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A fascinating old house on two floors, in very good condition and requiring a few improvements, but fully habitable, plus a second house to let or convert into guest rooms, or to let, with a garden, pool and plot of land for planting – just 800m to the village of Fornes and close to Lake Bermejales.
This is one of few buildings in such good condition that still exist as they were the day they were built! Located in a unique setting, consisting of this property, (formerly the landlord’s property), and a series of workers’ cottages forming a pretty street, with an ancient ‘acequia’ or water channel with a plentiful supply of irrigation water. It has excellent potential as a tourist complex and home.
A short road, close to Fornes village, leads to the ‘Colonia’, consisting of a single street of terraced houses, of which this one is the corner property. In front are the flat, fertile, irrigated fields in strips of land (one allocated to each worker’s cottage) where the best vegetables and fruit can be grown, fed by the plentiful supply of natural spring water from the nearby mountains of the nearby Resinera natural park with its rivers and rock pools. This property owns the second strip of land, consisting of a total of 1128m2 with free access to the natural water supply and a covered parking area.
The house has an ancient bar in the corner, which once provided rest and refreshments to the locals and workers from the cottages. This bar could be reopened or converted perhaps into a reception room or dining room for guests, should anyone be looking to convert this cortijo into a tourist complex or retreat.
The main house is accessed from the street via huge, original wooden double doors, which open onto a large hallway, with high ceiling and beams. The ground floor consists of the bar area, living room, with original fireplace and a woodburner, two downstairs bedrooms, a long hallway, an inner hallway, magnificent double wooden doors lead out onto the courtyard, the large, farmhouse-style kitchen and a bathroom.
Upstairs is a door that leads into the second house, an upper landing/living room, a balcony overlooking the views across the street, the countryside and fields, three large bedrooms and a terrace.
The second house is on an upstairs level, joined to the main house via the glass door on the stairwell landing and from an outside staircase from the garden. This consisits of a kitchen, dining and living room, three bedrooms, one bathroom and a separate WC, joined by a corridor, and has been modernised.
The courtyard is traditional and beautiful. Accessed from the street via a garden gate in the wall, as well as from the double doors from within the main house, it consists of two parts. The patio area has a lovely seating and outdoor dining area with a mature grapevine, loaded with grapes in the Summer. This area, partly shaded and partly open, covers around 15 x 3m. To the left is a laundry area and a chicken house and store room and to the right a large barn (7 x 3.5m). This could also be converted, or used as an outside kitchen/dining room.
The second area is the pool garden, again with a lovely area covered by a mature natural vine, and a pool of 7 x 3m.
This beautiful, unique property is for sale at a very good price for adventurous souls with vision and enthusiasm to seek a new lifestyle in the heart of inland Granada.
Fornes: 800m (has shops, bars, doctors, and good facilities)
Jayena village: 10 minutes
Natural park: just a few minutes
Granada: 45 minutes
Coast; 1 hour
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