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Exclusive Island near Stockholm |
Exclusive Island near Stockholm
Sweden
This unique private island comprises a tastefully designed main residence, a mini-mansion, a private harbour, untouched woods, landing strip and golf course.
SEK 75,000,000
(approx. EUR 8,280,000)
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Sand Dollar Cay |
Sand Dollar Cay
Bahamas
Fabulous 24-acre private island situated in the beautiful Berry Island chain. Four superb white sand beaches.
USD 7,200,000
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Ilha Sapoeira |
Ilha Sapoeira
Brazil
In the bay of Angra Dos Reis, ideal location, with fine, sandy beaches, generator, potable water, boats.
USD 399,000
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Partridge Island |
Partridge Island
Canada
This stunning wooded island is found in the Mushamush Lake in Lunenburg County (Nova Scotia) and lies 400 meters from the mainland.
CAD 275,000
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Ailsa Craig |
Ailsa Craig
Scotland
The only island to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games
Ailsa Craig offers splendid isolation, whilst being easily accessible thanks to the excellent infrastructure on the mainland.
Approx. 245 acres, offers from GBP 2.500.000 to 2.750.000
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Gravel Island |
Gravel Island
Canada
Coastal island near Halifax, with log cabin and boat
CAD 395,000
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"The Man Who Sells Islands", by Ronn Hall, Conde Nast Traveler, July 1997
When you need your very own fantasy island, salesman Farhad Vladi can help!
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No man is an island, but if it were up to Farhad Vladi, we'd all get to own one. Since 1971 he has sold 650, making him the man to see when shopping for property surrounded by water. "Being on an island is a pharmacy for the soul," says Vladi, 54, whose customers range from royalty–Iran's imperial family once bought a dozen at a single sitting–to working stiffs. "They love nature, have some money and are all individuals," he says. "None of them would be happy on a packed tourist beach."
Several celebs–Marlon Brando, Brooke Shields and Tony Curtis–among others own isles. But Vladi, who has 20 employees in Hamburg, Germany, and in Canada, sells mainly to a lower-profile clientele. Prices range from $16,000 (for three rocky acres off Scotland) to $30 million (1,112 lush ones off Panama). Author Edward de Bono, 66, has bought four. "They are cheaper and less trouble than women," he jokes. "And you can have as many as you like."
The Hamburg-born son of a homemaker and a businessman, Vladi is divorced and has an adult daughter. He got his start while working as a banker 28 years go, when he tried to buy an island but found it outside his price range. So he took a few photos and sent them to wealthy prospects. When one agreed to pay him to arrange the sale, his new career was launched, one that has gone so well he now; has two islands of his own, near Halifax and New Zealand.
The job is not without adventure. A few years back a fisherman forgot to pick him up. "I had to take off my pants and swim through cold water," he recalls. And that, he says, taught him a lesson he passes on to clients: "Your island must never become your prison."
Sidebar: Vladi (atop a hard sell in Ontario) calls his career "a crazy way to make a living."
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