Companashi · Ponton · Oranjestad

For Sale

Cas Palo di Bonchi 4

A family house and a separate apartment on 785 m² (8,450 ft²), centrally located in Oranjestad. Four bedrooms across two buildings, and a veranda you could live on.

The front of Palo di Bonchistraat 4: a single-storey house with white and deep red walls, a red-posted veranda, a terracotta path through clipped hedges, under a bright blue sky.

The reason to come and see it

The veranda runs the length of the house

Tiled, roofed, and deep enough that the sun never reaches the back wall. Two sitting areas, both already shaded. Most homes at this price give you a patio — this gives you a room that happens to be outside, whether you want to have breakfast or enjoy sunset.

The veranda: patterned tile floor, red posts and railing, a wrought-iron table with turquoise cushions, potted palms, and the street through the greenery. — The veranda, looking out over the front garden

The garden side of the house: hedges, a brick path, palms, and the red-posted veranda running along the front. — The front garden, with the veranda running behind it

What you are actually buying

There are two buildings on this lot

The house is a three-bedroom. The fourth bedroom is in a separate 47 m² (506 ft²) apartment standing in the north-east corner of the garden — its own kitchen, its own entrance, two bathrooms of its own.

That is the argument for this property. You are not buying a four-bedroom house. You are buying a three-bedroom house and a self-contained rental unit that already has power, water and drainage run to it. On this island, the second building is the part that pays for itself.

The main house living room: patterned tile floor, white walls, wooden furniture, opening through to the dining room and kitchen beyond.

The house

204 m² · 2,196 ft² · ground floor

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2
Living / diningSeparate rooms
PlusFamily room, laundry room, eating nook
KitchenLocally built, tiled
ExtraHobby room, storage, office
Garage32 m², covered
Covered terrace16 m²

The apartment

47 m² · 506 ft² · detached

Bedrooms1
Bathrooms2
Living & kitchenCombined
EntranceIts own
PlumbingRun and connected

Surveyed 29 July 2024

The plan

Drawn from the engineer's survey. The apartment is the separate block at the top. The house, garage and covered terrace sit inside the parcel boundary below it.

Floor plan showing the detached apartment above — bedroom, dining area, kitchen, two bathrooms and a walkway — and the main house below, with garage, hobby room, concrete slab, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, hallway, sitting room, two living rooms, storage room, kitchen, dining area, entrance and covered terrace. — Redrawn and translated from the survey of 29 July 2024. Dimensions in millimetres.

House± 204 m² · 2,196 ft²

Entrance± 32 m² · 344 ft²

Garage± 32 m² · 344 ft²

Concrete slab± 35 m² · 377 ft²

Covered terrace± 16 m² · 172 ft²

Apartment± 47 m² · 506 ft²

Walkway± 18 m² · 194 ft²

Total, all areas± 384 m² · 4,133 ft²

Room by room

As it stands today

The main house interior has been staged. The old carpet and the wall panels are out of the living and dining rooms, the walls were repaired where they needed it and painted a neutral off-white, and every interior light fitting has been changed — simple staging, to give you a clearer view of what you would do with it.

The property is delivered unfurnished. The bedrooms are larger than you will find in most newer builds.

The front veranda, tiled and shaded end to end. — The front veranda

The living room: patterned tile floor, white walls, wooden furniture and plants, with light from two sides. — Living room

The dining room: patterned cream tile floor, white walls, a wooden table and chairs, the kitchen through the opening. — Dining room, looking through to the kitchen

The master bedroom: grey carpet, white panelled doors along one wall, and a window running the length of another. — The master bedroom

The master bathroom: white and pink marbled tile, a glazed shower enclosure, a bidet, and a long vanity under a full-width mirror. — The master bathroom, with a full-length vanity

A bedroom with white walls, pale green carpet, a wooden bed, and two windows with white curtains. — Bedroom one

A bedroom with white walls, tan carpet, a built-in wardrobe, and a grid window looking onto bougainvillea in flower. — Bedroom two

A bathroom tiled floor to ceiling in beige, with a walk-in shower, toilet, vanity and mirror. — The second bathroom, tiled floor to ceiling

