Skaya Living is a three-bedroom infinity-pool villa taking shape among the coffee hills of Wayanad, Kerala — built the way the tropics build: terracotta overhead, water at the centre, forest on every side.
The villa wraps around its own water. The double-height living-and-kitchen pavilion anchors the corner of the L, with two bedrooms beside it and a third in the side wing. Every room opens through floor-to-ceiling sliding glass onto a wrapping verandah — and the infinity pool, held in the L's embrace, spills its edge toward Chembra Peak.
Tap or hover the plan — indicative layout, drawn from the build sketch.
Artist's impressions of the finished villa — the L in three dimensions, and the view that will greet you from the verandah, morning and night.
Bali and Wayanad sit a sea apart, yet they build for the same sun and the same rain. Skaya borrows the best instincts of both.
We're building Skaya in the open. The structure stands, the terracotta is on the roof, and the pool is being carved into the laterite. Here's where things are today.
The two wings of the L meet: the gabled living pavilion on the left, the bedroom wing under fresh Mangalore tile on the right.
Seen from the approach — terracotta against the canopy, with the pool court taking shape in the red earth out front.
The villa sits in the green heart of Kerala's hill country. Days here fill themselves.
Wayanad's highest trek, famous for the heart-shaped lake near its summit and tea slopes the whole way up.
India's largest earthen dam — islands scattered across still water, ringed by the Banasura hills.
Stone-age petroglyphs carved into a hilltop cleft; the climb rewards with carvings thousands of years old.
Walk plantations of coffee, pepper and cardamom — the scent that hangs in Wayanad's morning air.
A three-tiered waterfall dropping through evergreen forest, at its thundering best after the rains.
Skaya Living opens in 2026 and will be bookable exclusively on Airbnb. Until the listing goes live, say hello — we'll keep you posted and hold you a place at the front of the queue.