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Grendon House is large, grand-looking Sandy Lane Villa set in spacious, mature gardens adjacent to Sandy Lane hotel’s original Old Nine golf course. It is an exceptionally well appointed, roomy home with five bedrooms – the master is upstairs and the other four downstairs – and good indoor and outdoor living space. The living room give onto a large pool terrace where there is a pretty dining gazebo with wet-bar, a large brick built-in grill and a good size swimming pool, complete with cocktail pool and separate Jacuzzi hot-tub. There is a formal dining room, a breakfast room, a sitting room and a large covered living veranda with a wet bar. Grendon House’s lush gardens are often used for picnics and torch-lit dinners and they are the perfect setting for celebrations and entertaining.
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Style: Substantial, split-level Sandy Lane villa with elements both of an Italian palazzo - in its balustrade balconies and stairways - and a plantation great house. Traditional Bajan air in the coral stone and render walls, limestone floor tiles and pickle pine fixtures. Unusual and colourful fabrics create a strong international feel
The Beach: Less than 5 minutes drive to the excellent Sandy Lane beach. Guests of Grendon House have access to beach chairs from the Sandy Lane Property Owners Beach Facilities
The Rooms: 5 air-conditioned bedrooms en suite – 1st floor master bedroom with king bed and large marble bathroom with separate shower and whirlpool tub. Other bedrooms on main level, two with twin beds (one converts to king), one with a queen and a second master bedroom with a king
Key features: Generously proportioned 5-bedroom villa in Sandy Lane St James. Large swimming pool with cocktail pool and separate raised Jacuzzi hot tub with water features. Dining gazebo and wet bar, large brick barbecue, second gazebo with sun beds and open air dining terrace. Large rear veranda with wet bar. Air-conditioned TV and games room downstairs, with table tennis. Cable/satellite LCD TVs in all bedrooms. Office with WiFi access. Beach access to the Sandy Lane Property Owners Beach Facilities.
Children: Welcome – better suited to older children due to numerous steps
Staff: Cook/housekeeper and maid/laundress. Security system installed - night watchman extra charge |
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Beach & Swimming
The broad sweep of Sandy Lane beach is just a few minutes away by car. Guests of Grendon House have beach access to the Sandy Lane Property Owners Beach Facilities where their beach chairs are stored. The swimming from Sandy Lane beach is some of the best on the island, however at certain times of the year there can be a swell with some undertow, in which case there are red flags to warn against swimming.
Grendon House has a large mosaic tile swimming pool (depths 5ft-10ft) set below the villa and reached via a broad sweep of steps from the living room. The pool sits in a large paved sun and dining terrace which has a gazebo for lounging on the far side. The swimming pool has entry steps to the side of the shallow end and you can also enter by way of steps from a small sitting pool halfway along its length at the side. A separate Jacuzzi hot tub sits above the deep, it is fed by a fountain on the back wall end and spills over into the main pool. There are entry steps either side. At the shallow end of the pool terrace is a purpose built dining gazebo with a hand-painted table with Lazy Susan, a wet-bar and off to the side, a double, brick-built lava stone barbecue. |
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Sports & Recreation
The villa has its own air-conditioned TV and Games Room downstairs with table tennis and a large wall-mounted, flat screen TV. Grendon House lies just off Sandy Lane hotel’s Old Nine golf course and so the villa is very well positioned for golf in Barbados. At the Sandy Lane hotel itself, which is less than five minutes away by car, there are tennis courts, a dedicated spa and a range of watersports on the beach. There is a fitness club at Warrens, approximately ten minutes away. The nearest polo field is at Holders Hill, which is approximately seven minutes by car. |
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Locality
Grendon House is located off Molyneux Road on the exclusive Sandy Lane Estate in St James. Its spacious grounds are adjacent to Sandy Lane hotel’s Old Nine golf course, which makes it very nice area for walking. The property is mostly obscured by mature planting and trees and as you would expect, there are a number of other large Sandy Lane villas in the vicinity. Less than five minutes drive will bring you to the Sandy Lane hotel and to heart of St James, including the nearest shopping district at Holetown. Here you will find the Cave Shepherd Plaza and the larger West Coast Mall. They contain a supermarket, bank, photo centre, duty free shops, video rental, and various shops and boutiques. Also close by is the Chattel House Village, a series of traditional-looking Caribbean cabins selling souvenirs, the 24 hour Sandy Crest Medical Centre, and a market stall where you can buy fresh fruit and vegetables. The town also has a gas station (as petrol stations are known locally) with an in-store mini-mart and an outlet of KFC, both open until late evening. Holetown, the place where the English first landed in 1625, later settling it in 1627, is also a local Barbadian community, with Police Station, Post Office, parish church, bank, pharmacy, clinic, school and so on.
