Dieter Schaede

Dieter Schaede grew up in Stuttgart, Germany,but as young man moved to North America where he spent most of the time in Manhattan N.Y.  working in many facets of the fashion Industry, in particular design and execution (literally from head to toe). With his first visit to St. Maarten in 1969 started a love affair with the Island, so he frequently came back to visit! The Caribbean Sea and sand started to get hold of him; tennis and boating became a passion and of course where else can one find such great weather and friendly people?In the early 80s he finally took the step to move here on the friendly Island and then travelled throughout the Caribbean Islands to make sure there was nothing  that he was missing.In between  visiting and doing same work in Hong Kong he finally settled down with his destined woman in his life, Marisol, with whom he has 5 children: Jonathan, the oldest Son, now a successfull Real Estate broker in the Family business (Sunshine Properties was founded in 1995 by Marisol and Dieter); the only daughter, Alexandra, is getting ready to study sports and business in Holland; the triplet boys now, 15 years old, are full of talents. Two are singers/songwriters and perform in a couple of spots around town.

All of them are good tennis players and love the sea. Dieter's love for design soon transcended into Interiors as well as Architectural designs, being able to understand the international clientele. His taste has added to the success of Sunshine Properties. He specialized in waterfront and ocean view properties which can also be viewed by boat. Sunshine Properties has been chosen as the only Company in St. Maarten to be a member of the LEADING  REAL ESTATE COMPANIES OF THE WORLD.