Antigua Premium Properties from Tradewind Realty: Villa St James

Villa St. James Is located on the prestigious St James's Club, which is known as the Beverly Hills of Antigua. The St James's Club is located on a 100-acre peninsula on the islands southern coast offering numerous restaurants, bars and boutiques. There is also a gym, tennis courts, nightly entertainment and beautiful white sandy beaches.

Villa St James commands a magnificent 180-degree hillside view overlooking the St James's Club, Atlantic Ocean and Mamora Bay. The Villa St. James estate is split between a main house with a pool, plus a separate guest house which also houses a large swimming pool and views over the St. James Club.

This luxurious villa has just undergone a huge reconstruction, which is now worthy of any superstar to call their ‘home'! This is without a doubt one of the most prestigious and unique property in Antigua.

The estate boasts a private gate house entrance, sweeping drive ways, ocean view swimming pools, terraces for entertaining, landscaped gardens, bar area, stunning shaded grandeur style day bed, band stand, and garage.

The main house is lavishly furnished with fine furniture from around the world and rich colours that compliment each other, fine drapes, paintings, ornaments and finishing touches that make this house stand out. There are 3 large ocean view bedrooms (all with balconies) with 3 large en-suite bathrooms.

A spacious and well thought through living area with an aquarium. Large mahogany glass doors open out onto the outside entertaining/dining area with swimming pool and lush gardens. With entertaining in mind or just general family use there is a superb gourmet kitchen and fully stocked utility room. Air conditioning and ceiling fans throughout.

Off the pool is a fully stocked bar and sitting area for entertaining. From the main gates a garden leads onto a fabulous bandstand with panoramic ocean views. Thought and time has been taken in the reconstruction of this villa. One of the swimming pools has been constructed to maintain the natural beauty of the surrounding area.

It has been constructed with its very own island surrounded by the lush tropical gardens with date palms, tropical plants and flowers. The 1.75 acres of landscaped gardens have been designed to surround the lush tropical terraces with colour, natural beauty and elegance. The stone work on and around this property is exceptional, carefully designed using flint stone which is a natural resource found on the island.

For friends and family the property has a separate guest house on the cliff edge over looking the St James's Club. The entire inside is richly designed and hand carved in mahogany. With a stunning master bedroom, hand-crafted king-size bed made from Purple Heart wood, and a unique open-plan Balinese style bathroom that leads onto a terrace with custom built Jacuzzi and outside shower area.

A sweeping hand made spiral staircase leads to bedroom 2 complete with a balcony view over the main living area. The main living room is stylish and elegantly designed that spills into the well designed and fully-fitted kitchen area. Bedroom 3 leads off from the living area which hosts a large second bathroom with fantastic large bath tub/shower area that again spills to the outside Jacuzzi area.

The guest house leads out to a seating/dining area. A downward spiral staircase leads to the main magnificently designed swimming pool which hosts an island in the middle for you to sit on in one of the many hand-crafted mosaic sun-loungers; there are cascading waterfalls where again the surrounds are handcrafted in flint stone, there are even showers in this pool and not to mention the cool breezes and ocean views.

There is an entertaining/wet bar area for you to sit and enjoy these views and steps down to a well manicured beautiful garden and entertaining area. There is a beautiful hand-crafted lime pickled kitchen which hosts everything for the most discerning chef a large marble table which seats 10 that leans over the cliff top with panoramic ocean views of the St. James Club.

This prestigious property should also be seen lit up at night where it can be displayed from far away and upon approach to the driveway it would surely take your breath away to see it in all its splendor.

If you are not using the amenities at the St James's Club, the property location is only 5 minutes by car to English Harbour, 15 minutes to St Johns the capital where both host an array of restaurants, bars, shops and nightlife. V.C. Bird International airport is a 20 minute drive away.