Bella Vista 3 | Elevated Luxury With Breathtaking Views

Bella Vista III is a newly completed single level residence set high on the Escaleras ridge above Playa Dominicalito, oriented west to the Pacific and the coastline running north toward Manuel Antonio. Escaleras offers what most of this coast cannot: real elevation, constant ocean breeze, and an uninterrupted sightline to open water.

An open plan great room joins kitchen, dining, and living beneath a single volume, opening along the western wall to a covered terrace and a tiled infinity edge pool. The kitchen centers on a generous island. The primary suite sits at the far end of the plan for quiet, opening to the pool terrace and flowing through a walk through closet into a spa scaled bath with freestanding soaking tub. Two guest bedrooms occupy a separate wing across the courtyard, each with private closet and terrace access. Covered outdoor living wraps the pool on two sides.

The home was built by Ben Morris and his Paradise Homes Costa Rica team. Morris is a landscape architect by training, evident in how the residence sits into the ridge rather than on top of it and in a floor plan where every principal room earns its view. Paradise Homes built all of Bella Vista Estates, a gated community of just seven residences with a full time caretaker living onsite, which for an owner splitting time between countries keeps the property maintained and ready year round.

The lower level has been constructed as a shell and fully plumbed and roughed in for expansion. That infrastructure is already in the ground, allowing the next owner to add two or three bedrooms, a gym and wellness suite, or a fully self contained apartment with independent entry for family or rental income, without permits, excavation, or an eighteen month build cycle.

Every element of the plan is organized around the pool courtyard. The infinity edge pool runs the length of the terrace with a built in bench at the shallow end, deep enough for laps and shallow enough to sit in for an afternoon. Sliding walls of glass retract along the great room so the interior and the terrace become one continuous space, and the roof overhangs are drawn deep enough to keep both shaded through the middle of the day and dry through green season. A dedicated laundry and service area sits discreetly off the kitchen, and a covered garage connects directly into the home. All three bedrooms carry full walk in closets, and all principal rooms open to either the pool terrace or the guest terrace. Because the entire main level sits on a single plane, the house lives easily at any age and shows beautifully at any hour.

New construction, sunset orientation, gated security, and built in expansion capacity rarely appear together in Escaleras, and homes of this caliber on this ridge tend to trade quickly and quietly. Bella Vista III is offered furnished and move in ready, with the lower level available to build as the next owner sees fit. Private showings by appointment.