Coffee, Tea, & Listings: Your New Favorite Way to Start the Week

Jul 2, 2026 | Island News

Coffee, Tea, & Listings: Your New Favorite Way to Start the Week

There’s a whole lot of different here on St. Croix — and that includes how we tell you about listings that caught our eye. We invite you to pull up a chair, pour something warm, and hang out with us for a few minutes on Coffee, Tea, & Listings.

If you haven’t caught one yet, here’s the gist: we’ve been “pulling good together” on this island since 2002 and running our business together every single day since, and now we sit down with our mugs (coffee for one of us, tea for the other, we’ll let you guess who’s who) and walk you through what’s new, what’s sold, and what’s simply too pretty not to share. It’s part market update, part island love letter, and part “you’re basically hanging out with your favorite neighbors who happen to know everything about real estate.” And on a good number of episodes, we’ve got a very chill co-host: our cat Percy, who has never once cared about square footage but absolutely cares about knocking things off the table just out of frame.

We’ve spent two decades building our reputation as the Powers Behind Real Estate here, and our newsletter has always leaned into photos, videos, and topics we genuinely find interesting. Coffee, Tea, & Listings is that same spirit, just shrunk down to fit in your pocket. You get a mention of a waterfront lot deal or a beachfront condo view, sure — but you also get us, being ourselves (and occasionally being upstaged by a cat).

Where to Find Us

You don’t need a Crucian mailing address to enjoy the show. We post Coffee, Tea, & Listings on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Give us a few minutes of your scroll time, and suddenly you’ll know more about St. Croix real estate than most people who’ve lived here twice as long.

Fair warning: watching enough episodes may result in an unshakable urge to check flight prices to St. Croix, google “gently sloping waterfront lot,” and start a Pinterest board titled “Someday.” This is a known side effect. We cannot be held responsible for your sudden and passionate interest in Buck Island views (or for wanting a cat exactly like Percy).

The Best Part? You Can Actually Talk to Us

Here’s what we love most about this whole thing: we mean it when we say we want to hear from you. Got a question about that condo from Monday’s video? Curious what “Crucian rescue animal” energy our office runs on (spoiler: a lot of dogs and cats, Percy included)? Wondering if that waterfront lot with the John Hix architectural plans is still available? Send it our way. We answer real questions from real people, no velvet rope required — whether it’s about the listing of the week or something else entirely that’s caught your eye on St. Croix.

So next time one of our videos pops up on your For You page, don’t just scroll past. Hit follow, stick around for the coffee (or tea, or the occasional cat cameo), and if a listing catches your eye, reach out. Worst case, you get a friendly, knowledgeable answer. Best case, you’re sipping your own coffee on your own sea-view patio a few months from now, wondering why you waited so long.

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Have a question about a listing? Reach out to us — we’d love to hear from you.

Outside of the listing, where else can I look for helpful information?

Apr 30, 2024 | QA

Question: “Outside of the listing, where else can I look for helpful information?”

Chris’s Answer:

Before buying, consider yourself in the “information gathering” phase. Yes, it’s more fun to dream of the structure you will build, but, take some time to also think of the practicality of building.

For in-depth descriptions of the different codes, their uses, and their restrictions, go to: https://law.justia.com/codes/virgin-islands/2019/title-29/chapter-3/subchapter-i/229/. As you are reading a listing, the most common zones you will see are:
- R-2 – residential, low density (1 – 2 family dwellings), set backs 15’ on the front, 10’ rear and side
- R-1 – residential, low density – 15’ set backs on all sides
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources is the USVI Government department where you will get your permits for building. Their web site will answer so many questions, perhaps even ones you don’t currently know. It will be worth your time to browse through it. You can also give them a call for clarification: https://dpnr.vi.gov/
The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs is a place you can search for licensed professionals. Here is their home page. At the top of the Home Page, click on License Search: https://dlca.vi.gov/aboutdlca/

First published on our April 2024 Newsletter

What are zoning codes and what do the different codes mean?

Jun 29, 2023 | QA

Published on our June 2023 Newsletter

Question: “What are zoning codes and what do the different codes mean?”

Christie’s Answer:

We get this question a lot from buyers and sellers! Zoning codes are a set of rules that regulate what can and can’t be done on a particular piece of property. There are four different types of land use zoning:

Functional zoning – residential, commercial, waterfront, administrative, industrial, and green space.

Intensity zoning – high density, average density, low density, no development.

Incentive zoning – rewards for development in defined areas.

Form based zoning – focuses on physical characteristics, defined as a form of urban identity.

Contact us with any questions about home buying on St. Croix. We have worked with many Buyers on and off the island to purchase their dream home on St. Croix. We can help you with every step of the process.