¡Que Brava! is a modern architectural home designed by renowned architect Martin Wells, set within the gated community of Costa Verde Estates in Escaleras. Built of steel, concrete, and glass, it's suspended above the jungle canopy with sweeping views of the Pacific, endless rainforest ridgelines, and the whale's-tail sandbar at Marino Ballena National Park — framed by year-round sunsets. A dramatic steel pivot door sets the tone at the entry, opening onto eleven-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling glass that surround a Dekton-clad kitchen, dining, and living area flowing straight out to the pool deck.
The saltwater infinity-edge pool is finished in Balinese Sukabumi tile set into lava stone, alongside a stainless Viking outdoor kitchen and an open-air spa retreat with a rain shower and cantilevered Balinese stone tub. Upstairs, four bedrooms rise above the canopy: the primary suite has a lava-stone double rain shower with 180-degree views and a private patio, a junior primary opens to a travertine terrace overlooking the Whale Tail, and two guest rooms share a bath.
The property runs largely off-grid by choice — solar panels with battery backup, solar-heated water, and a five-stage filtration and UV purification system — with fiber internet, 24-hour gated entry with a staffed guardhouse, and full-time property management. Costa Verde Estates residents also have access to a helipad, Vista Pacifica Park, and a fitness and tennis center. Minutes from Dominical and Uvita, but built to feel entirely apart from both. This is a finished, move-in-ready home — reach out and I can arrange a walkthrough or send the video tour.
Community dues are charged annually and cover the 24-hour guarded gate, the fitness center, tennis court (lined for pickleball), the ocean-view park and pavilion, and the helipad. They also cover all common-area landscaping and full maintenance of the internal roads twice a year, which keeps them the best-kept in the zone. Water is the unusual part: supply comes through the Puerto Nuevo ASADA, but the community maintains and manages the system itself, with its own on-site staff — which buys faster service and maintenance that actually stays current. See the water, access and title guide for why that matters here.
