Are you sick of having to live next door to someone? maybe you want some privacy
once in a while or maybe you want to emulate a luxury
life from your dreams well all of this can be done on a
private island amazingly there's many islands around the world which do not
cost millions of dollars in fact no one wants to buy these
islands for any price some have incredibly tarnished
reputations which puts off buyers and others may just be too scary for you
to live on but we'll have to see peekabooku islands brazil
i would say that you could own this island but that would be incorrect
what i should say is you can own these islands that's because the peekaboo
islands consist of six islands they have amazing views and
wildlife you can find them off the coast of the
san francisco river this is located in northeastern brazil
the asking price for all six of these islands is only 79
500 but no one will buy them for that price or any price it seems
that's because there's some big technicalities when you buy these
for example you're not technically owning the island but buying the right
to use them for 99 years of course that's more than most people's
lifetimes but it means that unless you pass away early you can't give them to
your kids also you do not make any money from the
islands increasing in value there's also a mention of a vague small yearly tax
for owning this island but i did some math and it's still a
pretty amazing deal 79 500 over 99 years works out to 803
per year this means for that small price you could live on these islands
but something else that may put off potential buyers is the fact that
they're far away from anything you'll have to get a boat or if you can
afford it a helicopter to take you around
you can't actually land a plane on these islands because they're too small
so better use all that money you saved on a chopper
little st james island usa the name of this island may be familiar
to you it was once used by the world's elite
celebrities such as bill clinton prince andrew and stephen hawking have been to
the island but today it's up for sale but it's
unlikely anyone will be buying it anytime soon
that's because it was previously owned by jeffrey epstein
this creepy billionaire allegedly passed on in a new york prison
and it said on his island him and his rich friends did some terrible things
the island is 78 acres it was purchased in 1998 for 10.5 million dollars
but today it's valued at 65 million dollars
but because of its tarnished reputation no one wants to go here
but the question is if the price was right would you buy this place even
knowing what happened here paveglia italy paveglia is located off
the coast of italy in the mediterranean it's very close to the city of venice
you could literally hop into a gondola and get to this island from venice
it spans over 72 000 meters but if you buy this island you'll find some creepy
things on it this includes an abandoned hospital
there's also an abandoned insane asylum and a 12th century bell tower this
belonged to a church which was on the island that got demolished in 1806.
now this may seem very nice so what's the catch well it's that poverty is the
most haunted place on earth in fact it's been haunted throughout
history during the middle ages it was used to house
victims of the plague they wanted to keep these people away from the general
population so as to not spread the plague who knows maybe they'll start
using this for the current virus later on this island was also used as a
mental institution there were also some very creepy and
probably not legal medical procedures done on the island
one doctor felt so bad he even took his life by jumping off the bell tower in
1968 the hospital and asylum closed down and the island was abandoned
since then it's had three owners the first two gave it up because the place
was way too mysterious and scary they said they witnessed many ghosts and
hauntings on the island the third owner bought it for only half
a million dollars in 2014. he wanted to make it into a holiday
destination but the local authorities said no so do you still
fancy living on this island fort carroll usa fort carroll is an
abandoned fort you can find it on the patapsco river in
maryland usa it was built all the way back during the
american civil war to protect the approach to baltimore
but in 1921 it was abandoned this was until
1958 when someone bought it this was to build a casino on it
but unfortunately court ruled that gambling was banned on the island
since then many have thought about buying the island but never have
it's up for sale right now for 31 500 but there's a big catch if you do buy
this island for that price you need to restore the abandoned fort
on the island some have made offers hoping to turn the island into a hotel a
conference center and even a jail but all of these attempts have been
unsuccessful it's just too hard to build on the island
but even if you do buy this island and restore the abandoned fort on it you'll
still have problems with that that's because the island is an
important conservation site for seagulls and herons
so you can't simply start construction work as it will scare off these birds
little rocky island canada this island is incredibly picturesque
it's eight acres and has white sandy beaches it also has amazing nature
instead of the classic island tropical palm trees there are pine forests it's
also sheltered from any storms or hurricanes by the neighboring islands
there's no buildings on this island so you'd have to build your own and
right now it's only listed for 74 500 so why is it still for sale well there's
various catches to this island first off as i mentioned you'll need to
build a house on it if you want to live there
it's also only a real island at high tide when the tide goes out a strip of
land connects it to the mainland this means that it's technically a
part-time island but in many ways this is handy because
you could easily get to land another key reason why this is so cheap
and still no one sported is because of the canadian market
there are so many private islands on the canadian market that there's way more
islands than buyers but this island sounds a lot
nicer than many on this list ilhadi kimada grandi brazil
the name of this island doesn't exactly roll off the tongue that's why many
locals refer to it as snake island that's
because it's home to the most venomous snakes in the world
the entire island is infested with the golden lance head
this is a pit viper that can grow 18 inches long
it's also so poisonous that just one bite can take a person's life in just
one hour if you lived on this island you would
run into these all the time that's because there's over four thousand on
the island that's around one snake per every square
foot right now it's actually illegal to go there
it's administered by the state of sao paulo brazil
you can in theory buy this island but no one ever will
even if you wanted to buy it and take away all the snakes you could not do
that that's because they're endangered so you
can't simply get the pest team in that's because they're endangered so you
can't simply bring in pest control isola lageola italy this is another
beautiful island in the mediterranean it's in the bay of napoles it has ruins
on it which date back to ancient rome it also has an old rustic italian villa
it's close to the shore so you can swim there but you also get
amazing clear views of the sea and sky so why does no one want to buy this
place well it's because this island is said to be cursed that may
seem far-fetched and you may not be superstitious
but when you hear about what happened to the previous owners your mind will be
blown in the 1920s its owner's body was found
wrapped up in a carpet shortly afterwards his wife passed on in
a drowning accident the next owner had a heart attack soon
after buying the island the next owner went crazy and then took
his own life and unbelievably so did the owner after him
and that owner was a future billionaire heir to the fiat car company the island
then went to his nephew but shortly after that the nephew passed
away from a very rare disease another owner also went bankrupt after
he bought the island another owner's son was kidnapped and
the most recent owner went to prison for bad business practices
now maybe this is not all the island's fault but it's way too many coincidences
for me and i think there's something wrong with this island
sheep lake islands canada this island is surrounded by trees and it's very
peaceful but unfortunately you won't get much privacy which is why many people
buy islands it's only 25 miles away from the closest
fishing village this means there may be lots of visitors and the island won't be
very private the asking price is a little over fifty
thousand dollars but so far there's been zero takers
chandler island usa chandler island is a one acre island with an amazing view of
maine the asking price is 39 000 but there's a few reasons why no one
wants to buy first off there's only a small cabin on the island you'll need to
build your own house on there also high tide is a big problem for the
island that's because when this happens water covers half of the island
mcgibbon island canada this island is found on the saint johns
river in new brunswick canada the asking price is a bit over
twenty nine thousand dollars but there are many disadvantages to this
island first off it's undeveloped but also every spring floods cover the
entire island this means you can't use it in the
spring and also you can't build anything on it
but during other times of year you can set up a tent on this island
then again you could probably get away with doing that without actually buying
the island but now it's time to make your voice
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