Leiria, Ansião, Portugal

The unique location of this spacious Villa without immediate neighbours will 'ring bells' for those that been waiting long time for one like this to come up!the property sits on it's own in an acre of fenced land at the edge of a village not far (7min drive) from the up & coming town of Ansião in central Portugal which has all required amenities. The villa was totally renovated by skilled local builders in 2006/7, all the woodwork was bespoke made, it has double glazed windows and rolling shutters, it features an exposed stonework wall leading downstairs as well as traditional terracotta tiles in the hallway, veranda and kitchen floor. The kitchen is spacious and has a wooden stable-door which accesses a south facing, cosy part of the garden where you find the ancient hand built stone water-well for garden irrigation. The 3 bedrooms are en-suite, the master bedroom is at ground floor level and it features a cast-iron fire place, air conditioning as well as a spacious bathroom and walk-in closet. There's a cosy reading room with a cast-iron fire place, the living areas at ground floor level have fitted wooden flooring. The large open plan lounge and dining area as well as being the main entrance reception room, also opens up to the large veranda with undisturbed sunset views. In the basement there are 2 very spacious en-suite bedrooms with patio doors to the exterior courtyard with views. One of the bedrooms is perfect to be used as a granny flat or guest accommodation, it has a spacious open plan kitchen/dining/seating room.

On the outside, one acre of beautiful garden with mature fruit trees, woodland, alfresco BBQ area, garden atelier, large Japanese plum tree providing shade over the traditional stone trashing circle, perfect for those who want to live their lives in pleasant traditional natural garden surroundings. The swimming pool area is surrounded by colourful plants and greenery. There's a well set-up vegetable garden close to the house with vegetable beds ready to be used to grow your own veg.

There's a good size garage currently used for storage, which also houses the central heating diesel boiler and fuel tank, on this south side of the property there's a cobbled drive for direct access to the garden with a tractor if required.

There's also an outbuilding to the back of a covered car port, used for wood storage and perfect as a workshop. There are multiple hiking tracks just outside the property.

The property is for sale furnished only some select personal items will be removed.

The closest beach is approximately at 50min drive

Coimbra is at 45min drive

Lisbon airport 110min drive

Porto airport is also at similar distance drive
Energy Rating: C
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