Land in Tarrafal, Santo Amaro Abade, Chao Bom

The Cliff is a gated seafront development of 57 plots on 98,000m2, situated at the north-west coast of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, located at the centre of a 4 km wide bay and surrounded by a nature reserve. While being redundantly connected to public grids, it is designed for energy- and water self-sufficiency, and it is already by now a showcase to prove that a bespoke luxury seafront lifestyle may be self-sustained and doesn’t need to come at the expense of excessive resource usage. The Cliff is easily reachable in a 75 km/ one-hour drive from Praia International Airport.

Each villa in this residential community will be equipped with an individual photovoltaic installation, providing sufficient capacity to cover the entire annual electricity requirement. In addition, each house has its own biological wastewater treatment plant for reuse when watering the gardens. Drinking water is provided by an underground seawater desalination plant. It is powered by photovoltaic energy and wind energy from its own windmills on the mountainside above the residential community.

Residents of this innovative real estate development in Cape Verde live in perfect harmony with nature thanks to this ecologically sustainable design. But also in the social field, sustainability and responsible entrepreneurship have been considered. During the development phase and construction activities, local workers will be used almost exclusively, and this project will continue to be a promising workplace for the local population in the future.

In line with today’s trend, The Cliff is also targeting potential property buyers who plan to work from home from one of the world’s most beautiful locations. With only a few hours time difference with the East Coast of America, Europe and the West of Africa, the geographic location is simply ideal for international remote workers. In order to appeal to this growing clientele and also to allow for possible investments in ’digital nomad’ projects, high-speed broadband Internet access is guaranteed not only via public fibre optic cables, but also via SpaceX’s satellite broadband services.

All 57 plots, which range from 400m2 to 4500m2, enjoy unobstructed sea-views and a magnificent panorama, mostly covering Ribeira da Prata beach to the south, neighbouring Fogo Island to the west and Monte Graciosa mountain to the north – and, of course, spectacular sunsets.

Reservation of plots may be made for a period of 6 months against a non-refundable deposit of 20% of the purchasing price, which will be deducted from the total purchasing price upon signature of the real-estate transfer agreement within the reservation period.
For the villa construction, we are offering two alternative models of collaboration to enable buyers safely realizing their dream seafront homes within the limits of their imagination, budgets and local building rules:

1. We do provide full architectural design, management of municipal approval processes and construction services, to deliver core and shell- or turnkey buildings.
2. Alternatively, customers may go through the architectural design phase in their home countries together with their architect of choice and hand over AutoCAD files to our architectural an engineering team, to then manage the local approval and construction process.

For quality assurance and budget control purposes, all construction will be done by our construction firm, CTA construção, which has already realized the showroom villa and the entire infrastructure of the compound. While construction cost of houses obviously depend on many factors like the specific location, topography, geological conditions, building design, -size and interior equipment standard, CTA construção offers an open book - cost plus model to provide customers with maximum cost transparency and control. An independent civil engineer will provide quantitative surveillance service, and a certified public accountant will provide for audited cost control.
Construction rules allow for 30% built-up area (equals a 300m2 building footprint on a 1000m2 plot) and a Ground Floor +/- 1 project.
As a rough benchmark, clients should approximate estimated construction cost within a range of €800.- to €1500.- per m2 built up space.

The Cliff must offer its residents a comfortable, restful and luxurious new home. The houses are far enough apart to offer everyone sufficient privacy and not to hinder the panoramic sea view for anyone. The building materials and finishes used are in no way inferior to European quality requirements and European comfort.

At the centre of this new real estate development is a community centre, which offers residents and members a tropical park with access to the sea, as well as restaurants, bars and beer garden, organic grocery, yoga, massage and wellness centre, gym and an iconic three-level cascading infinity pool.

As a result, in addition to enjoying their property on this paradise piece of earth, owners can also easily rent out the villas as a luxury holiday rental and thus generate a considerable return.

The Cliff will run its own property management company. This non-profit company will provide owners with a variety of services such as security, gardening, housekeeping services such as cleaning and maintenance and supervision of the (holiday) rental of the villas during the owner’s absence (if desired).

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to turn your dream of exclusive seafront living to a reality and contact us still today!