Villa Blue Vista

ABOUT VILLA BLUE VISTA

A quick getaway vacation with his wife two years ago to the island of Providenciales turned into a complete lifestyle change for this Chicago developer and his family, trading the harsh Chicago winters for the island lifestyle in Turks and Caicos.

Villa Blue Vista is the culmination of a two-year long labor of love to bring this Chicago real estate developer’s dreams of creating a home for his family to an untamed landscape overlooking the sea in the Turtle Tail neighborhood on the south side of Providenciales colloquially known as Provo.

In order to bring his stateside vision of what paradise should be, Mark Sutherland enlisted his Chicago architect, Brian Milbury of Milbury Architects, Ltd. to reimagine what a modern island home should look like. Milbury Architects is a boutique architecture firm specializing in custom homes throughout the US and the Caribbean. Offset and quite different from the typical Caribbean architectural styles encountered in the area, the design thread throughout is one of clean lines and a consistent color pallet where both the ocean and natural light become the center of attention.

This 6 bedroom, 6.5 bath villa home boasts shaded clear story windows in every room to allow for the ocean breezes to naturally cool the interiors,
blending indoor and outdoor living seamlessly with a 100’ long cantilevered roof over the 2,600 square foot pool deck, infinity edge solar heated pool and outdoor kitchen and fireplace.

Villa Blue Vista offers unparalleled ocean views from every room. With over 4000 sf of interior space, the main house includes a master suite, walk in closet and an en suite bath with both an indoor and outdoor shower. There are two additional bedrooms, and a separate private office with a queen size pull-out for guests and another private bath. The home has fourteen and a half foot ceilings throughout, a large living room with a fully opening glass wall that hides in a pocket to the ocean and a gourmet kitchen. The separate guest house has its own entrance, luxury living room, dining room and kitchen, as well as a master suite, and a second bedroom with another bathroom, all with ocean views. Both the main house and the guest house have modern open floor plans with sleek interior and exterior design elements and furnishings.

The home has over 700 cubic yards of concrete in it and weighs well over 3,000,000 pounds. It hasn’t seen a hurricane yet, but it was designed to withstand both a category 5 hurricane and a significant seismic event as well.

It’s a short walk down the stairs from both the main house and the guest house to the 150’ long tiled boardwalk along the water’s edge where there are stairs to easily access the knee deep calm turquoise ocean. There’s an outdoor shower, a day bed, and a kayak shack with its 4 kayaks and 2 stand up paddle boards.

Building on an island that requires sensitivity to hurricane codes and in particular, a small island that does not produce any building products locally, proved to be a greater and far more costly endeavor than the owner anticipated. Freight costs of 10-20% of building material prices in the states along with duty for another 37.5% of costs in the states meant building costs were far more anticipated. But in the end, this Chicago developer used to construction costs and techniques in the US, the trials and tribulations of building in this island paradise paid off. And, since he is now spending more time in this idyllic paradise, and he’s sold on island life, he is planning on doing more development in Providenciales.