Alferce, Algarve, Portugal

Unique comfortable quinta with 2.3 ha of land and more buildings near Alferce

In a mini hamlet, just below the perched village of Alferce in the Monchique Mountains, lies this with taste and comfort partially renovated farmhouse , already with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a utility room, a garage and the potential for more. The renovated part has central heating and hot water provided by a ´Godin´ oven, a major contributor to the fantastic energy certificate A. At the rear of the house is an interior staircase up to the potential third bedroom with a door to the quinta courtyard. Here is the swimming pool with its calçadas-inlaid terrace, an outdoor shower and a boules court. There is also a covered attractive seating area, a carport and a generous high garage. The driveway to the courtyard is gated. In the structure of the garage is the second house that can still be renovated as you see fit. Part of the sale also includes a ruin separate from the quinta.

The roofs of both houses have been completely renewed and insulated. The quinta has 3 water wells on the premises, in winter a river even runs through the property. A UV filter system ensures that the water can be drunk healthily. The quinta has a multitude of orange, lemon, almond and fig trees and even 600 cork trees. You will also find medronho and avocado bushes, peaches and plums. If you want, solar panels can easily be connected to the current water heating system.

The renovated main house has a huge covered terrace at the front with BBQ and wood oven, from where you have beautiful views over the rolling countryside to the ocean, with a large reservoir halfway to the coast. Above doors and windows and in partition arches in the house, you will find granite as a decorative finish and parts of the old stone walls are visible, both inside and outside. The front door leads into a hallway with, to the left, the spacious kitchen which is openly connected to the living and dining room. A door in the living room accesses the laundry room. In the large kitchen is the "Godin" oven, which can be used for cooking as well as for heating water for showering and central heating. The water heated by the furnace is stored in an insulated tank. There is a gas boiler as backup for the water heated by the furnace.

From the hall you enter a nice high bedroom with a large wardrobe. In the hall you will find a separate toilet on one side, and a modern bathroom with shower on the other. The hall continues to the second bedroom with en suite bathroom, again with a lockable toilet and shower. In front of the bedroom, stairs lead up to the potential third bedroom, a very large room with a door to the quinta's courtyard including the swimming pool.

The second house, yet to be renovated, is connected to the somewhat higher garage by a number of steps. Currently, the second house is used for storing bicycles, tools and wood 'from the garden' for the " Godin" oven. Between the 2 houses this house has an enclosed garden.

The separate ruin with a floor area of 80 m2 is formally used for storage and lies between the buildings of the other owners in the hamlet. Attached to this ruin is a plot of 1.8 ha, which runs uphill from here towards the old ruined 'Castelo de Alferce', one of the most beautiful viewpoints on Monchique.

Alferce is a small municipality on the Monchique mountains with beautiful scenery and, recently, a beautifully landscaped boardwalk from the village to the Castelo (at the top of this plot). The village has a few cafes and a mini-supermarket. For the real shopping you drive in 15 minutes to the town of Monchique with various amenities and a large supermarket. To the coast you drive in 40 minutes and to Faro airport takes just over an hour.