ナポリ中心部とビーチから3マイルの改装された広々としたヴィラ

I stayed in Naples in 2008 when I was undertaking some commercial flight training at Naples Airport. I fell in love with Naples, and in particular, Kings Lake, sold our property in the Auvergne region of France and began looking to buy in Naples, Florida. We waited a long time to find a property in the inner circle of the Woodlands (just 15 houses) and after a direct mailshot placed in everyone's mailbox, we finally found what we were looking for. The house has undergone a full remodel in the last few years.

I live in Manchester, England and am now the MD of a retail company and owner of Flightnews Limited. I also work freelance as a business coach. Marie is a French teacher at a local High School. Dan recently completed his degree at Oxford University and now has a key role in the family business and Charlotte has recently completed her English degree at Newcastle University and is working in Influencer Marketing

Finding the right home is difficult. We must have looked at hundreds before we made our minds up and we got to know the property market really well. We chose Kings Lake because we loved the individuality of each house and the wide open spaces between the properties. We specifically chose the Woodlands because it is what it says on the tin: Huge trees and established shrubs and foliage make this a very desirable area. The private access to the actual woodlands directly from the back yard, and the gorgeous tropical pool were a real attraction too.

We have remodeled this property to a high specification. We spent hours trawling through design magazines and enlisted the support of Interior Designer Julie from Julian's Interiors of Marco Island. She gave us some great ideas on how to achieve the effect we wanted. We enjoy open plan living where the kitchen and living area come together. With this in mind we commissioned Yorkvale kitchens in England to design and build a custom, shaker style kitchen that would become the focus of the house. It took us twelve months from design to build, shipping and installation. The kitchen is now in place and with the pompeii quartz countertops, we love what they have created.

After years of looking for the ideal home in Naples, I knew when I walked through the back yard into the private Woodlands at the bottom, that I'd found a real gem. There are three and four bedroom homes with a smaller footprint than our house but because our property is two bedrooms, it offers a real sense of open space. The master bedroom suite is enormous. With four in our family, this is just perfect for us. We don't have a pool and that suits us perfectly: When our friends come over with their young children we can feel totally at ease. And the benefit of having a beautiful tropical heated pool just ten strides from the bottom of our yard is just fantastic. Especially since hardly anybody ever uses it!

We've added some great features to give the house some real style: The cathedral ceilings in the lounge now have four skylights in 9ft tunnels to bring the Florida light into the living room. The unique smooth, stained, marble effect concrete flooring helps keep the house cool and is a great design feature too. We've worked hard to create a really nice outdoor space with travertine tiling and in ground remote controlled full spectrum mood lighting. With the patio sliders fully retracted, inside and outside living come together just as we wanted.