
21:14Lovely.
21:15Not do a 24-hour or a 12-hour shift, right?
21:17You're correct.
21:18We're happy to be here.
21:19We're enjoying the house.
21:21It's just, I feel like I'm in peace.
21:23I found a new meaning to life.
21:25It's not all about work and money.
21:27It's about spending all your time together.
21:28And this day, we're going to have to plan a worst party lubH Mart School.
21:31And we're going to make sure to meet you at Hampstead of the 45 they're in the air side.
21:32And it's hard to see you in the air.
21:32amphib人 oh no's no trap so because you're just really striking.
21:33And yes, we're going to plan a maturity hub?
21:34Of the summer so that you can see ourselves, right?
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