Charles' cocoa estate, already mortgaged, could no longer turn a profit when plagued by witch's broom, and was reverted to the Agricultural Bank in 1925. Andrew and Marianne Bernard bought the property in 1926, but once again the estate reverted to the bank. The estate remained neglected until purchased in 1936 by Joseph Holmes, son of Joseph Austin Holmes. Holmes added two bathrooms, a water supply, septic tank, generator, two room guest house, and a bathing pool at the foot of the waterfall.