You're the king of the hill with all of Charlotte Amalie, cruise ships, seaplanes, and St. Thomas's harbor spread at your feet from the floor-to-ceiling windows in the Great Room of this stunning villa.

Originally the home of a 50's movie actress, this magnificent property high atop exclusive Flag Hill has been beautifully renovated.

The kitchen is state of the art, and the expansive family room opens to a spacious stonework patio (home of the famous flag of Flag Hill) with breathtaking Caribbean views. Three private and imaginatively-decorated bedroom/bath suites are on the main level, including a king master suite with its own secluded sitting room. The main floor also contains a media room/home theater with a large-screen TV and an extensive movie collection. The media room, with its sofabed and full bath adjoining, may be used as an extra bedroom.

On L'Esperance's lower level overlook the pool area. Each of the two bedrooms enjoys direct access to an exterior deck or patio and its own bath.  On the pool deck you'll find not only incredible views, but also a fully-equipped and shaded pool house with refrigerator, gas grill and full bath. A few steps up from the pool deck is a large hot tub overlooking the vistas. A separate building houses your own work-out room with commercial-quality equipment.

An extensive nature trail beckons you to explore the hundreds of diverse tropical plantings on this wonderful estate.  At dusk, when the sun sinks into the sea and the lights come up in Charlotte Amalie, you're in a front-row seat to enjoy the romantic vision of her twinkling lights from your dining table - it's a view you'll never forget and which you'll never want to leave.

L'Esperance may be rented with Overlook, her sister villa just below, to accommodate family gatherings of 18-22 people. A small cottage on the far side of the property is from time to time occupied by two tenants, but your privacy at this electronically gated, exclusive 5-acre retreat is always assured. Five stars!

Villa Location

Unique Features

• Media room with Bose home theater system/DVD player, zoned Bose stereo system; cable TV with DVD player or Playstation 2 in every bedroom, a VCR in 2 bedrooms, in Pool House + in exercise building
• Movie + music collections, books, games
• A/C in all rooms, computer with DSL line, Wi-Fi throughout the main level for your laptop, answering machine, printer/scanner/copier/fax machine
• Hair dryers
• Binoculars
• Telescope
• 2 safes for valuables
• Villa has gourmet kitchen with 2nd gas grill on adjacent deck, wet bar, mini-fridge
• UV water filtration system
• Electronic gate at entry
• Automatic generator
• Trash collection at entry twice per week
• Dishwasher, 2 washer/dryer
• Separate exercise building with A/C, Vectra Online 3800 equipment, treadmill, elliptical trainer + stair climber
• Pool House has refrigerator and gas grill, boom box stereo and pool games

Bedrooms: 5

12 people max

• Main floor: 2 kings, 2 twins (OR 3 kings, your choice with advance notice), and queen sofa bed in media room.
• Lower floor: 1 king, 2 twins (OR 2 kings, your choice).

Pools

• Pool Approx. 14' x 54' x 5' deep, with fountain
• Large hot tub
• Pool house with refrigerator, gas grill and full bath
• Morning star Beach + Bluebeard's (Lime tree) Beach

Staff

• Maid Service once a week

Villa Policy

• A 7-night minimum rental is required at L'Esperance all year around (except Xmas/New Year's, when a 10-night minimum rental is required).
• We do recommend that you rent a 4WD vehicle for all L'Esperance rentals - when it rains heavily, the roads up to this gated estate can become slick and a bit hard to drive uphill on.
• We're sorry, but due to insurance restrictions, we do not allow weddings, parties or other group events or functions at L'Esperance at this time.
• Maximum 12 guests
• Children Welcome. Notarized waiver for children under 6 years
• No smoking with villa
• No pets
• $1,000 Security deposit required

Photos compliment of Don Hebert.