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HILL RISE HOUSE
Nevis, West Indies
4 Bedrooms with Bathrooms En Suite (Sleeps 8)
Hill Rise House is a charming West Indian style home with gingerbread
trim sitting on a hill 500 feet above sea level. This location is
perfect as it has constant trade winds and a panoramic view of the
Caribbean and the islands of St. Kitts, Saba and St. Eustacius. Hill
Rise House also enjoys spectacular sunsets and later a fairyland of
twinkling lights below in Charlestown, the very appealing capital and
birthplace of Alexander Hamilton. Nevis is a small peaceful island
steeped in history and several of its former plantations are now
marvelous small hotels. One of them, Montpelier, is just a few minutes
walk as are the Botanical Gardens.
Both the main house and guest house are comfortably decorated in
"colonial plantation" style with lots of antique furniture, as well as
traditional Lloyd Loom, mahogany, teak and rattan. They also have large
verandahs and overlook the 40' swimming pool and pool house below. This
wonderful 2½ acre compound also has very pretty gardens surrounding all
of the buildings, which are set apart for privacy. At the entrance to
the property is a gatehouse where the laundry is located and off to the
side is the tennis court.
Main House (on one level)
- Living room
- Kitchen
- Very large covered outdoor living and dining area
- Bedroom with two double beds, bathroom en suite and a verandah on
both the front and rear sides
- Bedroom with two double beds, bathroom en suite and a verandah on
both sides
Guest House
Main Level
- Large master bedroom with a small double bed, matching twin bed, bathroom en suite and living area
- Covered outdoor living and dining area
- Kitchen
Garden Level
- Bedroom with linked twin beds, bathroom en suite and living area
Amenities
Pool and tennis court, telephone and separate fax line,
cable TV, CD/stereo, ceiling fans and screened windows in the bedrooms, charcoal grill and pool towels
Staff
Donna, the wonderful housekeeper, comes in every
morning (at variable times) except Sundays and holidays to make beds
and tidy up. She has no
fixed hours and will launder anything that doesn't require special
care. Bernard is the gardener and he works weekdays from 7am to 3.30pm.
The pool is serviced twice each week.
Services Available at Additional Cost
Advance food shopping. Donna is also an excellent cook and is
available to either cook and leave meals or to cook and serve
meals.
Notes
Beaches and Charlestown are about 15 minutes. There is a Robert Trent Jones 18-hole golf course at the nearby Four Seasons
Hotel. Hill Rise House may also be rented with fewer bedrooms for smaller
groups. There is no dishwasher. There is usually a resident cat but it doesn't bother guests.
Guests need to bring their own tennis racquets and balls. The fax is in
the guest house (if only the main house is being used and a guest needs
to use the fax, Donna can let them in).
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