Home and The Folks Who Live On the Hill… Albert & Michael – Saba Island Properties
In our Caribbean real estate business – SABA Island Properties — the words *house and home* are spoken and thought about a lot!
Because we love music, they bring to mind many songs that express the feelings of home. Such as:
‘I’ll be Home for Christmas’… ‘House of the Rising Sun’… ‘Home On the Range’… ‘Take Me Home, Country Road’… ‘Our House’… ‘Homeward Bound’… ‘My Old Kentucky Home’… ‘A House is Not a Home’.
We’re big fans of Canadian jazz pianist, singer, song writer Diana Krall. She performs a version of, ‘The Folks Who Live On The Hill’, that is simply gorgeous. Deep, smooth, quiet, penetrating, intimate feeling just pours out of her rich, sexy contralto voice. BOY… is she at home with herself; one with her voice and connection to the piano keys. You know she’s thinking and singing of someone special.
The music and words are by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II and these particular lyrics make us think of Saba – the land, the homes, the people. ”… Hilltop high… a cottage that two can fill… the folks who live on the hill.”
Here are all the lyrics for you to relax and get lost in…
“Someday we’ll build a home on a hilltop high,
You and I,
Shiny and new a cottage that two can fill.
And we’ll be pleased to be called,
“The folks who live on the hill”.
Someday we may be adding a thing or two,
A wing or two.
We will make changes as any fam’ly will,
But we will always be called,
“The folks who live on the hill”.
Our veranda will command a view of meadows green,
The sort of view that seems to want to be seen.
And when the kids grow up and leave us,
We’ll sit and look at the same old view,
Just we two.
Darby and Joan who used to be Jack and Jill,
The folks who like to be called,
What they have always been called,
“The folks who live on the hill”.
Here’s a musical link to Diana Krall… Hope it works so you can be stirred and swept hearing her sing.
~ Come and visit us in our office on Booby Hill, Windwardside ~ Right between ‘Shearwater’ and ‘Spyglass’ on Booby Hill Point
Saba (+599) . 416 . 2777 / USA +1 . 631 . 604 . 4435 / Skype: saba.island.properties
Emails: Albert@sabaislandproperties.com or Michael@sabaislandproperties.com
Albert Pensis
Connecting with the right person is crucial when looking to buy, sell or renovate a property because… this is your home.
Finding the perfect location, where you’ll be totally comfortable, is my ultimate goal for you.
My years of experience with Real Estate and Interior Design, will help guide you toward that positive result - be it a traditional Saban cottage - an impressive estate - a gorgeous piece of land or... investing in a business here on Saba.
We’ll find exactly what works for you; examine all the parameters of your future home, and I’ll do my utmost to put the pieces of the puzzle together for you.
Discovering the island of Saba was the change I was searching for. A change of lifestyle. Leaving the ridiculous, debilitating fast pace of New York City and financial stress behind.
I came to Saba to retire but soon learned that I was too active to sit around and had too much life knowledge and experience not to give back to other people. My work in real estate enables me to do that and much more - helping people live well, here on Saba.
My specialties are residential work - interior planning – contracting - purchasing furnishings, materials and all other resources - adept at space planning - keen ability with color selection - highly capable of working with every media and in a variety of styles.
Creativity and staying on budget are real priorities for me. Pulling it all together and making it easy for you, is what I do best. From Bermuda to France, throughout the United States; working with CEOs' of top global businesses, recent college grads, newlyweds. I’m here to make you feel completely at home.
Come to Saba. We’ll have fun making your wishes and plans a reality!
*I'm a graduate of Parsons School of Design and I was - Corporate Senior Vice President of Interior Design for W & J Sloane and - Corporate Design Director for the Bloomindale's stores. Then I opened my own company -- Pensis - Stolz Inc. / KPS - at The Design Center in New York City for over 35 years. What stories I have for you!
I worked with Givenchy - Leona Helmsley - the Chairman of Sony and The Museum Tower Apartment - The Four Seasons Hotels - Johnson & Johnson - Gloria Vanderbilt and more.
I was fortunate to have designed for the Vanderbilt show houses - Kips Bay - The Woolworth Estate - The Gould Mansion - The Gimble Estate -The Gold Coast of Long Island - the Scarsdale Country Club - The Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University - the King of Saudi Arabia - Mrs. Nat King Cole.
Everything from private train cars - planes - yachts - lobbies - and the joining together, designing and completely redecorating (from top to bottom) a double, four story townhouse in NYC. Wild and wonderful projects! I'm also proud to say I was a weekly contributor to the New York Times for many years.
I'm still working with private clients throughout the world and I absolutely love my work in real estate. I had no idea the people we would meet when we opened Saba Island Properties or the friendships we have made. We're connected all around the world. That's exciting, amazing and profoundly gratifying to me.
You can reach me by Email: Albert@sabaislandproperties.com
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Thanks - Albert
