House made of concrete and block on higher ground with security bars is hard to beat. Add solar and a cistern, if you want the Cadillac.
Last hurricane that visited Cabarete I rented a such house.
Minus solar and cistern
Apart from that the roof lifted off and half of it went away, and a lot of rain during the night entered second floor, everything was fine. This wasn't a biggy hurricane, as some will remember
Fortunately we had steers, so the water drained away
I would add a solid roof to that list, not the usual Dominican roof