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Situated six kilometres from the Historic Alentejo town of Ourique and close to the Barragem Monte de Rocha where a golf complex is planned, presenting an ideal investment opportunity.
Built under constant supervision for an English Couple this unique property was finished in September 2002. It sits in a quiet pastoral valley setting surrounded by Olive trees with further planting of fruit trees, Nesperé, apple, pear, cherry, apricot, peach, nectarine, pomegranate, fig and citrus, also Periquita grape vines from which the first production was taken in Autumn 2004. It also has the only bowling green in the district. Further horticultural areas have been developed by the current owners with a partly walled garden producing good crops of potatoes, soft fruit, and vegetables including asparagus beds, salad and excellent sweet potatoes. A new 15,000 litre cisterna and fully automated irrigation system was installed during the summer of 2004. Ducks and rare breed chicken are also being reared for egg and meat production. The garden and surrounding area is a haven for wild birds and flowers.
The property has a state of the art Solar electricity generating system with a tracker unit for the panels ensuring maximum capacity. A new 2500Amp/h 48 volt battery bank was installed in 2004 together with a 7KW inverter converting the power to mains voltage. There is also a back up Generator. The property benefits from a bore hole supplying water, with the house supply treated through a filter/softener which was also installed new in 2004. While the outside of the house blends with the local Alentejo architecture the inside echoes Swedish or Danish homes with a high timbered ceiling and galleried mezzanine level providing ample wall space for works of art.
There is a master bedroom with en-suite shower room and double doors leading out to a terrace. There is a further bathroom and a separate sitting room with open fire on the ground floor together with the main living room with Danish wood burning stove. A walk in cupboard under the stairs provides extra storage space. Double doors lead out to a side terrace. The kitchen has modern fitted oak cupboards and Granite work surfaces, a gas hob and fan assisted gas oven.
On the mezzanine level there is ample storage areas under the eaves while the main area is a bedroom with the double bed located under the eaves when not in use when the space serves as a dance studio. Lovely valley views are afforded from here with storks in the near distance rearing their family.
There is an attached annexe comprising a studio bedroom with en-suite bathroom with shower, and its own terrace overlooking the garden. A doorway through to the house via the sitting room could easily be made to bring this room into the main accommodation.
The house and annexe benefit from connection to Sky satellite and Portuguese television. Telephone service is connected to the house.
Outside a large modern barn provides ample tractor and implement storage areas, also incorporating a chicken house and pigeon loft. This building was constructed in 2004 with care over design and materials to blend with the house. To the side of this is the original small Monte currently providing two storage rooms and the adjoining control room and battery area for the electricity system while a roofed terrace on the front provides penning for pedigree Bengal cats.
The house is approached over a rural road which is 500 metres from the N123 which leads West towards Garvao and the Atlantic coast. The motorway junction for the A2 leading north to Lisbon or south to the Algarve is approximately ten minutes drive, with the older but recently improved IC1road accessed at Ourique.
The towns of Castro Verde and Beja provide the larger supermarkets for shopping while Ourique has smaller supermarkets, banks, a pharmacy, druggaria, animal feed store, builder?s merchants and various other shops and numerous cafes and restaurants. A new supermarket and shopping complex is soon to be completed on the N123 leaving Ourique. |
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| Price |
305,522 GBP (Freehold) [445,000 EUR] |
| Property type |
Farmhouse, 1 Unit Available, Re-Sale |
| Outdoor features |
Off Road Parking, Garden, Garage, Terrace/Patio, Balcony |
| Property features |
Fireplace |
| Rooms |
1 Office, 1 Ensuite, 1 Bathroom, 1 Kitchen, 1 Cloakroom/WC, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Receptions |
| Address |
Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal, Europe, 7670-286 |
| Location type |
Rural |
| Name: | MR Prudência |
| Company name | Mediourique | | Telephone: | +351 286 512062 (Office hours) |
| Alt Telephone: | +351 968 128584 (24 hours) |
| Fax: | +351 286 512062 (24 hours) |
| Email: | Click here to email the advertiser direct |
| Ref: | REF 039 |
| Website |
http://www.mediourique.com |
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