Sunset Valley

David Bradley & his lovely wife,
Gudrun Nienaber

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The Owners
The owners of Sunset Valley are David, an Australian and Gudrun, from Germany. David lived and worked as an expatriate in Thailand from 1979 to 1982 with The Coca-Cola Export Corporation and later in Singapore and Malaysia with Carnation Company and Nestle from 1982 through 1987. Gudrun headed up Reuters in Kuala Lumpur from 1996 through 1999. We both individually fell in love with the people, the food, the lifestyle and the country back then.

We met in Australia in 2004 and got married in Bali in 2008 before deciding to move to Malaysia to follow our dreams. We returned by choice to Kuala Lumpur where we lived in our apartment in Mont Kiara under the ‘Malaysia My Second Home’ program.

In November 2011 we purchased Edu-Cat, a Lagoon 500 catamaran and sailed to Langkawi in December that year. We then lived on Edu-Cat until in December 2012 we acquired Sunset Valley on its 5th anniversary from the previous owners, Andre and Ria, who started building Sunset Valley in 2007.

The Houses
Five of the houses at Sunset Valley are original Malay houses that were found on Langkawi Island. The Kampong House (under construction) is about 70 years old, the Field House is about 80, the Forest House is about 90, the Farmer’s House 120 and the magnificent Paddy House is about 180 years old. All of these wonderful old traditional houses were purchased from their owners, removed from their

original sites and re-built here at Sunset Valley by a team of skilled craftsmen. These traditional Malay houses are built in such a way that natural ventilation keeps them remarkably cool during the day and at night.

The Gate House and the Land House were designed by Andre van der Hoff and built by two different teams of professional builders incorporating typical Malay construction techniques, featuring the beautiful hardwood timbers found in Malaysia and high-lighting magnificent craftsmanship.

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An environmentally friendly property
Our goal is to make Sunset Valley as environmentally friendly as possible. We use organic septic tanks on our property and recycle what we can. We provide a large recycling bin for aluminium cans which our staff trade for some pocket money so please use this “Recycling Centre”, located under the Land House, to make sure that your aluminium cans do not end up in land-fill. The water in our beautiful swimming pool is “ionized”, so we need only use minimal chlorine to maintain sparkling hygienically clean water.

Our beautiful gardens and surroundings are designed to allow an ecological balance with the result that there are remarkably few mosquitoes, as our resident geckos and tokays keep them in check. The native trees and flowers attract many birds, squirrels and occasional amazing Asian lemurs that glide from tree to tree. Bird watchers and nature lovers can find much to observe with frogs, monitor lizards, skinks, horn-bills, orioles, azure kingfishers, drongos, white-breasted sea-eagles, brahminy kites, cattle-egrets and many other species frequently spotted here in Sunset Valley.

Sunset Valley is not a hotel with full service facilities. Instead we offer delightful self-catering holiday houses where you can “do your own thing” without interruption. If your stay is for five days or more we will change your towels every 3-4 days and your bed-sheets once a week. We will also thoroughly clean the houses at the end of every rental, and weekly if you stay for one week or longer. In the meantime you will find

cleaning detergents and brushes in or under your houses should you need to use them. If you would like us to clean your house(s) more often, we will do so for a small extra fee.

Location
Langkawi is a beautiful archipelago of 99 islands with many scenic bays and beaches. You can find your own pristine private beach by driving there or on one of the many boat tours on offer. There are plenty of wonderful restaurants and activities you can enjoy to fill your days, some of which you really should not miss. Please talk to us for ideas and/or bookings. We are happy to help.

Our delightful private and spectacular location right in the centre of the island over-looking the rice paddies and the beautiful mountains beyond provides an abundance of wonderful wild-life and sensational serenity, not to mention brilliant sun-sets!