House facilities
A Casa Vermelha is set over two floors and is split into two separate, yet internally adjoining suites, all contained within one spacious, family home.
On the first floor there is a kitchen, a lounge, three bedrooms, (two kings, one twin) and two bathrooms one family, one en-suite. This is complemented by a south facing, externally covered wrap round veranda that has two separate sitting and dining areas. On the ground floor there is a lounge, kitchen, three king size bedrooms and a bathroom.
1st Floor
Lounge
The lounge is accessed via a long external ramp and has two leather sofas seating 6 people, accompanied by leather bean bags, flat screen TV with DVD and UK satellite. Air conditioning, Insect blinds, electric window shutters and access onto the veranda and external dinning area for 6 people via 3 patio windows. Here you will also find a retractable sun awning and comfortable arm chairs and coffee table. The veranda also provides access to the covered seating area outside the kitchen, again with seating for 4 people and offers south facing views over the grounds, pool area and valleys towards the river. The lounge has access via an internal door to the kitchen, access to the internal stairs to the ground floor and to the hallway that leads to the bedrooms and bathrooms.
Kitchen
The kitchen is fully fitted with intergrated oven, hob, microwave, extractor, dishwasher and fridge freezer. There is a two seater breakfast bar and access through patio doors to the veranda and outdoor covered eating area. The kitchen is fully equipped with everything you would expect in a modern home and also has insect blinds and electric window shutters.
Master Bedroom
The master bedroom has a king size bed integrated wardrobes, air conditioning, insect blinds, electric window shutters and an en-suite with, wc, bidet, walk in thermostatically controlled shower and twin wash basins.
Bedroom 2
Again a king size bedroom with a king size bed, air conditioning, integrated wardrobes, insect blinds, and electric window shutters.
Bedroom 3
A king size bedroom with twin beds, air conditioning, integrated wardrobes, insect blinds and electric window shutters.
Bathroom 2
This bathroom suite contains a wc, hand basin, walk in thermostatically controlled shower and is located opposite bedrooms 2 and 3.
All bedrooms contain reading lamps, a torch and a hair dryer.
Ground Floor
The internal staircase leads down from the upstairs lounge to the downstairs lounge area via two lockable doors.
Lounge Area
This second lounge contains a four seater leather sofa that converts to a double bed, TV with USB and DVD, lap top, printer and digital DVD library.
The lounge has both an external door and two patio doors that open directly onto the patio that gives access to the outside kitchen and the walled pool area. The lounge also gives access to the down stairs bathroom and to the two bedrooms. Air conditioning, Insect blinds and external electric shutters complete the room. The lounge is connected to the all weather kitchen via a covered seating area.
Play Room / 6th bedroom
Leading directly off the lounge is a large play room / 6th bedroom, where the children can hide away and play games. This room contains a TV, DVD and Wii Games console. The games and additional DVDs for the house are located in this room. For their comfort, this room also has a four seater leather sofa. For their safety this room has been designed without windows and can only be accessed from the lounge. A guest Safe is located in this room for your valuables. The room also has comfortable, adult size bunk beds.
Bathroom 3
This bathroom suite contains a walk in thermostatically controlled shower, hand basin, WC and gives external access (in addition to internal) from the pool and BBQ area.
The utility room containing the washer and dryer is also found here.
Bedroom 4
Again a king size bedroom with a king size bed, air conditioning and integrated wardrobes.
Bedroom 5
Again a king size bedroom with a king size bed, air conditioning and integrated wardrobes.
All rooms contain smoke alarms and a carbon monoxide alarm is installed near the gas boiler and wood burner. A full size cot or child's bed can be erected in the play room should you desire and a travel cot can be placed in any of the bedrooms.
Cleaning cupboard
A lockable cleaning cupboard is found at the bottom of the internal stair case and contains, Ironing board, 2 irons, 2 high chairs, travel cot, baby bath, potty and an array of cleaning materials and products.
Outside Areas
At the front of the house exists a completely secure and shaded garden area with seating. A long sloping driveway that can easily hold five cars connects this area to the rear dinning patio area and outside kitchen, here exists a childrens sandpit and play house nestled beneath a shady orange tree. From this area a lockable gated access leads to the walled pool area. The outside areas all have external lighting. There are no steps at the premises other than the internal staircase, so due to the layout of the property it is suited to wheel chair access and is ideal for small children.
All Weather kitchen
The walled patio area has a large dining table that seats 10 people with a large umbrella. This area looks out towards the mountains and looks onto the pool area. The all weather kitchen is found here.
The kitchen is fully glazed with patio doors and contains an American fridge freezer with ice machine, Hob, oven, George Foreman grill, Deep fat fryer, hostess food warmer, combination oven-microwave, sink, slow cooker, toaster, kettle and wine cooler. This kitchen also contains its own selection of cutlery and utensils and also has the key safe for the house. A large 3 grill BBQ with side burner is also found in the kitchen and can be wheeled out to suit your needs as can the smaller charcoal kettle BBQ.
Pool area
The dining patio leads to the walled pool area where the full size pool is found. The pool is fitted with shallow steps with a hand rail and an additional ladder. The area is completely paved and landscaped and is accessed via a ramp from the ground floor of the villa. The views over the mountains continue throughout this area.
The whole perimeter of the property is walled and gated offering total peace of mind if you have a young family.
Families With Children Are Welcome
For younger guests there is ample space to run around, or splash in the extra inflatable paddling pool. The patio area is next to the enclosed pool area and is both secure and completely visible for parents from either floor of the villa.
The villa, gardens and swimming pool area are all securely walled with child proof gates and are child friendly.
Books, games toys and DVDs are also available for both children and adults alike.
Inside the villa, baby gates, fire guards and baby barriers can be provided if required.
The villa also has high chairs, a baby bath, potty, cots, pool floats and pool toys that are available and included in the price.
(We do ask that all pool toys and floats are only used in the pool under the supervision of an adult.)
The house is situated on the edge of the forest and the surrounding woodland is available to explore for the more adventurous older child.
As mentioned above, the house has 2 adjoining veranda's, one that wraps around the side of the property, great for dining alfresco and taking in the mountain views and a further terrace at the back of the property over looking the swimming pool and gardens. There is also a very private walled patio area next to the pool with exterior lighting and BBQ for those lazy evenings outside.
All terraces have comfortable seating as does the fully walled and gated pool area. The pool has shallow steps with a hand rail, (ideal for children or the elderly) a swimming area of 4 metres x 8 metres and a gentle slope that leads to a maximum depth of 1.8 metres.
The pool also has lighting for night swimming.
The paved patio areas have 12 sun lounger’s, sun shades and extra tables and chairs.
The house also has ipod docking for music and broad band facilities that extend throughout the property and grounds.
An external twin shower is also located near the pool with hot and cold water.
Guests have full Private use of the gardens and swimming pool and will have exclusivity during their stay. The walled gardens and the sunken pool area are nicely secluded and are not overlooked, with fabulous views across the valley towards the river.
A guest computer and printer can be provided free of charge if required. We also provide a mobile phone with credit should you need to contact us.
At additional cost we can supply a mountain bike, children's bikes and a Beach pack that contains 6 folding sunbeds, two umbrellas, windbreak, icebox and ice packs.
Smoking is permitted in any of the outside areas.