There is a host of restaurants within 15 minutes drive along the main West Coast Road in either direction from Grendon House. You might consider the famous Cliff Restaurant, about ten minutes away to the south - also look out for Scarlet, Daphne’s and Calabaza in this direction. Heading north beyond Holetown you could try celeb favourite the Lone Star, about 15 minutes away, or the Fish Pot, beyond Speightstown. There are any number of restaurants in Holetown itself, including The Mews, Café Indigo, Olive’s and The Tides as well as an excellent patisserie, Flindt’s and several pizza parlours, cafés, a beach bar and some fast food outlets. There is also good nightlife in Holetown with lively weekend gatherings in 1st and 2nd Street, where the restaurants and bars stand shoulder to shoulder. Some have live music. Drinkers tend to spill out into the street to mingle, creating an easy-going ‘street party’ atmosphere. The current ‘hot spots’ are The Mews, The Elbow Room, Spago and Lexy Piano Bar. |
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Useful Hints
Ask your travel organiser or the management company (if booking direct) for initial food and drink supplies to be laid in for your arrival. The cook will then prepare a welcome meal. Thereafter, staff will shop for you during your stay if you wish to delegate this chore, but a 10% service charge plus VAT will be added to all shopping bills. Rental rates for villas in Barbados do not include ‘tips’, about which you will find advice in the guest information book at the villa.
A security guard can be arranged for approximately US$60 per night.
Please note that Grendon House has a no smoking policy. |
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Rates
| | 16 Apr- 14 Dec 2009 | Christmas 2009-10 | 15 Dec- 15 Apr 2009-10 | 16 Apr- 14 Dec 2010 | | 4 bedrooms 5 bedrooms | 925 1,125 | 3,400 3,400 | 1,650 2,000 | 925 1,125 | Rates are quoted in US$ per night and are subject to 7.5% VAT. All rates are subject to change without notice. Minimum rental of 7 nights - 14 nights during Christmas/New Year. |
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How To Book
If you wish to book direct, reservations should be made through the local managing agents, Realtors Ltd. You will need to send a deposit of 25% of the total rental fee to confirm a reservation. Payment of the remaining 75% is required 6 weeks prior your arrival. If you are booking within 6 weeks of arrival, full payment must be made to secure the booking. You may contact Realtors by using the WEB LINK or DIRECT ENQUIRIES facility at the top of this page, or if you wish to telephone them, please click on TELEPHONE CONTACT to reveal the number. Please see our Review of Realtors Ltd and details of their services. |
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Airport Meet & Greet
If you are booking direct ask the villa management company to send a taxi to meet you at the airport. Your airport transfers are paid for locally and take approximately 45 minutes. Alternatively, if you would prefer to be taken care of from the minute you arrive at the airport, with a range of services that can include limousine transfers, a Concierge Service is offered by St James Travel & Tours.
If you are booking through a travel organiser, it is likely that their representative will be at the airport to meet you. This service and your return airport transfers should be included in the cost of your holiday. Please check at the time of booking. |
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Getting Around
Although everything is relatively close at hand, a hire car is strongly recommended for all private villa holidays. A car is especially useful if you want to dine out at night or go sightseeing, unless you prefer staff to call taxis for you as required.
Book car hire via your travel organiser or direct with Stoutes Car Rentals and ask for your vehicle to be delivered to the property approximately three hours after your scheduled time of arrival on Barbados or the following morning. Vehicles can be returned at the airport or be collected from the property at a pre-arranged time on your departure day. |
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