083 - Swen Lorenz: Major Sark Announcement

Island of Sark, Repopulation, Independence, Channel Islands, Move to Sark, Investment in Sark, Sark Masterplan, Sark Property, Barclay Brothers. Timothy Allen talks with Swen Lorenz. On today's show I’m speaking with Swen Lorenz again. Swen co-runs the Sark Property Company and as the title of the episode suggests, they have some exciting news about their investment plans and the general future of Sark. I caught up with Swen in London a couple of weeks ago but have been holding back the episode until The Sunday Times had published it's major exclusive article on the same subject a few days ago. In the episode we discuss The Sark Property Company's upcoming cash bid for the Sark estate currently owned by the Barclay family. This should be of interest to you if you’re a Sarkey, an incomer to Sark or indeed just Sark-curious, as I know many of you are. Enjoy the conversation. Contact the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ Free Cities Telegram Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.me/+im6c6r4jQkUzMjU0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://libertyinourlifetime.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make a small weekly donation to support the show: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/FreeCitiesPodcast/⁠⁠⁠ TIMESTAMPS 0:30 - Introduction. 3:59 - Sunday Times article on Sark investment. 10:30 - What is your macro plan for Sark? 12:26 - Is the plan to revitalise infrastructure too? 16:30 - Summary of the Barclay family situation. 18:51 - What are the major risks of failure? 22:54 - What are the major opportunities for everyone? 30:52 - Describe the Barclay family property portfolio. 36:14 - Are you the first group to propose this property purchase? 39:22 - How likely is this to go ahead? 46:25 - Immigration and residency requirements for Sark. 50:50 - What is the Sark rental market like? 54:43 - Moving to Sark: Tips and advice. 59:50 - Describe the timeline for this property deal. TWITTER: Swen Lorenz: ⁠https://twitter.com/uv_shares⁠⁠ Timothy Allen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ OTHER LINKS: Previous Free Cities Podcast episode about Sark: https://tinyurl.com/6c92ak48 Sark Property Company: https://sarkpropertycompany.com/ Isle of Sark website: ⁠https://www.sark.co.uk/⁠ Move to Sark: ⁠https://www.swen-lorenz.com/move-to-sark/⁠ Sark Presentation at LIOL 2023: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qgv0qXCUu4⁠ Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://free-cities.org/⁠