The main house kitchen: white tiled walls and floor, a long run of white cabinetry, a built-in wall oven, gas hob and stainless sink under two windows. — The kitchen — large, dated, and entirely functional

The property seen from the road: a white balustrade wall and brick base, a pedestrian gate, palms, and the red-roofed veranda behind. — From the street

The paved side yard: interlocking pavers, fan palms, frangipani in flower, and the tiled window awnings along the side of the house. — The side yard, paved and planted

The detached apartment from the back garden: a low building under mature trees, with a paved apron, aloes and a corrugated roof. — The apartment, standing on its own in the back garden

The covered carport running down the side of the house, with a lattice gate at the end and a mature tree overhead. — The covered carport, down the side of the house

Aerial view of the parcel: the red-roofed house and the detached apartment inside their walled plot, mature trees along one boundary, and the rooftops of Companashi beyond. — The parcel from above, walled on every side

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Straight answers

Good to know

The main house is ready to move in and the apartment needs refurbishing. An engineer inspected the property in July 2024. Three things worth knowing before you drive over.

ConditionInspected 31 July 2024

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Priced to sell

Appraised in 2024. The work done since could support a higher figure — the asking price has been kept to the old appraisal.

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The land is erfpacht, and the term runs to 27 November 2027

Long lease. Ground rent is Afl. 146.16 a year. Extension is ordinarily granted — have your notary confirm it in writing before you offer.

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The apartment needs refurbishing

It is built and fitted — tiled floors, and a kitchen with counter, hob and sink already in. The bathroom fixtures are present but uncoupled, and the kitchen walls were never tiled. A plumber and a tiler.

Areas, condition and boundaries are taken from an appraisal dated 31 July 2024 (Pro Q Engineering N.V., report A-24/092) and described in it as indicative; it does not replace your own survey. The asking price is a recommendation — the owner may accept an offer above, below or at it at any time before a written agreement is concluded. Florin at the fixed peg, AWG 1.78 = USD 1.

One possible future

What it could be

Paint the walls and posts, black out the window frames, relay the path and light it properly. Nothing structural moves — same house, same frame, same veranda. Drag the handle; the house as it stands today is never more than one swipe away.

A visualisation of the front elevation after renovation: walls and posts in pale cream, black window frames, recessed downlights in the veranda soffit, wall lights, clipped hedging, and a stepping-stone path through white pebbles, lit at dusk.

The front elevation today: white and deep red walls, red veranda posts and fascia, a red corrugated roof, a terracotta path and clipped hedges under a bright sky.

Today Artist's impression

Drag the handle, or use the arrow keys. Same house, same frame. Nothing has been moved — only finished.

A visualisation of the carport side after renovation: walls in pale cream, black window frames, a slatted carport gate, downlights in the veranda soffit, wall lights along a rendered boundary wall, a dark paved drive edged in white pebbles, and lit planting beds, at dusk.

The carport side today: a covered carport with a lattice gate, a bare earth drive, red veranda posts and fascia, bougainvillea over a red brick planter.

Today Artist's impression

The carport side, from the drive. Same frame again — drag to compare.

Where it sits

Companashi, Ponton

A built-up residential pocket between the Ponton road and the Tanki Leendert road, minutes from the center. Low walls, old street trees, neighbours who have been there a while.

12°31'39.4"N 70°01'52.9"W

CenterMinutes
Eagle Beach~15 min
Palm Beach~15 min
Queen Beatrix Intl.~10 min
AccessPaved roads

The street is named after a tree

Erythrina velutina

The palo di bonchi is endemic to Aruba. Perhaps thirty or forty are left growing wild. In the dry season it drops every leaf it has and stands completely bare — and then, with nothing else on it at all, covers itself in orange-red flowers.

The house at number 4 is khaki with deep red trim. It has been wearing the tree's colours for as long as anyone on the street can remember.

It blooms when everything around it has gone dry.Why the unfinished house on this street is the right one

Palo di Bonchistraat 4

Come and walk through it

Bring a contractor. Open the kitchen cupboards. Ask about the erfpacht extension first and everything else second. The property holds up better in person than it does in photographs — that is the whole argument.

Julio Andrews

+297 738 9090
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