This elegant home was designed and furnished by artisans with an eye toward classical beauty. Walk in the front door and you will look up sweeping staircases separated by a waterfall. On your left there is a comfortably spacious living room with a full bath and two bedrooms behind it, on your right a fully equipped dining area and kitchen with breakfast bar and everything you need to prepare anything from your morning cup of coffee to a gourmet dinner, and another bedroom behind them.

The two upstairs bedrooms are each master suites accessed separately from their own side of the staircase for complete privacy and separation. Both are luxuriously large, have their own bathrooms, and open onto wide terraces that offer you an expansive view of a jungle covered valley and a peek at the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

Finishing touches in natural wood and creative furnishings are everywhere in the home, including a special cabinet for bottles of beverages, a clay oven outside, and stained-glass accents created by the owner.

While the inside of the home is a study in elegance, the outside is equally impressive. You look across the lap pool and jacuzzi to a vast open valley view. For exercise, bird watching, or forest bathing you have over 55 acres of your own land, with three creeks, jungle, hiking trails and an open area for gardening.

Internet, phone and satellite TV are already installed, and the landscaping, gardens and walking paths are continually being maintained and improved.

For someone who would like to generate income, this property is a good choice. The current owner uses it for a B&B and has a full calendar of bookings. She stays in one of the rooms and her guests use others. However, another approach would be to create one or more comfortable guest cabins that could be rented out. Yet another approach would be to stay in your own guest cabin and rent out the whole main house on a weekly basis for increased profits during high season. With this much usable land, your creativity is unfettered.