The Cinnamon Heights Estate was created for lovers of nature, peace, and privacy who want to live in paradise – without the headache of managing their property by themselves and without depending on local "friends" or employees.
A paradise is very hard to find these days. Cinnamon Heights, a long abandoned tea and cinnamon plantation, is one!
This picturesque hill with a grand view is located off the beaten tracks in a rural area where you'll enjoy the original Sri Lanka, its lush nature and its people - today as well as in 20 years.
In our area there will never be high rises, dense population, discos or factories.
At the same time you can quickly reach Galle (35 min.) where, in the Galle Fort, you'll find a wide choice of restaurants, even some sophisticated ones. In Galle you can also find large supermarkets, importers of western food specialities, and your basic supply of medical services.
Every once in a while you'll go to Colombo (120 min) for shopping, to visit sophisticated hang-outs and restaurants. There you also find western standard medical services (very affordable private hospitals, immediate service).
In Hikkaduwa beach, 20 minutes from your house, you can enjoy several kilometres of sandy beach for walks, surfing, swimming or beach restaurant hopping.
If you love walking, there are plenty of remote areas and plantation just around the corner of Cinnamon Heights Estate where you can hike without seeing any (!) tourist, neither foreign nor local, but meet the most friendly people in the world.
However, you'll spend most of your time "at home", because it beats all other options: there is a constant breeze, the spectacular 10 km view, your refreshing pool, the birds, your comfortable house, the enchanting mist underneath your land in the early mornings, and the spectacular sunsets.
You and your guests will love the daily sightings of monkeys (shy, not aggressive) jumping from tree to tree and the wild peacock spreading its tail. There are parrots and hornbills, and higher up you'll see brahminy kites and occasionally sea-eagles. Close to sunset, dozens of white herons pass our hill, flying in formation. Yes, it's paradise.
We invite you to inspect the villa of Akeem Schwarze, the German gentleman who created the concept of Cinnamon Heights Estate. This building proves that intelligent architecture can provide a house that's constantly cool - without ever running the AC. You can sit comfortably on your couch and enjoy the spectacle of a tropical monsoon storm outside through panoramic windows.
This house exemplifies dozens of smart (some nowhere else seen in Sri Lanka!) design details that enable you to live a very comforatable, uncompromising western lifestyle with as little energy consumption as possible.
Here - like in your future house - form follows function and looks great at the same time!
After living over 20 years in Sri Lanka and having studied well over 150 villas in the country, Akeem has built four houses on this hill and knows from experience what can be done how. Before hiring an external architect, you might consult him regarding your architectural ideas and your intended lifestyle. You'll definitely get a better picture of what features your future house should have and which ideas would be counterproductive.
If you should fancy "crazy ideas" like incorporating huge boulders into your house or having a decorative mud pond with big bubbles in your garden, you guys will become friends soon.
Which ever route you select, you'll get a dream home full of all the important details that make your life comfortable under our unique conditions. Details make all the difference in the tropics! Your house will not only look good - it will also work.
Your property will be safe and be taken care of be professionals all around the year. You don't needs local friends to manage your property. You get professionals to do it.
We have recently completed a staff house where we intend to accomodate a couple permanently working as handyman/gardener and cook/cleaning lady in the near future - or to be more precise: we'll start hiring the moment the construction of the next villa begins.
The kitchen is spacious enough for 4 people to work in it and cater for up to nine households.
The outside verandah allows 8 - 12 people to be seated for meals under a roof.
Cinnamon Heights Estate is a gated community exclusively for those who want to enjoy an undisturbed life. Here you will find neighbours who enjoy a quiet life in the middle of a green paradise. There is no road disturbing you, no disco, no busy hotel, no neighbours with barking dogs, annoying TV noise next door etc.
All owners agree to certain rules which, for instance, ensure that your view will not be spoiled by future construction or huge trees on the wrong spot.
You can be sure that your paradise stays a paradise forever!
When you visit Cinnamon Heights Estate you'll immediately understand the exclusivity that expects you here.
This is a place for special people who want to experience something different from shiny high-rises. They want to enjoy the greatest luxury available today: peace and privacy.
You'll live in an area with very, very low crime! Everbody knows everybody, and it's practically impossible to come and escape undetected.
The local neighbours look out for each other and also for us.
Nevertheless, there is security personell to make sure that nothing will happen to you, your beloved ones, and your property.
Cinnamon Heights Estate is an idea of professionals who have been in the real estate business in Sri Lanka and Germany for over 20 years. The concept of the gated community and the design of the houses are the result of many years of experience with the facts of life in Sri Lanka: the climate, the mentality, the material available.
Cinnamon Heights Estate was a purposeful and conscious decision against a beach front development.
Beach means noise, high maintenance, unforseeable development in the neighbourhood and enormous costs. The developers of Cinnamon Heights Estate wanted to be sure that their little paradise will be as enchanting in 20 years as it is today - without ever creating a headache.
Under the umbrella of their company Kandumana Development (PVT) LTD, they bought 32,000 m² (= 8 acres) of picturesque hill land, built a motorable road, set up their own water supply system and got electricity to the site.
Kandumana Development (PVT) LTD is the company responsible for the infrastructure of Cinnamon Heights Estate as well as (if the investor requires so) for the management of the construction of the individual houses. In addition Kandumana Development (PVT) LTD manages Cinnamon Heights Estate and provides all services.
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