3 Nirvana is arguably the pick of this tightly held complex of eight, positioned at the end of a quiet cul de sac on Little Reef Street, one of only two villas with a front-row address on the Four Mile Beach foreshore reserve. With a lock-up garage, several covered outdoor spaces, and upgrades throughout finished with real style and care, this is a property that stands apart from anything else in the complex and anything at this price point in Port Douglas.

Nirvana was architecturally designed around the tropical environment, and it shows. The trade winds enter through strategically placed side louvre windows, recently upgraded to misted glass for privacy and security without sacrificing airflow, and travel through the property before rising through the impressive double-height vaulted ceiling and escaping via a second layer of louvre windows set into the dual roof line above. The result is a naturally tempered interior that rivals even the most prestigious properties in Port Douglas. The bedrooms face the foreshore reserve, drawing in the crisp salt air directly off Four Mile Beach. Air conditioning here is a luxury, not a necessity.

The soaring vaulted ceiling gives the main living space a genuine sense of grandeur, with a double-storey wall of glass flooding the room with natural light and looking directly onto the tropical lagoon-style pool and lush gardens...