Village house T4 in São Miguel, Santa Eufémia e Rabaçal of 504 m²

Live in a house of flowers in a sensitive area of protected beauty.

- 3 individual homes, creative/social/business spaces.

Located within a special region highlighted in the Sicó Protected Landscape Classification Project, this property benefits from the long-term benefits and protection of a large conservation project.

Various gardens with almost 200 varieties of medicinal plants, developed by a herbalist/permaculturist. The gardens have been designed to be low maintenance and the plants are generally perennial/hardy.

The property:

- 3 separate homes (2 apartments, one used as a rental, and a separate 2-storey house next door, ready to renovate).

- 2 work/business spaces

- a therapy/office/storage room and a converted garage space with bi-folding doors, previously used as a shop/holistic school. This area has a large pergola area, which provides an outdoor seating/dining area with a view.

- 7 different outdoor spaces (terrace, decking, pergola, medicinal herb garden, vegetable garden and polytunnel with chicken buildings, back garden.

- Extra/storage areas

- Under cover utility/parking/wood shed area, large storage rooms, converted loft and a secret room accessed via a hidden staircase in the floor.

Main building work and essential repairs are complete and the house feels very comfortable to live in. The remaining work to be done is superficial, i.e. decorating. There is a high efficiency log burner with an oven, which maintains the whole of upstairs extremely well, and there is a fireplace which serves the apartment downstairs. Currently, the water is connected to council/mains water but there are various options to move to an off-grid water supply via catchment with tanks (1 water tank comes with the property), which just needs connecting to the guttering, a public well is a few meters from the house and borehole installation is made low cost as water is abundant and within a few meters of the surface. The whole property receives filtered water.

- Positioned with an elevated perspective, on the side of a mountain, with diverse and beautiful views of the village and valley. The road was recently named ‘Beco da Bela Vista’.

- Indoor/outdoor living feel

- Living in harmony with nature. Different areas are available for any time of the day; sun or shade.

- Gardens are landscaped/organised into separate areas, including a vegetable garden/polytunnel, a medicinal herb garden and family garden areas.

- Buildings have been renovated to provide creative/inspiring and practical spaces for work and leisure. Feel a sense of ease working from home and bringing projects to life.

- Located in the Penela countryside, with easy access to many destinations. Live in both peace and tranquility, also with access to modern conveniences when required.

The whole property is walled/gated, with the house sitting on a highly elevated plot with gardens all around, extending down towards the main road, providing multiple terraced views.
The property consists of 3 separate homes - 2 apartments (the upstairs apartment acting as the main living space currently and the lower apartment acting as a guest space) and another traditional 2-storey house at the side, which is a solid building/blank canvas ready to renovate from scratch.

To the side of the house, you can gain access via a driveway/garden through double gates, to an under cover area to park your car/receive wood deliveries and access the washing machine/storage rooms…

The property has 3 very impressive viewpoints:
1. The terrace/kitchen (east facing)
2. The decking (north side/east facing)
3. The pergola (east facing)
All three areas have spectacular views of the valley and are truly special places to appreciate the valley.

The main living space is upstairs with views and is entered via the terrace-kitchen. The kitchen is newly renovated, modern and well organised to include fridge-freezer, under counter freezer, dishwasher, oven/hob, breakfast/bar seating, and most importantly has the most amazing views.

From the kitchen, you enter the hallway which leads to a dining and living space, containing a dining table/chairs, 3-seater sofa, rocking chair and side tables. From the living room you can view/access the back garden.

There is a modern bathroom on the right, and to the left you find 2 small bedrooms/or playroom, with access to a secret underground room. A child’s cabin bed, desk and wardrobe are included, as well as some smaller pieces of furniture.

The main bedroom is accessed via the living room and has large built in wardrobes, as well as a converted loft, which provides ample storage. The main bedroom has been newly renovated, with high ceilings and beams, and a feature wall. The bedroom contains a king size bed and a beautiful handmade dressing tFrom the bedroom (or back garden) you can access the undercover decking area, where you will find a traditional pizza/bread oven, lighting/seating, and impressive views. Here you can hide from the intense heat and use the space as a second (indoor-outdoor) living room.

The back garden is accessed via the living room/hallway, and feels like an extension of the living room/acting as a family garden space, equipped with trampoline, sandpit and swings. The back door has a full length window where you can witness many sightings in nature, including many rarely spotted creatures (birds including eagles, fireflies visiting during a summer evening, butterflies enjoying the nespera tree, mammals such as beech martens…).

From the main apartment, you can access downstairs via 2 different stairways, to the downstairs apartment, and parking/utility/storage/wood shed area. Through the front gates within the walled area which encloses the property, you reach the work/creative spaces and gardens below.

Access to the polytunnel and vegetable/medicinal gardens is from the private road.

Immediate opportunities/modes of income including the lower apartment which is fully furnished/set up to be used as a rental space, and ready to invite guests.

Building description:
- 504 square metres of gross building area
- 1188 square metres of total land area

Relevant distances:
- Lisbon - Porto - Coimbra 20 min drive
- Espinhal village 3,5 km
- Coast