Tosca Villa - Review Page 2
Accommodation
Tosca is a three-bedroom partly air-conditioned luxury villa. Being semi-detached, it is probably more accurate to describe it as a villa-apartment, but from a visitor’s point of view, the distinction is meaningless. We were totally unaware of the occupants in the other half of the villa and can find no discernable disadvantages to the fact that this spacious villa is semi-detached.
The entire property is superbly equipped and in the very highest maintenance and decorative order. It has been furnished as a home and the personality of the owners, Malcolm and Annie, shines through in many ways. All curtains, bedspreads, seat covers and other fabrics are of colourful Caribbean print. The apartment lacks for nothing and could easily become a highly comfortable home-from-home for either two weeks or permanently.
I will describe each of the main rooms separately:
Master Bedroom
Offering some 30sq.m. of total space, the upstairs master bedroom offers more than enough space. The impression of spaciousness is made more so by the 3.6m-high ceiling. With the window shutters and balcony door open, the room is also breezy and bright. The small 1.2x0.8 metre balcony offers stunning views of Buccoo Reef and the Nylon Pool.
With windows on three sides, the 7.25x3.4m bedroom catches every breeze. You need nothing more than the large ceiling fan to sleep perfectly comfortably without having to resort to the air-conditioner. Mind you, the a/c unit is a remotely-controlled, whisper-quiet split-unit and proved fairly quiet in operation and is a great way of masking the early morning calls of Tobago’s awful national bird, the Cocricos (Rufus-vented Chacalaca).
The master room is furnished with a 7-foot super-king double bed with mosquito net, two bedside tables with reading lamps, a telephone extension and two electric BugMat mosquito deterrents and tablets. To be honest we didn’t have a problem with mosquitoes and certainly didn’t use the mosquito net.
Additional bedroom furnishings included a full length mirror, a couple of chairs, a small security safe, and a cable-TV set neatly hidden away in an eaves cupboard. There was 1.6 metres of hanging space with more-than-liberal supply of hangers, and more than 4 metres of space in under-eaves shelved storage space.
The bathroom is relatively small at 2.9x1.9 metres but well finished and more than adequate. There is lots of storage space for toiletries on the washbasin vanity unit and even more below the sink. The walk-in shower is fully tiled and in good condition. The water heater is small and it is easy to run out of hot water. Mind you, being a small tank, it equally warmed up quickly.
Other bathroom facilities included a wall-mounted hairdryer and a shaver socket.
Bedroom 2
Also located on the upper floor, the second bedroom is only slightly smaller than the master bedroom, measuring 4.9x3.6 metres and providing 23.2sq.m. of total area, including the bathroom. It is equally well furnished and equipped.
The room is furnished with a 4´6˝ double bed and two bedside tables and lamps. Both bedside tables are equipped with electric BugMat mosquito deterrents and tablets. There is a small coffee table and a pull-out couch which could accommodate another child, or an adult at a pinch. The .85m hanging space has more than a dozen hangers, with a similar sized built-in wardrobe providing shelf storage space.
The only source of natural light is the single French door leading onto the small 1sq.m. balcony. Nevertheless, the room is bright and cheerful. It is fully air-conditioned, but by leaving the balcony doors open and the single window in the bathroom, you would probably get enough through-breeze to sleep without air-conditioning. A mosquito net is available if required.
The bathroom offers an additional 5.6sq.m. of space and, like the master bedroom, is well-equipped with a shaver point, wall-mounted hair dryer, fully-tiled walk-in shower and lots of space for toiletries.
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