Villa with Private Pool and Stunning Sea View
Peaceful Hillside Location, 5 Minutes Drive to the Beach
Sleeps 4 (2 Bedrooms)
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'Serendipity' nestles amid palms and mango trees in a quiet spot 400ft up the jungly side of Mt Nevis, yet it is only a 5 minute drive from the best beach, 10 mins from the quaint, picturesque 18th Century capital village, Charlestown, and 15 mins from the airport, where scheduled airlines fly in daily from San Juan, Antigua and St Maarten. There are also regular direct flights from England, the US and Canada to the nearby island of St Kitts, which is a short ferry ride from Nevis. Our agent will meet you when you arrive, take you up to the house and give you a leaflet about the beaches, restaurants, shops and sports. The house has a bathroom, shower room, spacious living room, fully equipped modern kitchen, study, laundry room, and a wide protected veranda beside a 30 x 15ft swimming pool with a glorious view across the pretty garden and 2 miles of sparkling Caribbean Sea towards the sunset and St Kitts. Air-con in both bedrooms and cable TV in the living room and main bedroom.
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| Rental Period | Per Night | Per Week | Per Month | Min. Stay (Nights) |
| 9 April 2011 - 16 December 2011 | $1250 | 7 | ||
| 18 December 2011 - 3 January 2012 | $2500 | 7 | ||
| 14 February 2012 - 13 March 2012 | $2000 | 7 | ||
| 31 March 2012 - 30 April 2012 | $2000 | 7 | ||
| 1 May 2012 - 23 October 2012 | $1250 | 7 |
Changeover day
Flexible.
Accommodation
| Bedrooms: | Bedroom 1 with American King size double bed, air conditioning, TV, built-in cupboard, lockable safe and en-suite. Bedroom 2 with twin beds, air conditioning and built-in cupboard. |
| Bathrooms: | Ensuite bathroom 1 with bath/shower over and wc. Bathroom 2 with shower and wc. |
| Kitchen: | Large gas cooker, big ice-making fridge/freezer, microwave oven, dishwasher, coffee machine, kettle, juicer and toaster. |
| Utility Room: | Washing machine, spin dryer, washtub and wc. |
| Living Rooms: | Spacious living room with two sofas, armchair, big-screen multi-channel cable TV, DVD player, ceiling fans, dining area, dining table and 4 dining chairs. |
| Other: | Study with internet access, broadband, WiFi broadband, air-conditioning and ceiling fan. |
| Cleaning/towels/ linen/maid service: |
Towels and linen are included and changed weekly. The property is cleaned by a maid who visits weekly. The pool is cleaned twice a week and the garden maintained once a fortnight. |
| Amenities/Facilities: | hob/stove oven fridge/freezer microwave dishwasher washing machine tumble dryer iron/ironing board cable tv tv telephone internet access air conditioning room fans private pool (for sole use of guests) |
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Accessibility
Unsuitable for disabled people. No wheelchair access.
Outside
Large, pretty, secluded garden, pool deck with two sun loungers, private 30ft x 15ft pool.
Coast/Beach
Pinney's Beach, the best on the island, is a 5-minute drive away. It's a long, wide stretch of white sand and calm, translucent sea that is often completely deserted, even in the high season, except for the plummeting pelicans and a fishing boat or two.
Dotted along the beach are seven little open-air bistros (including the famous Sunshine's Bar) as well as a smart French restaurant, the Coconut Grove, and a luxurious Four Seasons resort with three restaurants and protected ocean swimming.
Golf
Immaculate, 18-hole Robert Trent Jones golf course 2 miles away at the luxurious Four Seasons resort.
Travel
The sleepy little airport, Vance Amory International, is a 15-minute drive away, and scheduled airlines fly in and out daily to and from Puerto Rico, Antigua and St Maarten. There are also regular direct flights to the nearby island of St Kitts (2 miles away) from the US, Canada and England.
We always rent a four-wheel drive jeep when we're in Nevis because some of the roads up the mountain are pretty basic, but a saloon car is fine if you intend to stick to the main island roads.
Distances
The nearest village (Jessups) is 2 miles away, the capital town (Charlestown) 4 miles away. The entire island is only 6 miles long by 6 miles wide, so everything is within an easy drive.
Some of Charlestown's buildings are 17th Century, among them the old Bath Hotel, which was the height of luxury in the 18th Century and a mecca for European tourists (including the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge) who sailed the Atlantic to bathe in the hot springs that are still open at Bath village.
Further details
Nevis has lovely old plantation houses, a pretty botanical garden, and two museums: one remembering Admiral Horatio Nelson, who married a young local widow, Fanny Nisbet, here in 1787; the other the 1757 birthplace of Alexander Hamilton, who was to emigrate to the United States when he was 15 and became one of the USA's founding fathers and its first Secretary of the Treasury.
