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The Villa Loma is a spacious private villa nestled into a hillside on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The villa was designed and built in 1990 by George Richardson, an architect, and his wife Lisa, an engineer. The Loma is actually a series of connected but independent buildings tiered into the hill on five levels. The 3,000 square feet of living space is augmented by 10,000 square feet of tile-roofed outdoor terracing, all oriented to maximize the sweeping 180 ocean and pastoral view.
Designed for privacy, spaciousness and tranquility, the villa has four bedrooms, three marble baths, a large and separate fully-equipped kitchen pavilion with modern refrigerator, and a 15 ft.X 35 ft. swimming pool. The pool pump, a Hayward 1 1/2 HP was replaced new in January 2004. There is a private electric generator (Kubuto 2500 HP, diesel) and transformer on the property. The Loma enjoys three sources of water including a direct pipe-line connected to Inapa, the government water company, located on the top of the hill allowing for extremely good water pressure. Each bathroom and the kitchen have modern hot water heaters.
The property also contains three out-buildings. At the main entrance gate there is a self-sufficient cottage for caretaker and domestic help.There is a peaceful thatched roof open-air pavilion, equipped now as a gym, and another thatched building housing a large wood-burning oven, grill and area for washing.
The villa property, 37 tareas (23,290 square meters) has been professionally surveyed and filed with the Dominican Land governing body, the Catastral. The titles are clear and have been approved by the President of the country for foreign ownership. The grounds and gardens, a tropical sweep of rolling hills and royal palms, have been professionally landscaped and contain many mature trees and planting areas, as well as unusual orchids and bromeliads.
Next to its own quiet beauty, the best part of the Villa Loma is its location. The northern coast of the Dominican Republic is one of the most beautiful stretches of beach and cattle land in the Caribbean. Relatively untouched by tourism and development, this expanse of paradise is still and area of friendly, wholesome people in small villages of colorful wooden houses. Winding campesino roads, ideal for hiking and ridding, link towns, rivers and beaches. Magnificent Playa Grande, with its wide, white-sand beach, is an ten-minute drive from the Loma.
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