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4 Bed Property for sale

Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal

£321,612 *  [€375,000]

4 Bed Property for sale

Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal

£321,612 *  [€375,000]

Property Details


  • Bedrooms: 4
  • Bathrooms: 0
  • Plot size: 3 m2
  • Habitable space: 364 m2

Full Description


Perfectly located on a hill with a stunning view over the valley.This villa is a former biological winery and B&B. This is a wonderful House/farm ready to live in, spacious, comfortable and still with lots of project/development opportunities.Build with excellent materials, combining the old Portuguese style with advanced high tech systems for electricity and heating, functioning fully on as well as off the grid and without the loss of comfort.The villa is composed of a large living room with entrance hall, spacious open kitchen with plenty of sunlight and fully equipped (including an induction hob, dishwasher, 2 ovens, microwave, fridge-freezer and a pantry with a washing machine, dryer, solar boiler(265ltr), 2nd fridge-freezer);4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.The 1st floor has connections for water and sewage but is now used as storage/dressing rooms, laundry room and an office.2 Large verandas on each side of the house and a balcony on one of the bedrooms. The house benefits from double glazed windows with fly screens.The villa has all energy/electricity from the grid and/or off-grid from 24 solar panels, (10KW, 3 phase complete solar system with 7KW battery back up).Heating for the house and water is provided by on/off- grid electricity and a classical circulating wood stove.In addition to water from the grid, the farm provides the villa also with it’s own clean drinking water (directly from the Serra de Estrella mountains)The property has a security + CCTV system and Satellite Internet.The property has a well, several boreholes (“furo’s”) and watermine (“mina”). The swimming pool of 4.5 m2 is equipped with a sand filter.On the back of the house is an area with running water, grill and stone oven.Finally, another outbuilding measuring (5 x 30 meters) with a tools shed, tractor and equipment place, wood- storage, 5 kennels of which 3 also have a fenced outside are, and a chicken area. Inside are an extra washing machine and a freezer. On the backside of that building are 2 IBC water tanks.The land consists of 7 terraces on a hill and a rustic forest part of the land with beautiful views as well. The top terrace contains the solar panels and outside building, an open field for crops and it has an amazing view over the Estrella mountains in the distance.The 2nd terrace contains the house and the olive trees that produce very high quality bio organic extra virgin olive oil.The other 4 terraces contain fertile land for crops and are excellent for growing grapes and producing wine. The land has some cherrie trees, apple trees, orange, lemon, peach, fig and kaki trees and a part is now used to grow different kinds of vegetables, herbs and fruits. There is ample water to irrigate the land.The property has excellent access with lots of privacy. Yet, some lovely villages with all required facilities are nearby. It is a very beautiful, safe joyful and peaceful place to live.Land area 45.158 m2 (4,5 hect), covered area 514 m2, including a forest part and 7 terraces. House area 364m2 including verandas, excluding the 1st floor of around 80 M2.Near Covilhã and at 1km from a village that has shops and services and a small train station, good public transportation and a quiet road leading to the A23.


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