18.04.2008
Tambau
If Tambau was at a party, it would be described as
the life and soul of it. It has a beautiful beach and is well catered for by
bars and restaurants, nightclubs, hotels and pousadas, banks and access to
tourist facilities.
There is a thriving fish market, fruit and
vegetable market, three arts and crafts centres along with the main tourist
information centre and tourist police station.
A medium sized Pao de Açucar (open 24 hours) is within reach as are
several mini markets. There are taxi ranks everywhere and buses to all major
parts of the city.
All the main festivals take place at the junction
of Tambau with Cabo Branco making it a strategically important social link in
the chain. Several of the main schools are there or nearby and several main roads
run through it making it easy to drive anywhere. Such a high concentration of
life comes at a cost. That may be noise, privacy and space. Inevitably, buying
a house there means someone will be looking into your back yard/pool or your
house will be in a shadow. Not many houses are new so many will require some sort of
attention, from renovation to demolition. A recent survey said you must allow at least 10% of the cost of the house for refurbishment.
With so many roads criss-crossing the bairro there
will always be background road noise and its pollution stablemate.
Without a doubt there is a great concentration of
high rises in this area (see above photo) all trying to out do each other for a view of the sea
or sunset. This makes for expensive apartments and houses on the eastern side.
Amazingly, a new three bedroom house (two en-suite) with pool and parking can
be had for as little as R$270k (less for cash). Land is available though it
gets scarcer by the minute.
A favela sits on the banks of the River Jacaribe
which runs on the western border of Tambau. This hasn’t put off the new build
speculators who may have been encouraged by the Prefeituras attempts to move
the favela in order to comply with the marine law which says that no homes
should be built on riverbanks.
A lot of redevelopment is taking place including the building of a new shopping centre with 26 shops,cafes, bars and food outlets.. Old casinos have been turned into restaurants,
the promenade is being repaved, beach bars have been closed or relocated and
the fish market and artesanato market are being refurbished.
All this work will significantly affect the value
of property and future investments in a positive way in the future.
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