Colibri Hill Resort Located in an area known as ‘Sandy Bay’ and about half-way between Utila Town Center (0.45 miles [0.73 km]) and the Utila Public Beach (0.34 miles [0.54 km]), both within easy walking distance, this 3 story Hotel with 8 Bedrooms and 2 Apartments sits on a 0.34 Acre [1‚370.89 sq m] lot and features one of the few swimming pools in Utila. The property is offered for sale with all equipment, tools, furnishings, and linens.

viewed at night The property is entered from the concrete paved private cul-de-sac pathway off Utila’s Cemetery Road. Municipal 110/220v power supplies the property and fresh water is from a private well constantly feeding a 6‚000 gal [22‚700 L] Water Tower Cistern with shut-off float valve. The Water Tower Cistern supplies the swimming pool via gravity feed and a Red Jacket™ Model 50SRJ 0.5 hp Water Pressure Pump with WellMate™ Model WM0180 47.1 gal 125 psi Pressure Vessel which then supplies the Hotel hot and cold water plumbing with hot water being heated by a Bradford White® 50 gal Hot Water Heater. Waste water is directed to a large 2 Chamber below ground Septic System which extends out under a grassed terrace at the font of the Hotel building. Internet Access is provided by Morgan’s Cable, Utila’s Cable TV and Internet Service Provider. Wireless Internet access is provided throughout the property via a LinkSys® Router. Fixed line telephone services are provided by Hondutel, Honduras’s monopoly fixed line telephone provider who also offer DSL Internet access up to speeds of 2 Mbps. The property is ‘in-zone’ for Claro®, Tigo® and Digicell® cell phone services, Dish Network® and DirectTV® satellite TV services, and Morgan’s Cable TV services. The grounds have been extensively landscaped with planting of lawns amongst a wide variety of tropical plants and fruit trees.

Pathway to Hotel, Pool, and Bar With construction completed in August 2003, this Hotel is built on a 1,440 sq ft [133.78 sq m] reinforced concrete slab with reinforced concrete columns rising to support the 2nd floor of the treated timber framed and weatherboard sided Hotel building. Roofing is Aluzinc™ formed to corrugations with factory applied fade resistant white colored coating. All windows are glazed Jalousie with aluminum inner frames with internal insect screens and venetian blinds. Flooring is treated Honduras Pine (stained and varnished) throughout with the exception of the 1st (ground) floor where non-slip ceramic tile is applied to the concrete slab. All doors are solid wood. Cobbled pathways connect the main entrance, Hotel building, swimming pool, and pool-side bar areas.

all Rooms have 2 double beds The Hotel building comprises 2 Apartments and an Office at the 1st Floor (ground) level. Each Apartment contains a Queen Bed, 3 piece lounge suite, separate bathroom with walk-in ceramic tiled shower enclosure, and a small kitchenette area with Avanti™ Mini-Fridge, 3 Burner propane gas range, and Sharp® Toaster/Microwave Oven. The Office space is partitioned to enclose a small Utilities Room, (plumbing, electrical breakers, lined closet, etc). There are 4, essential identical, Bedrooms on each of the 2nd and 3rd floors. Each Bedroom contains 2 double solid wood framed beds, 3 bedside night stands, open closet space, and an en-suite bathroom with walk-in ceramic tiled shower enclosure. All rooms have Westinghouse™ 36in Ceiling Fans with Integral Lighting, while the 2nd floor rooms also include GE® 5‚200 BTU A/C wall units in each room.

3rd Floor Covered Porch The Hotel building features 3 ft 6in [1 m] wide wooden stairs between the various floors opening on to 8 ft [2.4 m] wide varnished wood porches across the front of the entire 2nd and 3rd floors. Arches between the wooden supporting columns and above the wooden porch railings and varnished wood floors combine with the white exterior walls and stained wood trims to provide the Hotel building with a style reminiscent of Colonial/Mediterranean construction. From the 3rd floor porch are views to the west-south-west across the tree tops to the Caribbean Ocean and Utila’s Lower Lagoons which can offer some spectacular sunsets.

The property is free of any Conditions, Covenants or Restrictions. The property Owner returned to Austria several years ago for personal reasons and has since had a variety of Managers and Lessees operating the Hotel, each with varying levels of Hotelier, business, and marketing skills. The Hotel is advertised on the AboutUtila.com web site and can be found on the Trip Advisor web site.