There isn’t another villa in Cabarete quite like this one. Two master bedrooms rather than one — the upstairs master with floor-to-ceiling glass and an ocean view, the ground-floor master with the same full-height glass onto the pool and its own private entrance. A coral accent wall rising two full storeys under a grand chandelier. A large rooftop terrace, imported furniture and finishes throughout, and a two-minute walk to the sand. Listed at $350,000 USD fully furnished — over $100,000 below what comparable villas in Cabarete are selling for.

The villa

Four bedrooms, four bathrooms, fully furnished throughout in imported high-end furniture and finishes. The living room and kitchen are a single open space, and the large sliders along the back wall open it directly onto the pool and the outdoor living area.

The two masters are what set it apart. Upstairs, floor-to-ceiling glass frames the ocean — it’s the first thing you see from the bed. On the ground floor, a second master has the same full-height windows looking over the pool and the garden, an en-suite half bath, and no stairs to reach it.

Inside, a coral accent wall rises from the ground floor the full height of the house to the second-floor ceiling, lit by hand-crafted coral accent lighting, with a grand chandelier hanging in the double-height volume alongside it. It’s the feature people photograph first.

Above, a large rooftop terrace. Below, a mature garden with established trees and warm lighting through the palms after dark.

Two masters, one on each floor

This is the feature that decides it for most buyers who see the villa, and it’s the reason there’s no direct equivalent on the market here. A four-bedroom house with one master and three secondary bedrooms serves one couple well and everyone else adequately. Two masters serves two couples equally — and the ground-floor one, with its own entrance, serves them independently.

Upstairs, the master runs to floor-to-ceiling glass with the ocean beyond it. You see the water from the bed, and the height of the glazing means the view fills the room rather than sitting in a frame on the wall.

On the ground floor, the second master has the same full-height treatment, looking over the pool and the garden, with an en-suite half bath. No stairs to reach it — which matters more than it sounds to buyers thinking about the next twenty years, and to guests arriving with luggage.

A one-of-a-kind villa, priced below the market

The clearest thing about this villa is the number. At $350,000 fully furnished, it sits over $100,000 below the prices comparable four-bedroom villas in Cabarete are selling for — based on closed sales, not list prices.

That gap is larger than it first appears, because the price includes things a comparable listing usually doesn’t. Furnishing a four-bedroom villa to an imported standard is a substantial cost on its own. Both are already here and already paid for, which widens the difference between this and an unfurnished villa at a higher price.

We’ll walk you through the specific closed sales when you enquire, so you can see exactly where this sits in the market.

Second line, and why that’s the smart position

The villa is one street back from the oceanfront row, and the walk to the sand takes two minutes. That’s close enough that the distinction is about the building rather than the beach.

Front-row properties take the full force of salt-laden air. Second line takes considerably less, which shows in maintenance costs, in how finishes age, and in how often exterior metalwork and glazing need attention. You also get a quieter setting, more privacy, and better value per square metre — for a walk you’d make barefoot.

Five minutes by car puts you in the centre of Cabarete: the restaurants, the beachfront strip, the supermarkets, and the bay that made the town the Caribbean’s kiteboarding capital. Playa Encuentro, the North Coast’s most consistent surf break, is minutes further east.

Turnkey, and genuinely so

Fully furnished is a phrase that covers a wide range. Here it means imported, high-end furniture and finishes throughout, chosen as a whole rather than assembled from what was available.

Every bedroom and the living room has its own inverter air conditioning unit. Inverter units vary compressor speed instead of switching on and off, and they can cut cooling costs by up to half against conventional air conditioning — which matters a great deal in a country where electricity is expensive and cooling is the biggest line on the bill.

The kitchen is fully equipped — dishwasher, fridge, stove, microwave — and there’s a space-saving 2-in-1 washer and dryer. For a buyer arriving from North America or Europe, that removes the hardest part of a Caribbean purchase: sourcing furniture locally, coordinating deliveries, and managing a fit-out from another time zone.

Cabarete

The Ministry of Tourism named Cabarete the Surf and Wind capital of the Dominican Republic. The bay is one of the few places where a reef flattens the water while a reliable afternoon trade wind builds over it, which made the town the Caribbean’s kiteboarding and wing-foiling centre — and gave it something rarer than tourism: visitors twelve months a year rather than four.

The practical effect for an owner is a town with a real economy. Restaurants that stay open, services that operate year-round, and a resident community rather than a seasonal one. Sosúa is ten minutes west with the sheltered swimming bay, the international schools and the hospitals. Puerto Plata International is about 25 minutes, with direct flights from across North America and Europe.

For more on the area, see our guides to Cabarete properties and Encuentro Beach.

Details, inclusions and pricing are accurate as of the publication date and subject to change or prior sale.