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Casita Branca

Peral (Near Sao Bras Alportel)

For Sale or holiday let (contact owners for details)

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Casita Branca is one of those rare gems you look for so long and then when you find it --- the relief, no more touring hot countryside with estate agents looking at what they want to sell not what you are interested in!

The house maintains all the charm and character of a typical Portuguese country house with all modern amenities of a new build. Approached by a private drive with electric gates, enter the large car parking area surrounded by over 2,500 square meters of land planted to pepper, cedar, pine, olive, Alfa Robero, jacaranda trees. Arrive at a large terrace with swimming pool, loungers and umbrellas - you will need the shade!

Enter the house via double French doors into the lounge with wood burner, delightful ceramic tiles all windows double glazed with K-glass technology. A large and airy hall off the lounge, forms the link to kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms. The kitchen blends old with new seamlessly; soft close doors and draws, Whirlpool appliances ceramic hob look perfect in the frame of the 90cms (yes 3 feet!) thick walls. All the living spaces have been designed to flow easily and make the most of cooling breezes with cross ventilation easily achieved.

The bedroom wing is newly constructed using steel frame and super efficient insulation methods. All 3 bedrooms have their own double French doors allowing access to the pool and sun area's. The en-suite of the master bedroom must be seen to be appreciated from the Victorian slipper bath (imported from England) to the large walk in shower with frosted glass partition, this bathroom is a girls dream.

Quick description;

Price: €450,000 = £375,000 approximately

Bedrooms; 3, 2 with incorporated wardrobes

Bathrooms; 2, one en-suite

Kitchens; 1

Lounges; 1, with log burner

Hallway; 1

Pools; 1 33.19 square meters (8.50 x 3.90)

Terraces; 2 main, one with pan tile cover and pizza oven.

Garages; 1 41.60 square meters, double garage with workshop space, electricity and water

Fireplaces; 1

Heating; under floor

Cooling; A/C pre installed

Services; mains electricity, water, landline telephone available, own waste treatment.

Constriction area; 202 square meters

Total plot size; 2565 square meters = 0.633 acres, 0.256 hectare with many trees, landscaped area around the

house with automatic irrigation.

Construction; main living space, renovated in 2008 - a Portuguese country house, with rendered concrete/stone/brick wall construction under a new, pitched roof with Velux windows. New bedroom extension; steel frame with modern insulation, plasterboard internal finish, rendered outer under new pitched roof.

The house sits on a large south facing plot, with wonderful views of the valley and hills in the distance. Each neighbour has at least as much land as Casita Branca so are close but not that close! Surrounded by trees including olive carob orange plum plus other fruit and nut trees, the effect is to shade as well as providing privacy.

The patio and pool area are ideal for entertaining. From the houses elevated position you have wonderful panoramic views of the surrounding hills. At night the wonders of nature take over as the stars come out. Without any light pollution and generally cloudless skies, the heavens are yours to explore. With plenty of parking, large pool, huge terrace having friends over becomes an easy option.

The main living area of Casita Branca is formed from the restored, 'typical' Algarvian stone built house.

For those who don't know, 'typical' construction means the use of materials locally available; stone; clay; beach sand; tree trunks, locally produced floor and roof tiles usually put together by farmers not builders. The result cold and damp in the winter hot in the summer, poorly ventilated, small windows with poor quality render full of salt, badly painted.

Casita Branca has been totally RESTORED with all the above problems engineered out while keeping the character and quirkiness of the original.

How was this achieved? All the original render was removed (inside and out) and replaced with new fresh salt free render. A reinforced concrete ring main was installed to support the new roof. The old eucalyptus and reed ceiling was replaced by new treated timber rafters, modern insulation, waterproof membrane and roof tiles. New double glazed windows and patio doors installed with low maintenance Upvc. Re-wired and plumbed. New ceramic tiles and new fireplace installed.

The result; a light and airy, dry clean efficient living space which is cool in the summer because of cross ventilation, warm in the winter due to the under floor heating and efficient log burner.

The bedrooms have all the efficiencies of new build construction.

The bedrooms and en-suite are made from super efficient steel frame construction which is strong, clean, dry, hard wearing and low maintenance. Again low heat loss double glazed window and door units allow in lots of light and give good ventilation, fly screens throughout keep living spaces 'bug free'!

Floor plan.

If you look at the FLOOR PLAN, you will see a 3 bedroom house, kitchen/dining, large hall, lounge, 2 bathrooms (one en-suite). What you will not see is how practical the living space is and how it flows through the open plan space created by large archways and wide corridors. Nor will you experience the cool decor, the waft of wild herbs on the breeze, the cool of the pool as you plunge into the azure water. to do this you MUST visit with us, you're welcome anytime.

Land and 'extras'.

The house sits on just under 3000 square meters of land, mostly laid to shade, orange and lemon trees, with formal landscaping near the house/pool which has automatic irrigation. By the house is a large terrace/sunbathing/eating area of about 50 square meters, a second area with a covered section provides an area ideal for BBQ and entertaining, this area has a built in wood burning pizza/bread oven.

A large garage - 41square meters provides ample car storage as well as workshop and general storage. A water storage and pump are located in the garage to provide for those time when water pressure is poor, especially through the summer.

Contact information;

Telephone; PORTUGAL- 00351 967190218

UK - 0044 (0)7973 730 331

Email; slbooth222@hotmail.co.uk

Skype; - stevelbooth

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