REDUCED - 4 bed villa with pool near Sosua
Special price reduction for quick sale at $335,000 - Villa Barbara, on the Dominican Republics northern Amber Coast, offers a delicious taste of Caribbean life. Just off the coast road, between the small bustling tourist town of Sosua and the windsurfing favourite Cabarete, it sits in a peaceful upscale gated community that offers privacy, security, excellent on-site services (maids, garden and pool care), cable television service, back-up electricity and, if you want it, full property management including a rentals service. The beach is walking distance from the development (about three-quarters of a mile). Puerto Platas La Union international airport, which has daily direct flights between the UK, Europe and the US, is less than a 15-minute drive away. The area has some lovely restaurants and shops.
Whether you want to live in it year-round, use it as a holiday home or invest in it for rentals income, you will not be disappointed with this lovely property and location.
Villa Barbara was completed in late 2007. It has four good-sized bedrooms and three bathrooms, an airy open-plan living/dining/kitchen area, a large covered terrace and a gorgeous 30ft freeform pool with outdoor shower. There is private parking for two or three vehicles on the drive.
The single-storey house sits on a lovely elevated plot in a small cul-de-sac on the edge of this quality villa development of around 60 homes and has beautiful sea and woodland views. There is a lovely quarter-acre tropical garden with lush lawns, palm trees and exotic flowering shrubs. A small outbuilding contains facilities for laundry equipment.
The decor is light and neutral with tiled floors throughout and there is air conditioning in each of the bedrooms, with ceiling fans in living rooms and bathrooms.
The house comes fully furnished (including terrace seating and poolside loungers) to a high standard, with almost all the furniture hand crafted in the area in a contemporary island style of wood, rattan and wicker and there are blinds throughout. The price includes tasteful framed pictures throughout, table and floor lamps, as well as two television sets with DVD players and also other small electricals such as CD players and radio alarm clocks. The kitchen is fitted with good quality, hand-built white wood kitchen units and granite tops. It has a gas cooker, hob and extractor hood in stainless steel and there is a tall fridge/freezer, a microwave, coffee maker, toaster and kettle and a range of kitchen/dining equipment (including crockery, cutlery and cookware).
The very spacious master suite, with sliding doors to the pool deck, has not only an en-suite bathroom but also a small private den/study with a cable television connection. There is another double bedroom with an en suite shower-room and widened doorways for wheelchair access and there are two further bedrooms (one with a double bed and one with twin beds) and a further bathroom. There is lots of built-in closet space throughout and a floor-mounted safe. The price includes a generous inventory of bed linens and bathroom, kitchen and pool towels.
Villa Barbara is guest ready for you as a complete turn-key package. In a rising market, benefiting from recent trade agreements with the United States, it offers a great investment and a wonderful lifestyle.
The price is $335,000. The vendor can deal with initial enquiries direct by e-mail (or telephone, on request) and provide additional information and photographs but a local agent has been engaged to assist with with viewings, local information and so on.
Bedrooms : 4
Swimming Pool : Yes
Heating : Air conditioning
Furnished : Yes
