Charming Cortijo with Snow and sea views €230,000

This lovely property renovated a few years ago is filed with charm and character. All windows were replaced with wooden frames and double glazed panes with reclaimed antique rejas. The flooring throughout in the traditional style terracotta. The entrance door leads from the covered porch into the farmhouse style kitchen with fireplace, plenty of space for a table and chairs and dual aspect views. Through a door to a passageway again with lovely flooring, there is a double bedroom with a window to the front of the property with South facing views of the almond filled hillsides and towards the coast. Further along the passage is the sitting room with traditional style chimney with shelving and an open fireplace, two windows to the front. Also on the ground floor another large double bedrooom with built in storage cupboard and an en suite bathroom. (Currently used as another sitting room).

Stairs lead up to the master bedroom with its own en suite, doors out to a covered and an open terrace affording views to the sea and the the Sierra Nevada Mountain which is snow capped in the winter. 

Outside there is two hectares of secano land planted with almonds, grapes and figs. There is an alberca that with some work could be used as a plunge pool. Also there is an ermita with its gated entrance, above which there is a storage room housing the central heating boiler and oil storage tank. A gated Andalucian style patio with its high walls, an ideal place for relaxing, eating and sunbathing and being sheltered from the wind.

Services

Mains water is connected. Electricity supplied by a solar panel system. Oil fired central heating. Gas water heater.

Location

Sierra de la Contraviesa and its villages. The Sierra de la Contraviesa or historically Sierra del Cehel is a formation that runs parallel to the Sierra Nevada between the Guadalfeo River and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, forming part of the Alpujarra, specifically, the Lower Alpujarra, in the province of Granada. Around a 20 minute drive to Orgiva the Capital of the Alpujarras, the same to Cadiar and around half an hour to the coast at La Mamola. The historic city of Granada is around a one and a half hour drive. Malaga airport around one hour fifty minutes.