Castile-Leon, Avila, Piedralaves, Spain

Ref. EXP12302
Sometimes it happens that you dream of owning a house in the countryside, a true refuge. And the years keep passing: weekdays in Madrid, weekends at shopping centers, and summers in increasingly crowded places. You keep looking at houses online—they all seem the same, all with the same neutral decor. And in the end, you keep putting it off until "later." The risk of not deciding now is that you'll continue to feel the lack of a place of your own where you can breathe deeply, truly disconnect, and have a corner of nature that belongs to you, not rented or borrowed.

The solution can be as simple as choosing a place that allows you to completely switch gears the moment you park the car. This rustic estate (finca) in Piedralaves, in the heart of the Tiétar Valley, nestled between the Sierra de Gredos and the Montes de Toledo, is designed for exactly that: for you to arrive with the exhaustion of the week and leave it on the porch, for you to wake up listening to birds, not traffic, for you to finally feel like you have a second residence with soul, surrounded by nature and with space to create your own routines of rest. For many foreign buyers, this type of property is exactly what they seek when they imagine "a house in the Spanish countryside": authenticity, landscape, and calm.

The finca sits on a plot of over 2,700 m2 and features a construction of approximately 278 m2. You access the property through a side metal gate, and as you approach the house, stairs lead you up to a wide porch that runs across the entire facade. It is a wide, very livable porch, with a vine-covered area that provides natural shade in summer and becomes the heart of outdoor life: long meals, eternal after-dinner conversations (sobremesas), chairs looking towards the sunset. All around, fig trees, producing olive trees, and fruit trees constantly remind you that you are on living land, with a well that facilitates the watering and care of the estate, and a surrounding pine and woodland environment that embraces the house and reinforces the feeling of being in the middle of nature.

Inside, you are greeted by a large open-plan living room with windows that overlook the porch and let in the valley light. The windows are aluminum with Climalit double glazing and security bars, offering both comfort and safety. The rustic ceramic floor in a reddish tone, the rural-style lamps, the wooden furniture, and the decorative details—ceramic plates, traditional Spanish water jugs (botijos), antique glass demijohns, paintings by the owner herself, who is an artist—create a warm and very personal atmosphere. This is not a standard decorated house; it is a lived-in space with character.

One of the bedrooms has an en-suite bathroom. And the total layout can be adapted to your needs. Currently, it is organized into 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, one of which is integrated into the bedroom. Outside, there is also a spacious storage room.

This house is for you if you are looking for a different kind of second residence, if you value personality over catalog perfection, if you are excited about having producing olive trees, a vine-covered porch where you can spend your afternoons, surrounding pines, and open views of the Tiétar Valley. It is ideal if you live in Madrid and want to be a reasonable distance away but feel, upon arrival, that you are in another world. Or if you are coming from abroad looking for an authentic Spanish countryside experience, with a rustic finca, trees, a well, and a starry sky.

If reading this makes you feel like this house is talking to you, the best thing you can do is come and see it. Contact us and arrange a visit: when you sit on that porch, see the olive trees, and look towards the mountains, it is very likely you will be surprised... and you won't want to let this opportunity pass you by.

We do not charge fees to the buyer.