Architect's plan and room lay-out.

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The St. Barth lover will appreciate the true authentic St. Barths ‘casa’ style architecture (although considerably enlarged to allow modern comfort). In fact, the exterior style is copied from the houses in the court yard of the Brigantine House in Gustavia, also named the Dinsey House, built 150 years ago during the Swedish period in St. Barthelemy.

There are three connected ‘casa units’; the casa in the middle accommodates a living room and kitchen; the two bedrooms (each with their own bathroom) are separate, located to the sides, to the left and right in their own casas to give good privacy. There is a generous terrace + pool in the center, in front of the living room-kitchen-casa and between the two bed room casas.

In one of the bed room casas there is an additional, smaller room (you might call it a den). The telephone is there, also a desk for your lap-top or ev. paper work or postcard writing. Although the villa basically is planned for two couples or four persons, the den can be used for an extra bed (for just one person) if desired, for instance for the 5th family member. But please note that in such a case the bathroom in that casa will have to be shared.


There is a wall behind the house and no view from the village side. From the terrace and all the three casas, there is the same unbroken sea view -- some palm trees are there but no buildings in-between sea and your terrace. You are overlooking the Caribbean sea and one of the true unspoiled parts of St. Barths, still feeling the comfort of having a nice neighborhood close by, behind the villa.

The front terrace is partly covered in order to give a choice between sun and shadow. The covered part of the terrace is perfect for lunch while enjoying the view and listening to the surf. It is usually nice to take the breakfast in the small court yard (see architect’s plan), where you find shadow from the earliest morning. Both spots have direct contact with kitchen and are also good choices for lunch or dinner or else for entertaining friends.

 

The normal starry nights are perhaps best enjoyed while taking your drinks further out, on the outer terrace, where there is a third table; to watch the stars, the moon or the white surf rolling in below.

The pool

The pool is not the largest in the world, it measures 3,5 x 3,5 meters (more in yards) that is, a little larger than most private hotel pools. The pool is heated by means of an inbuilt heat exchanger into the tiled terrace, i.e. it absorbs heat from the inside of the tiled terrace floor to the pool water. This keeps the terrace comfortable for your bare feet and the pool water warmer. No disturbing noise from the technical room, which is well below, under the pool.

Maid service, telephone, television and miscellaneous:

Daily maid service at a time to be agreed upon on your first day. Telephone is in the small den, in one of the bedroom casas, where there also is a desk for your ev. paper work or writing postcards. You might bring your laptop to connect for your email. Television, CNN, BBC, DW etc. and films are available through satellite reception. In the living room there is a good piano. Furniture are mixed French and typical simple Scandinavian elegance. Pictures on the walls are mostly copies of old oil paintings from St. Barth from the time St. Barth was under Swedish rule (1784-1878), recently found in Swedish Museums and archives.

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