There’s no denying that an on stilts, over-water hideaway is the first thing many people picture when they think of the Indian Ocean paradise of the Maldives. Stretching out into the calm, sparkling ...

I can understand why overwater villas are so popular. It feels like you’re living in a postcard. You wake up in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora or the Maldives, with the ocean as your front yard.