Villa Ballena: Sleek and Modern Beach House in Costa Rica, Playa Potrero, Guanacaste Province 50304

Meaning Whale House in Spanish, Villa Ballena boasts nearly 5000 square feet of sophisticated beachfront space with multiple covered outdoor areas to enjoy rain or shine. Upon entering the home, you are immediately met with an architecturally significant foyer, flooded with natural light and featuring a striking accent wall made from Venetian Stucco. This foyer is crowned with a large ceiling fan hanging from a teak-wood accent panel with back-lighting for the ultimate in first impressions.Meaning Whale House in Spanish, Villa Ballena boasts nearly 5000 square feet of sophisticated beachfront space with multiple covered outdoor areas to enjoy rain or shine. Upon entering the home, you are immediately met with an architecturally significant foyer, flooded with natural light and featuring a striking accent wall made from Venetian Stucco. This foyer is crowned with a large ceiling fan hanging from a teak-wood accent panel with back-lighting for the ultimate in first impressions. Villa Ballena was built to connect a polished designer home with the Pura Vida beach lifestyle. The downstairs is devoted to family fun, featuring a professional grade foosball table, a 86-inch flatscreen TV, an oversized sectional for movie nights, and a wet bar with beverage cooler. Just off this first floor family room is an epic bunkbed room for young kids and teenagers alike. This space sleeps eight, features single-over-queen sized bunk beds (each with their own reading lights, charging stations, and built-in storage), and has a fun en-suite bathroom with two showers and a three-sink vanity. This family family space opens via sliding glass doors that lead to a large covered patio, complete with an outdoor wet bar with quartz countertops, blond teak cabinets and a second flat-screen TV; the stunning pool with two water features, a separate jacuzzi tub for eight, a pool 1/2 bathroom; seating areas in both sun and shade, and floating steps that lead to the resort-style poolside lounge chairs with umbrellas. This lovely space is surrounded by tropical plants, an outdoor shower as you come in from the beach side, and a raised paver platform underneath a beautiful almond tree to relax in the shade and to witness some of the most amazing sunsets Mother Nature can offer. While the fun is happening downstairs, the more refined entertaining area is on the second level, which serves as the heart of the home and has simply jaw- dropping ocean views from every corner. Here you have a chef's kitchen with solid teak upper cabinets and classy charcoal grey lower cabinets, built-in, professional series stainless steel appliances, a double-oven, a breakfast bar for three, a striking quartz countertop island with two waterfall edges, and a separate wine fridge and bar. This space also has a formal sitting area for four; a dining area with seating for ten; and the living room, with a comfortable sectional sofa and flat screen TV. All of these spaces open via large, sliding glass doors to a huge covered terrace, with additional outdoor seating for ten, a built-in Bull branded grilling station, a beautifully tiled accent wall with succulent garden, and absolutely stellar views of the waves crashing on the beach and the islands in the distance. There is also bedroom is conveniently located on this main level for those with limited mobility, and another bedroom on the third floor that comes complete with its own en-suite bath and a private balcony with a canopy view. Villa Ballena also comes with dualing principle bedrooms, each with their own professional color palette, coffered ceilings with soft back-lighting, and large individual balconies with glass railings to see those phenomenal views of the ocean, the famous Las Catalinas islands, and even the new Flamingo Marina in the harbor. Both principle en-suite bathrooms feature dual vanities, water closets, solid blond teak cabinetry, upper transom windows to allow natural light, and showers with oversized quartz tile acce