The Atlantis - Barbados - Renovation

Many warned me of the challenges of building on the East coast, and me being me, thought to myself that I needed a good challenge for 2009. Well, having convinced my wife, Patricia and my Brother in Law of the opportunity to restore a piece of history, we purchased the property on 18th August 2008, and started fixing it up from 18th September. We thought initially we could open by Christmas, but when starting the replacement of the roof, a large beam fell and hit the concrete floor and an enormous chunk of concrete broke away from the ceiling of the restaurant below crashing onto what would have been the dining area - Clearly a sign that a closer look at the structure was needed. Needless to say, our engineer was horrified at the findings.

It then rained for 8 weeks, retaining walls collapsed, we had an excavator digging for what seemed like an eternity looking for some form of solid ground - I also discovered that the East coast seems to have not much rock - plenty of clay and mud though - another challenge, which I am happy to say, almost 4 months into the renovation, that we are now making good progress with an anticipated completion sometime before November this year.

We were hoping to find, when replacing the restaurant floor, some treasure left by Mrs. Maxwell (the owner who renovated the Atlantis about 40 years ago) but so far, no such luck. My father alwasy told me 'there's no easy way to make money son'. Thanks to many of our Little Good Harbour guests and the local population that read our updates - for your well wishes and support for the project. The East coast is a wonderful unspoilt piece of this rock - Our intention is to provide a wonderful small hideaway with all the creature comforts we all expect these days

You can download a .pdf of the ground layout of The Atlantis by clicking here