Juliettes Interiors Ltd

Home Improvement Professionals , Furniture & Accessories
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Juliettes Interiors Ltd
7 Reviews

Luxury or Delusion?

It may sound easy to rent a luxury purpose-built villa, but the truth is it's really not that simple. For property owners wishing to venture into this market there's very little information on how to achieve the perfect purpose-built property. Many owners advertise their rental properties as 'luxury' and although the property may very well be luxurious as a private residence, there are many differences between the two. They should reconsider many things before designing a rental property purpose-built for the high-end luxury market. This luxury property in Portugal has all the right design elements to enjoy a truly luxurious experience.

Project Year: 2016
Country: United Kingdom
My search for a luxury property often dictates which country I visit and whether I stay in a hotel or villa. From Europe to the Middle East, my travels throughout the world have taken me to many outstanding properties in amazing locations but once inside, the interiors and layouts leave a lot to be...
Luxury or Delusion?
There are many fabulous properties that from the outside give the promise of a luxurious interior. But almost always on closer inspection the interior architecture and decoration disappoints. Deficiencies in the design and furnishings are apparent from the outset.
Interior Architecture
Many will have experienced the normal arrival rush of who is taking which bedroom, and the consequences of that often lead to guests or family members feeling downgraded. Individuals are assigned to inappropriately sized rooms, being too small or too large for their personal needs. Further down the...
Which Bedroom's Yours?
Communal areas could include a well thought-out library with a good selection of books for holiday reading, DVDs and a large television for convivial viewing. Add a separate living area, with plenty of comfortable seating provided in a sociable arrangement around a central coffee table, with double...
Luxurious Communal Areas
Many luxury rental properties are used for business purposes and entertaining but they really are most unsuitable. It'll be unlikely the facilities are arranged for business use. A large formal dining room with a table that seats twelve may be there to use as a temporary boardroom but that's where...
Entertaining
Accounting for guest numbers has always been an issue in my experience. Most luxury rental properties are on the large side, but many do not factor in the right amount of sun loungers and parasols, or even provide a large enough terrace needed for guests and visitors when entertaining. Allowing for...
Guest Numbers
A supply of beautiful tableware, cutlery and glassware suitable for both indoor and outdoor entertaining needs should be provided. High quality plasticware, that actually looks like glass, can be safely used outside; broken glass in the pool can be a nightmare, for children in particularly. Provide...
Al Fresco Dining
Along with an attractive terrace, a professionally designed landscaped garden is essential, particularly for properties in warmer climates, as outdoor living is the norm. Provide a simple and easy-to-maintain design with well-manicured flora. Develop a quiet area with a bench and cushion for...
Manicured Gardens
Adding shallow large steps leading into the pool for the elderly or children is both considerate and vital. Having access from the pool area to a bathroom with double french doors on the ground floor bedroom, perhaps next to the kitchen, makes life easy for both infants and less mobile guests not...
Thoughtful Pools
Guests will require plenty of sun shading with awnings and parasols which will provide cool areas in hot climes. Top quality garden furniture, cushions and parasols need to be regularly replaced. There are many so-called 'luxury' villas still using cheap white plastic sun loungers, tables and...
Bring the Indoors out
Ensuring the maintenance and management of a property is done by professionals is particularly important. Maids and housekeepers must work to a detailed brief and are encouraged to be proactive in the maintenance of the property, ensuring they have authority to report the smallest of items needing...
Keep It Up
hese photos are of a luxury rental property where I recently stayed, Villa Vermonte in the Algarve. It was developed specifically for the luxury rental market by an architect who specialises in classical architecture and owns a practice called Concepes in Loulé, Portugal. Built in 2002 using both...
A Genuine Luxury Rental Property