A spacious and well presented country house just 5 minutes from Iznate village and 15 mins from the coast – potential as a small BandB

If you are looking for a new lifestyle and a small business, this house might be ideal, as it is perfectly set up for letting rooms. It is currently a comfortable family home.

Location

Situated around 1.5Kms along a wide, very good track (perfectly passable all year round), Casa Palmeras sits on the low hills of Iznate, just 15 minutes inland from the beach, 5 minutes from the local village of Iznate with several shops, bars, restaurants, a school and sports facilities, and 15 minutes from the larger town of Velez-Malaga. For Malaga city and the airport it is well situated, at around a 30 minute drive.

The Property

The plot size is around 3,000m2, on two levels. The lower garden level has a 10 x 4m pool and terracing, plus barbeque area, side terrace with access to two large store rooms (around 5 x 3 and 4 x 3m) and a covered terrace to the front and side. The garden is very private, with a high wall separating the garden from the track to the Western side, and the Eastern side is dominated by the spectacular and uninterrupted views of the valley, hills and mountain range of the Sierra de Tejeda. The upper level has a gated access area with parking for several cars and a large water deposit, and there is a second parking area outside the lower garden area, with access gate.

From the top level, next to the front door, are steps leading up to a fabulous look-out terrace where the expansive sea views, directly South, are only outshone by the panoramic mountain views to the East.

The front door leads into a hallway (around 13m x 2m). To the left, the wide hall/corridor leads to three double bedrooms, each with ensuite bathrooms. These are all a good size (two are 5 x 3m plus bathroom 5 x 1.3, and the third is 4.5 x 3m plus bathroom 2.5 x 1.5m). Each of these rooms has a window and a glass door leading out to the East facing corridor terrace which joins the larger main South facing terrace on this level.

To the right of the front door is the upstairs living area (around 6 x 4m excluding the open stairwell leading down) and there is a small kitchenette area here too. This room has double glass doors out to the magnificent South facing terrace.

The stairs from this room lead down to the lower level and directly into a large kitchen/dining room (4.5 x 4m). To the left, an inner hall area leads to bedroom 4 (4 x 3m plus 1.5 x 1.5m) and next door is a large bathroom (3 x 2m). To the right of the kitchen/dining room is a wide opening into the living room, a comfortable room (6 x 4.5m plus 3 x 2m) with large double glass doors to two sides, both leading out to the garden terrace.

The bedrooms all have ceiling fans.

This lovely house is ideal both as a family or retirement home, perhaps letting out some of the upstairs rooms, or alternatively the downstairs 1 bedroom unit on the garden/pool level. It would also work well as a large holiday home, both to enjoy oneself and to let as a whole house, and earn a good income.