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This week: Homes off the mainland
3 X Lares, Puerto Rico Designed
as an extension of the mountain-
side, this three-bedroom smart
home in west-central Puerto Rico
is surrounded by rain forest and
landscaped with natural rock. The
house has walls of windows and a
main suite with a balcony and spa
bathroom. Outside are a two-story
guesthouse, covered ter-
races, a jacuzzi, an under-
ground movie theater, a
waterfall cascading down
a planted stone wall into
the pool, and a spiral
staircase to a rooftop
viewing area. $1,300,000.
Brenda Nieves, Sotheby’s
International Realty,
(787) 640-8246
1 W Chocolate Hole, St. John Set on the smallest of
the U.S. Virgin Islands, Villa de Vida has unob-
structed views of Hart Bay and St. Thomas. The
home’s three bedroom suites are in separate build-
ings connected to the great room by covered walk-
ways, and the living areas open to an expansive
ipe-wood deck with a swimming pool overlooking
hills and sea. The landscaped hillside property is
surrounded by lush tropical forest. $2,495,000.
Abigail Schnell O’Connell, Island Living Collective/
Luxury Portfolio International, (340) 998-19342 X Kilauea, Hawaii This four-bedroom Bali-style home
stands on 7 acres of riverfront land on Kauai. The partially
solar-powered home is built with exotic hardwoods and
features oversize rooms, exposed beams, carved-wood
doors, and a kitchen with wood built-ins and an onyx-slab
island. The property includes koi ponds, streams, lawns,
fruit trees, 16 varieties
of bamboo, and three
thatched-roof buildings
called bales: a bedroom
bale, a dining bale, and a
bale with a riverside soak-
ing tub. $4,650,000. Neal
Norman, Hawaii Life/
Forbes Global Properties,
(808) 651-1777