Ixora reviews?

[sherban]

We are getting close to Villa "reservation time" for a summer visit to STJ. It is looking like a late June or early July visit with two couples and maybe one single adult too. I've done a ton of Villa and location reserach already and have this narrowed down to less than 5 Villas...Ixora is one of them but I can't find any reviews!

Who has personal experience staying at Ixora?

http://www.caribbeanvilla.com/ixora/ixora.html

Would appreciate any inputs on this villa, thanks!

[RickG]

Ignoring the specifics of your request, we spoke with a rep from CV that stayed there in 2003. She was taunting me because we were in the villa that week that she wanted. She said it was nice, but nothing to crow about; it needed updating - something to ask about.

The placement is pretty good for that side of things, with some later afternoon sun, which is unusal. One problem is that it is at the intersection of Centerline and North Shore Roads, with a good bit of traffic. But, you can walk to the Smoothie Truck!

Cheers, RickG

[mark & susan]

We visited the house a year or two ago, and marked it as a great house for a larger group or a trip with the kids.

We like the location, in fact stay next door at Bayview. While it is at the intersection of the north shore and centerline the house is well above the road.

The only traffic noise that we noticed next door was large trucks headed down into Coral bay. We did not notice the need for updating, but I guess that could be accurate, after all we were just there 15 minutes.

The pool is also quite large for STJ.

[sherban]

Thanks Rick and Mark, appreciate your comments.

...surely someone has stayed here recently...No?

[mark & susan]

Sherban -

I sent you a PM with additional info that you might find of interest.