seabreeze - Review Page 3
Bedrooms
Each floor has a master bedroom, a double or twin and a single bedroom. With the exception of one single bedroom which has an adjacent bathroom, all rooms are fully en suite.
Upper Floor Bedrooms
The upper floor master bedroom sits at the rear of the property. With windows on two aspects, the room provides lovely views over the sea and gardens. It has to be said that the bedroom, like many other rooms of the house, would be vastly enhanced by removal of the plastic secondary windows with anti-glare coating.
The master bedroom provides a massive 36sq.m. of floor space, including the bathroom. That is larger than any standard hotel room on Tobago. All the bedrooms are decorated and furnished similarly, with cream stucco walls and white woodwork. Wall mirrors and an occasional print or photograph prevent the rooms from appearing too stark. The darkening effect of the dark stained wooden doors is minimised by the cool white tiled flooring utilised throughout the house.
The rooms are furnished simply. Our master bedroom had a pair of very attractive high-backed rattan padded chairs and table plus a pair of bedside tables with reading lamps. A range of built-in cupboards provided some 1.75m of full and half-length hanging space and storage shelves. A small security safe is provided.
The master bed features a spacious California King mattress (6-feet wide). The linen was clean and of good quality. A single top sheet and light cellular blanket proved adequate with the air-conditioning on. There was absolutely no trace of mosquitoes or other biting insects.
The air-conditioner was a reasonably modern split-unit device. It was far from the quietest we have come across, but it quickly cooled the large room and did not disturb our sleep. With windows on two aspects of the building, the room benefited from lots of breeze and it was frankly far nicer to fall asleep to the sound of the waves crashing on the rocks below.
The en suite bathroom is small, but adequate. The washbasin is set into a small wooden vanity unit with ample storage space and drawers. The shower is of the fully-tiled walk-in variety. The taps and other bathroom fittings were fairly typical of older properties on the island in that they showed evidence of the damaging effects of the salt-laden coastal winds. Nonetheless, they worked. There was no shortage of hot water; in fact the hot water was generally of better pressure than the cold water meaning that care had to be taken when switching on showers. An electric shaver point is provided, but in typical Tobagonian manner, it is located on a wall with no adjacent shelf or mirror. All the upstairs bathrooms have shaver sockets, but only the master bedroom on the lower floor.
Next door to the master bedroom is a bathroom. This has doors both from the adjacent single bedroom and from the common corridor that separates the three bedrooms from the living room. This arrangement was ideal because it meant that this bathroom can either be used as an en suite bathroom for the single bedroom and/or as a general cloakroom for the household and/or visitors. All bathrooms are similarly equipped with washbasin, pedestal toilet and fully-tiled walk-in shower.
The adjacent single room is relatively small at 2.4 x 3.65m.but it is large enough for a single bed, bedside table, lamp and rattan armchair. Although there is a full-length wall mirror, there is no dressing table or wardrobe. However, there is plenty of wardrobe space in the adjacent bathroom. Sadly, the room was fitted with a rather noisy air-conditioner. In truth, I suspect that occupants of this room will tend to leave the single wide window open and rely on the overhead ceiling fan.
A reasonably spacious (4.7 x 3.65m) bedroom completes the upstairs accommodation. This corner room has windows on two aspects; to the front and side of the property. It may not have sea views, but the lovely grounds of this property make just as nice a view as the sea – and often a damn sight more interesting, given the wide variety of bird-life we saw at SeaBreeze. The room is furnished with a double bed, pair of bedside tables and lamps and a small cushioned armchair. Two built-in wardrobes provided 1.6 metres of full and half-length hanging space and storage drawers. The room is again equipped with a rather intrusive air-conditioner. Fortunately there is an overhead ceiling fan and with windows on two aspects, so there should be lots of cooling breezes at night.
Lower Floor Bedrooms
The two main floors of the villa can be accessed via an external staircase or internally by lift (elevator). The lower floor could almost be considered a separate self-contained unit as it has a living area and a small kitchenette. The living area is furnished with a three-seater sofa and two armchairs. The room features a games table with lift-off table football (fussball) board above a miniature pool table. This is bound to keep a few children (and a few fathers) happy.
The kitchenette is not equipped, but it does have a hot and cold kitchen sink and drainer and a tall fridge with freezer compartment. With direct access from the pool deck, this area makes an ideal pool bar; as well as being very convenient for storing overnight drinks.
The lower floor ‘master’ bedroom offers a very comfortable 21sq.m. of accommodation. Facing the sea, attractive arched patio doors give access onto the covered patio beneath the upper terrace. The room is cooled by an overhead ceiling fan and/or a modern whisper-quiet air-conditioning unit – the best unit in the house.
The California King (6 foot) bed is flanked by bedside tables and reading lamps. A single rattan chair completes the furnishings. A built-in wardrobe provides 1.5m of full-length hanging space, plus a single bottom shelf for storage. The en suite bathroom is small, but adequate, and equipped with the usual trio of washbasin, toilet and walk-in tiled shower. The shower head and taps would benefit from renewal, particularly as it was difficult to balance the shower temperature.
Next to the ‘master’ room is a spacious (3.1 x 4m) single room. The room is large enough for a double, or even two singles, but is currently furnished with just one single bed. This is supplemented by a bedside table, reading lamp and padded rattan armchair, plus 1.5 metres of full-length wardrobe hanging space with two storage shelves.
This room faces the sea and offers lovely views through an attractive arched patio door, with direct access to the grounds and lower-floor terrace. There are no opening windows and security considerations would make it unwise to sleep with patio doors open. The room has no overhead ceiling fan (or at least, there is a connection mount, but the fan is not present), but it is equipped with an adequately quiet split-unit air-conditioner.
This bedroom is not fully en suite, but it does have its own bathroom, just six steps away. In fact it actually has the largest (3.6 x 2.3m) bathroom in the property. Half-tiled in cool white ceramic, with a mottled-grey tiled walk-in shower, the bathroom is very attractive.
Another spacious bedroom (5.35 x 3.7m) completes the lower floor accommodation. It is furnished with a pair of side-by-side single beds, a single bedside table and lamp, a padded rattan chair and a simple cane dressing table with six drawers. A built-in cupboard provides a metre of half-length hanging space, plus five storage shelves. The en suite bathroom contains a toilet, washbasin and walk-in shower. The bathroom is relatively small, but adequate.
This bedroom has a single large external window with louvered shutters. The grounds outside are almost at the same level and the views are limited by the colourful bougainvillea growing immediately outside, and by an air-conditioner built into and occupying nearly a quarter of the window space. There is no overhead fan or floor fan and, sadly, the air-con is a noisy, old-fashioned integrated unit from an inferior local manufacturer.
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