The island has several smart restaurants and lots of laid-back beach bars and bistros. Our favourites include the Gallipot (delicious lobster and fresh fish caught by the chef himself), the Double Deuce, Sunshine's Bar, the Yachtsman Grill and the Nisbet Beach Club, where a steel pan band plays throughout Sunday lunch.
In fact Nevis is suffused with music: the bouncy reggae and calypso rhythms that waft from balconies all over Charlestown; the traditional string bands with their homemade instruments; the Tuesday night guitar-and-drums jam sessions at the Oualie Beach Hotel, where everyone is encouraged to join in, if only to shake the maraccas or tambourine; the fabulous local rock band, Kasanova, whose lead singer has a voice like an angel, that plays on the beach at the Nisbet Plantation until late every Thursday night.
Nevis's shops are plain and simple and there are no nightclubs, casinos or rowdy tourists, thank goodness. Golf, tennis, diving, windsurfing and hiking are all available but the island's main attraction is that it is a dreamy place to unwind -a miniature paradise with a balmy climate, cool breezes, calm seas, lovely beaches, colourful forests, elegant old plantation houses, picturesque villages, and the nicest, friendliest people you could ever hope to meet, people who wave and smile as you drive by.
In Nevis each golden day is like a time-warp back to the 1950s where people are polite and respectful and the atmosphere is that of a quiet, relaxed, old-fashioned little haven that still deserves its 18th Century nickname, ‘The Queen of the Caribbees’.
Booking notes
Firm bookings will be reserved for 7 days and may be secured by paying a 50% deposit, half of which will be refunded if the booking is cancelled no later than 60 days before the start of the rental. The balance of the rent, plus a damage deposit of US$500, will become payable 30 days before the rental begins. Airport pick-up, vehicle rental and a welcome pack can be provided by arrangement.
Guest comments
5/5 - Kevin Ingwersen, Florida, Dec 2011. We had the most wonderful experience staying at Serendipity. It has a million dollar view, all modern amenities and truly felt like a home away from home. We highly recommend Serendipity.
5/5 - Alex Ferraro, Conn, USA, Oct 2011. Outstanding location, well maintained with a great pool. We spent 33 days here and enjoyed every moment. Highly recommend.
5/5 - Dan Glimn, Allentown, USA. June 2011. It's got to be about the best villa on Nevis. Fabulous. This was heaven.
5/5 - Anita O'Connor, London. June 2011. Superb house for a relaxing vacation, facilities very good, and the owner is very responsive.
5/5 - David Worthington, UK, May 2011. Wonderful views, peace, tranquillity, all the comforts of home, lovely garden. We didn’t want to leave.
5/5 - Graham Balch, Atlanta, April 2011. The best place we have stayed at any vacation. Highly recommended.
5/5 - Megan Jones, UK, Aug 2010. Luxurious, views to die for, clean, fully fitted. Beautiful.
Owner profile
Juliet and Graham on the beautiful beach in Nevis
About the owner
We're Juliet Lewis and Graham Lord, both British. We first came to Nevis in 1999 and fell immediately in love with it.
For years we rented houses in different parts of the island each winter until we decided in 2007 to buy an acre of land on the western side, at Fern Hill, with its glorious view across the sea towards St Kitts.
We designed our own house, Serendipity, and asked a brilliant local developer, Deon Daniel, to build it for us. Now we spend every winter there before returning to our other homes in London and the South of France each summer.
Juliet is an artist who specialises in painting houses in Nevis, and Graham is a writer, the author of seven biographies, eight novels, and an autobiography. All his books are listed and described at www.graham-lord.com.
Year purchased: 2007
Why the owner chose a home in this location
The house is set in a spacious garden on a jungly hillside amid palm, mango and tamarind trees and a riot of brilliantly colourful tropical plants and flowers: hibiscus, bougainvillea, oleander, jacaranda and frangipani.
It's wonderfully peaceful and the views across the Caribbean Sea on one side and up towards Mount Nevis on the other are stunning.
And although the house is only a five-minute drive from the best beach in Nevis, ten minutes from the charming little capital, Charlestown, fifteen minutes from the international airport, and close to all the best restaurants, bistros and bars, it still feels completely remote, private and secluded.
This is the holiday getaway home as perfect as any.
Unique benefits of the property
Sheer, heavenly peace and relaxation, yet we're close to everything and everywhere on the island and we have every civlized modern amenity: modern fitted kitchen, air conditioning, cable TV, broadband internet.
For booking and further information
Property Ref CB248
Contact Name:
Graham Lord
(FRANCE) +33 493774380
Alternate Contact Details:
(UNITED KINGDOM) +44 2087805672
Owners Website: Click here
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