Alcantarilha, Algarve, Portugal

Attractive spacious quinta in rural area between Porches and Alcantarilha

In the rural area above Armação de Péra between Porches and Alcantarilha you will find this renovated and modernised old farmhouse with several outbuildings and a saltwater swimming pool. The quinta stands on a fully fenced plot of 4120 m2. There are five bedrooms in total. The main house has 4 bedrooms, one of which has its own front door on the outside. A full apartment has been created in the detached garden house by the pool. In the lush mature garden with a diversity of plants and trees there are also a covered outdoor kitchen, a wooden chalet for garden tools and furniture, a workshop and storage room and 2 kennels for dogs. The renovation of the house included the complete renewal and insulation of the roof and the renewal and double-glazing of the window frames. The thick outer walls, the arched passages and the visible wood construction and reed trim on the inside of the pitched roof create an authentic warm atmosphere. The quinta is just a few kilometres from the long sandy beaches of Armação de Péra, the international school, a retail park and the connection to the A22 motorway.

Grounds and garden
The property is fully fenced with solid concrete-founded fencing.
The remote-controlled entrance gate opens onto a large forecourt with ample parking space. Between the forecourt and the yard of the quinta is a hand-operated gate for keeping the dogs inside. At the side of the quinta, where a non-paved country road runs, the fence includes a wicket door and at the rear there is an access for garden and pool maintenance. The main house with its outbuildings and pool stands in a lush mature garden with a diversity of plants and trees such as palms, fruit. and almond trees. The vegetation provides lovely shady spots in the sunny hot summers. The garden is irrigated with biologically recycled dirty water that is ecologically filtered.

Main house
The front door is located on the long side of the house and opens into the generous entrance hall, which is now also used as an office space. The hall is connected to the living room via an archway with an iron gate, another element recalling the old farmhouse. The large open living room is oriented to the south and west and has sliding doors on the west side to a lovely covered outdoor terrace, very atmospheric due to the visible authentic but new wood construction. For hot days, there is a so-called 'Bali fan' here that provides air movement and thus cooling. The living room has two air-conditioning units for heating and cooling in the high section. It consists of a lounge area and a dining area with a beautiful wall to display beautiful objects that is separated by an arch from the open fully equipped kitchen. This is where the owner successfully organised very tasteful cooking workshops in the past. The kitchen has a separate electric hot water supply to provide instant hot water.

On the other side of the entrance hall is a bedroom with en-suite bathroom with a shower. This bedroom has a wall unit that provides cooling and heating.

Between the dining room and the kitchen is an inner door to a hallway where there is also the back door (or second front door) opening onto the house's patio. Off the hall are the laundry room, a toilet, the bathroom and two bedrooms with sliding doors to the covered patio. One of these bedrooms is the master bedroom, which has (electric) underfloor heating and air conditioning for heating and cooling. The bathroom with a shower and a bath also has the comfort of underfloor heating.

The fourth bedroom of the main house is located on the patio and has its own front door. It has a small living room and a bathroom with shower on the ground floor and a sleeping area on a mezzanine accessed by a wooden staircase. At the patio is a fixed staircase to the roof where there is a solar panel for hot water supply.
All windows and sliding doors of the main house have well-maintained aluminium shutters.

Outbuildings and swimming pool
At the front of the yard is an approximately 30 m2 small building consisting of two compartments currently in use as a workspace and storage room.

The 9 m x 4.5 m saltwater pool with surrounding pool terrace is elevated from the surrounding garden on the side of the covered terrace of the house. There is an outdoor shower by the pool.
Next to the pool is the approximately 35 m2 garden house which is used as a separate apartment with a kitchenette and a bathroom with bath. A double door opens onto the south-facing private covered terrace.

Behind the pool is a cosy covered outdoor kitchen with water and electricity.

At the rear of the property is an about 15 m2 wooden chalet for storage of garden tools and garden furniture.