7h-2 Carolina, Coral Bay, St. John, USVI 00830

'Ixora' is the perfect house in a perfect location! Enjoy the best of indoor/outdoor living with bright and airy great room leading to a huge pool and deck with shady gazebo. Bedrooms are located in two pods so offer privacy for several couples. Buyer to honor rental reservations. "Ixora" is more than 1000 feet above the Caribbean with constant cooling breezes and fantastic sun and moon rises. The view overlooks Coral Bay, Hurricane Hole, and Norman, Peter, Salt and other islands in the B.V.I's, while the lush forests of Bordeaux Mountain dominate the views to the south and southwest. Ixora is surrounded by beautiful tropical landscaping and fruit trees including Papaya, banana, limes and coconut. Maho and Leinster beaches,in the National Park are an easy 4-7 minute drive. Cruz Bay is a 15-minute drive and Coral Bay is a 5-10 minute drive. New doors, windows and gutters have been recently added as well a new footings and supports under the decks.Ixora is a spacious, 5-bedroom Caribbean home with three masonry buildings that are connected by a 60 foot pool and a large sun deck, plus tiled walkways and garden patios. The bedrooms are in the two buildings on both ends of the pool, with the living, dining and kitchen areas in the great house, midway between the bedroom wings. The east bedroom wing contains a master bedroom/bath on the ground level, and two more bedrooms that share a bath on the upper level. The west bedroom wing contains another master bedroom and bath plus a guest bedroom and bath, both on the ground level. One of the largest private pools on St. John is surrounded by tiled decks with cable railings designed to preserve the view and to provide child safety. The hot tub is located in the patio off the west wing.The spacious living and dining rooms and the kitchen in the great house have an atmosphere of comfortable tropical elegance with terra cotta tiled floors, cathedral ceilings with exposed cedar beams, ceiling fans, rich mahogany interior cabinetry, indirect valance lighting and 14 varnished mahogany French doors. Ixora was owned by the late Stephen E. Ambrose, famous American historian and author. Plans available for a guest house.