Luxurious Contemporary Villa with 8,500 sq ft. under roof Main
House overlooking Lake Angostura and the Turrialba Volcano with 2 master suites
and 3 bathrooms., media room and 2 offices on 49 acres. The media room
and/or offices could easily be converted to master suite bedrooms.
Chefs kitchen with butler's pantry. Included on the property is a 1,200
sq ft. guest house with with one bedroom and 1 & 1/2 bathrooms.
Incredible views of valley, toucans, parrots and wildlife. Full time staff
living on site in New York loft style apartment. . The Main House is 3 years
old and designed by one of Costa Rica's leading architects. Brazilian granite
throughout the house featuring 44 exterior doors which open to bring the
outside in and the inside out. There is never a need for heat or
air-conditioning as the house is located in an area of eternal spring weather.
The house was designed to take advantage of the breathtaking 360 degree views
of lush rain forest, lake, active volcano, and spectacular lights of the City
of Turrialba at night. The Main House is located in a veritable botanical
garden with tropical plants imported from Europe, the USA and Latin America. .
High Speed DSL internet in 2 offices with Wi-Fi throughout the house.
Watch the volcano steam in your bed from the master suite or from the
Jacuzzi. Tropical Mahogany bar on terrace overlooking lake, in-wall music
system throughout the house, fully equipped media room with streaming video
connected to television and movies throughout the world. The property offers
total seclusion. A year round creek runs through the property and
provides soothing rustling water relaxation. Abundant pure artesian
spring municipal water with no meter costs $21 per month for all properties.
Underground watering system for the extensive landscaping including royal
and cocus palms. The main house is constructed to USA standards.
State of the art energy conservation with solar water heat,
induction cook top and insulated metal roofing imported from Argentina
keeps the all electric home electric bills below $50 per month. The solar
water system was imported from Switzerland and the induction cook top was made
in Germany.
Two nearby rivers are listed by National Geographic as 2 of the top five
white water rafting rivers in the world. Guayabo National Park is the most
extensive indigenous Native American ruins in Costa Rica and is 20 minutes from
the property. Caribbean Beaches are 3 hours from property and Pacific Coast is
5 hour drive from property. Turrialba (population 70,000) is an agricultural
city and major producer of coffee and sugar. San Jose is 1.5 hours away by car
or bus. If you want to experience the old, quiet Costa Rica of days past,
Turrialba is the place. The property has incredible views of the Turrialba
Volcano which became active 2 years ago after being dormant for over 100 years.
The main house was constructed to earthquake building standards and
energy conservation and designed and engineered by Cerdas & Cerdas in San
Jose and Turrialba. Johnny Cerdas (architect & engineer) was
also retained to be the construction manager.