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villa itself consists of 4 separate buildings with a built up area
of 3400 sq. ft. on 9000 sq.ft. of land. There are 3 bedrooms and
attached bathrooms. The exteriors of the buildings are light beige
sandstone. The villa has been designed to be as much as possible in
harmony with nature, which means lots of balconies, large windows,
high ceilings, trees, shrubs and of course magnificent views of the
sea. All the doors and windows slide back into the walls giving a
very open, spacious feeling. The bathrooms, kitchen, etc are very
modern. A lot of attention has been paid to the bathrooms and each
of the bathrooms adjoining the bedrooms has outside showers in a
very natural setting. The owner's wife is a Japanese interior
designer so the influences are a combination of Japanese, Balinese,
and Thai. There are many artifacts, statues, carvings, doors etc,
from Bali in the villa and the garden. The general level of finish
is equivalent to an Amanresort. |
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will walk you through the villa. You park your car in the parking
area on top of the hill and walk down a gradually descending private
path to the front gate, which is an old and large Javanese door.
After entering you walk down about 8-10 graduated steps to a white
sandstone walkway, which is flanked, on both sides by lotus ponds.
Behind the lotus pond on your left is the service building which
includes the kitchen, store room and servant's room. Behind the pond
on your right is a guest villa building and attached bathroom. The
bathroom is next to a huge rock, which forms one of the sides of the
outdoor shower. The guest villa has its own private patio and garden
with views of the sea and much foliage. Access to the guest villa is
across stepping stones in the lotus pond. |
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Returning to the entrance walkway you keep
walking a few more meters to a large
rock, which you proceed around and down (about 3 meters) to the two
front buildings, both of which are almost on the cliff overlooking
the sea. The front left building has a bedroom on the ground floor
just next to the swimming pool. In front of this room is a patio and
a small garden. The ground floor rooms in the front buildings have a
unique feel to them in that you feel very connected to the sea. The
1st fl. of the left front building is the main living/dining area
and has a large balcony with a spectacular sea view. It has an extra
high ceiling and is very spacious. At the back of this room is a
pantry and bathroom. |
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The front right building has a large study on
the ground floor which opens on to a covered patio and the swimming
pool. The master bedroom, on the 1st fl., has its own balcony and
large bathroom including bath tub and outside shower (with a great
view).The master bedroom has a high quality teak wood floor; the
other bedrooms white terrazzo floors; and the living room/dining
room polished beige sandstone. Entrances to the living room, master
bedroom, and front bedroom by the pool are through Balinese doors.
All the rooms are individually air-conditioned and come equipped
with window/door screens and fans if you don't want air conditioning
at night. There is the latest stereo equipment; state of the art
computer set up, and top of the line cable TV system. Also there is
an excellent live in cook and a cleaning woman who comes daily. |
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front of and to the right of the building containing the
study room and master bedroom and adjacent to the swimming pool, is
a Balinese Sala (pavilion) with panoramic views of the Andaman sea,
the rocky shoreline in front of our villa, and our villa's swimming
pool and front garden. The sala, which is constructed on the rocks,
can seat 6 people comfortably and is used for lunches, sundowner
cocktails, and general relaxing. |
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unique item is a large flat rock in front of our villa from which
swimming in the sea will be possible during the calm season
(Dec-May). |
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The
developer, next to The Boathouse on Kata Beach proper, has
constructed a
club for villa owners which includes a new seafood bar/restaurant
called Gung, changing rooms, and beach chairs/umbrellas so there is
direct access to Kata Beach. There is easy access to good
restaurants (with good wine cellars) at The Boathouse, Gung, and
others on Kata Beach, all of which are within easy walking distance
from the villa. Patong Beach, the center of night life in Phuket, is
20 minutes away by car. |
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