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Start your new life in the sun with this beautiful country house in an excellent location in Southern Alentejo. Sold furnished and equipped, the property has been well maintained and in its 7th year of earning 5-star reviews from summer rentals. Great top-up income!
This property offers many possibilities as it also has an annex complete with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room and kitchen. You can live in one house and rent the other, have one house as additional family accommodation or for your occasional guests or perhaps combine the two to make one B&B style business.
Enjoy amazing Alentejo views from this unique, private, rural, but not isolated, traditional restored “Monte” (3 bed + adjoining 3 bed).
The house sits atop its own hill with fully fenced 4.42 hectares (10.9 Acres) of grazing land, about 75 olive trees, cork and holm oak trees.
Many nationalities have settled in this sought after area drawn to a slower pace of life in a truly beautiful, peaceful place to live surrounded by nature. Clean air and dark skies at night make this location a stargazers’ paradise. A wonderful area for walking, mountain biking, fishing, birdwatching. Digital distance workers benefit from excellent available mobile data coverage.
These traditional charming houses, with thick walls and high vaulted ceilings, were built to stay cool in summer. Plenty of space for outdoor living with an expansive patio, built in barbeque and 9m x 5m kidney shaped pool.
Central heating throughout via a Swiss-style log burner keeps the houses cosy through the short Portuguese winters. Insulated roofing. Double glazing. Two of the bedrooms have air conditioners/heaters. There are 3 boreholes, 2 water wells, 2 septic tanks as well as 2 storage sheds and a pool pump room. A fully shelved room inside provides further storage. Shaded parking for two cars and additional parking for 8/10 cars.
10 mins drive to Ourique town amenities, 1 hour to Faro airport/Algarve shopping/beaches, 1 hour to West Coast beaches, 1 hour 45 to Lisbon. Funcheira rail station is 20 mins drive with good links to Lisbon/Porto, Algarve.
Ourique, although a small town, has a post office, banks, a health centre, dentist, primary and secondary schools, library, fire and police stations, good supermarkets, restaurants, a cinema, swimming pool and a football stadium. There are fitness activities available at the community centre. Tennis courts are in the next town as well as a hospital.
Come and see this amazing property for yourself!
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