Sandy Bay Beach House

The Sandy Bay Beach House is a beautiful "island-style" private residence with just under 2000 SF of open floor plan and 90 ft of beach front. This quality built home features a large gathering room in the middle with vaulted ceilings and mahogany floors. The modern kitchen with breakfast bar opens to the spacious living room surrounded by windows on all sides! You'll be hard pressed to find a better value in Utila or the Caribbean.

On both sides of the house are identical bedrooms with full size beds, each with a private full bath and double french doors leading to the main deck views. The home is great for 2 couples and the kids can sleep on the queen sleeper sofa, or for more privacy, rent the downstairs apartment. This fully furnished home features a wrap around deck that's great for viewing the sunsets over the rear Oyster Bay Lagoon on one side and sunrise over Utila Bay and the peaks of mainland Honduras on the other.

Below the main house is a separate 300 SF 1 bdrm/1 bath apartment facing the front beach and water. This is rented separately, but can be included for larger groups when available. The apartment has a full bed, private bath, a full kitchen, sitting area, french doors leading to the front beach and lot's of windows to catch the breezes. There is also a large bodega that stores the mountain bikes and washer/dryer.

The Sandy Bay Beach House is positioned on the leeward or south side of Utila Island. Utila is the smallest, most westerly and one of three of the Bay Islands just off the coast of Honduras (Just East of Belize & South of Key West). Utila is a low key paradise off the touristy path that is quickly becoming the meeting place for divers from all over the world searching for the next “secret” destination. This diving destination is routinely voted as the best value in the Caribbean.

Our house is located on a peninsula in Sandy Bay. Our home probably has the best location for catching most of the year’s enjoyable trade winds that keep you cool and the bugs away. We are just a 5 min bike ride west of Utila Town; however, we are just far enough away from the hustle & bustle of the main tourist areas. A mile ride will bring you to the beginning of town, built in charming Key West style along the harbor. You’ll ride past the many dive shops, restaurants, grocery stores, bars, hotels and Utilians going about they’re daily routines.

The home’s wrap around deck provides spectacular views of the bay, mountains of the mainland, town, reef system and lagoon. Snorkel from the front door to great reefs less than 300 yards in front of the house. It’s not uncommon to see dolphin, eagle rays and bonefish from the deck. Our home is virtually sitting on top of technicolor coral reefs & 20 coconut throws away from the famous Laguna Beach Resort.

• The Main House has 2 bedrooms & 2 baths, large kitchen & living room with fold out sofa (Sleeps 2-6 guests).
• The Cottage/Apartment has 1 bedroom & 1 bath, small kitchen & breakfast table.  (Sleeps 1-2 guests)

Main House: Day: $140.00 per night, $875.00 per week, $3,250.00 per month

Cottage: $60.00 per day, $380.00 per week, $1,325.00 per month

The Main House

• Right on beach & water, reef is less than 100 yards from deck, lagoon in rear of house (great for mooring boats/sail boats)
• All bedrooms have air conditioning & home has hot water
• Home has fans everywhere; ceiling, floors and walls
• 4 Mountain Bikes with carrier baskets (1 with rear infant carrier)
• TV/VCR (Telephone due to be installed March 2005)
• Full Kitchen with coffee maker, blender, microwave, refrigerator, ice maker, 5 gallon bottled water dispenser, picnic ice coolers, great assortment of cookware and “island flavor” tableware
• Traditional BBQ grill right on the front beach
• Sunning/beach chairs & lounging hammocks
• Washer & Dryer
• Each bedroom has new bedding and towels
• Outdoor rinse shower when coming back from snorkeling in the front bay
• Weekly cleaning service provided & additional cleaning may be hired
• Massages available at incredibly low rates
• Great household caretaker, Angelito, works on the grounds Thursday thru Saturday every week

The Cottage has everything that the home has with the following exceptions:

• TV/VCR
• Main House guests have priority over the mountain bikes if they were to need all 4 at once. (We might have more than 4 in working in order) However, bikes can be easily and cheaply rented in town for about $2/day

Location:

From Utila Municipal Dock, turn left along the main street and walk for approximately 20-30 minutes through Sandy Bay, past Chepes Beach and along the sandy beach front road to Blue Bayou. We are the 3rd house on the left on the ocean side.

Contact Information

Name:

Eli Muhl  480 Buckeye Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Tel:

+ (1) 719 262 0998     Cell: + (1) 719 499 1044

Email:

eli@elicrainvestments.net.

Web:

www.elicrainvestments.com or www.elicrainvestments.net.