I Heart Harbor Island

Located at the entrance to Bucks Harbor, this 25±-acre heart-shaped island offers privacy in an interesting, vibrant location. It provides a quiet retreat only yards from the mainland, together with a premium location for enjoying the harbor’s yacht traffic and wildlife.

A deepwater dock and float are located on the harbor side, tucked into the island’s northern cleft in an extremely sheltered site. The 4800± feet of shorefront include pebble beaches, cobblestones, and bold granite ledges.

The simple summer cabin accommodates 4-6 adults and offers spectacular southerly views of Pumpkin Island Lighthouse, the western entrance to Eggemoggin Reach, and Penobscot Bay.

Harbor Island is a short two minute boat ride from the town of South Brooksville. The Bucks Harbor Market, an art gallery and fine dinning are all easily accessible from Harbor Island. At the Bucks Harbor Market, renters can purchase fresh crab meat and other Maine delights.

Harbor Island represents a fantastic opportunity for anyone who has fallen in love with Maine’s rugged grandeur and sweeping beauty. To learn more about this unique property please visit Private Islands Online for more information.

The island which is located on Greenleaf Bay by St.Martins and the Salt River is over 17 acres in size. The property includes a cottage with electric , window AC and wood stove. Central water available. This is possibly the most serene property in Citrus County, Florida.

Just a boat ride to restaurants and a convenience store.

The island is currently listed on Private Islands Online and is on the market for $549,000

Islands rarely come on the market in Uganda and I have never seen one as large as Koome Island. 

At 3,053 acres in size Koome Island is a virgin freehold property ideal for development. The island is located on the world famous Lake Victoria and just 45 minutes from Entebbe International airport.

There are small water features within the island making it a true nature lover’s paradise. Koome island is an ideal location for a resort or agricultural development due to it’s excellent soil.

The island is currently on the market for $4 million.

For more information see Private Islands Online.

Ontario’s Ottawa River is a truly tranquil and serene place. Now you have the opportunity to own one of it’s most exclusive island properties.

Ottawa River Island is a beautiful 80 acre property located only 1.5 hours away from Canada’s Capital Ottawa and 4.5 hours from Toronto.  The island has 10m,000 sqaure feet of waterfront and includes two acres of mainland.  Develop or build a private family compound as the property can be divided into 6 estate lots. There is also a small cabin and a large boat chalet built from British Columbia Douglas Fir.

For more on this pristine Canadian Oasis visit Private Islands Online.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently listed google co-founder and uber-billionaire Paul Allen’s Anacortes Washington island on the market for 13.5 million.  Allen purchased “Allan Island” in 1992 and reportedly to build a vacation home. However later he purchased up Spetty Peninsual site on nearby Lopez Island in 1996 and abandoned his original plans.

Allan Island, named for a Nacy hero, not the Billionaire (hence the name change), is an almost entirely undeveloped 292 acre island. The island boasts one modest house – a caretakers cabin fitted with water, septic and generator. There is also a grass airstrip and a boat dock. 

Source: Forbes.com

Chris Krolow, CEO Private Islands Inc.

It is an exciting time in the private island world. With a large number of new islands for sale coming onto the market and changes in foreign ownership laws in some island regions of the world, 2012 is sure to be a record breaking year for island sales.

Private Islands Inc. CEO, Chris Krolow recently reported that his company is marketing more than a dozen new European private islands for sale. Krolow said there are currently 3 islands under contract and the Private Island’s network of brokers have reported an increasing number of sales across the board.

Krolow confirmed that the private island market is improving using the example of a rare Italian private island that came off the market last week, “We attempted to sell the very same island a number of years ago and only received a few serious inquiries. We are proud to report that after only a few months of a more direct marketing approach, we have completed the sale of this unique European island.”

Krolow is especially excited about this exclusive sale, “not only because of the multi-million dollar price tag, but because it proves that our new and evolving marketing strategies are working.”

The island comes complete with newly renovated main cabin and comfortable guest cabin. The main cabin has had extensive work completed including kitchen cabinets, flooring, walls and ceilings throughout, decks, water pump and filtration and more.

The guest cabin provides plenty of extra room for guests with a sleeping loft and two bedrooms. The low profile property makes it easy to get around. Great protected harbour at both docking areas. Fantastic long sunset views over Whitefish Bay. Regular mainland electricity and phone service on the island and great cell phone signal strength. Island is located about a five minute boat ride from Sioux Narrows.

For more information on this property including listing price visit Private Islands Online.

The cottage is surrounded by generous decks and the interior of the cottage boasts a stone fireplace, tongue and grove pine ceilings, a modern kitchen with a dishwasher and stainless steel appliances and ample windows to capture the multi- directional views.

The deep water approach to the island greets you with two floating docks, a wharf dock with ample storage sheds and a small beach.

Stewart Metcalfe, Broker of Record. (416) 274-8987. For more information visit Private islands Online

 The island of Ireland is surrounded by hundreds of islands - from large inhabited islands to tiny uninhabitable ones. Private Irish islands don’t come up for sale too often but this year there’s a handful on the market, with asking prices much reduced since their peak.

Dominic Daly, a Cork estate agent, has been selling islands for over 40 years and currently has islands on his books in west Cork, the Shannon Estuary and in Donegal.

Daly says that some islands are owned by tradition, by farmers, others have been bought as a luxury item.

“The trend is for international businessmen to buy them. They have the funds,” he says. Enquiries are mainly from overseas - he even had an African chief looking at an island a few years ago.”

To read the full article visit the Irish Times