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Reference No: 268

Price: £179,000/€260,000

Location: San Sabastiao Bestiro - Beira Litoral

Description: Casa San Sabastiao

A large house of 3 double bedrooms 3 bathrooms and an office/4th bedroom. With spectacular views over rolling hills to the west. Partially rebuilt from an existing stone farm house greatly extended built to the latest specifications.

The new house is spacious and well proportioned with spectacular views. Sunny dining areas with outside kitchen & barbeque. Double garage or games room, and office. The spacious walled garden has plenty of shade from a variety of fruit and nut trees including walnuts, figs and apple trees.

Designed by local Architects Projecentro Lda. The reconstruction and refurbishment were carried out by a reputable local building company who have agreed to carry out the final finishing off in accordance with the new owners requirements if required.
Changes to the interior layout can be made at this point if required. The house is ready to be fitted out with your own choice of bathrooms and kitchen styles. Enabling the new owners to truly stamp their mark and personality on this fine house.

Casa San Sabastiao

Has been remodelled into a spacious home with many attractive traditional features including natural stone around all the windows and doors and a stunning exposed timber roof. The views from Casa San Sabastiao are stunning, great sunsets to the west, surrounded by countryside it is a very calm rural setting.

First floor accommodation

LOUNGE 30.70 Square Meters
This is a lovely South West facing room with a high exposed timber ceiling which provides a very attractive feature. The other outstanding feature is the magnificent view from the french doors and veranda which leads from the living room.

KITCHEN/DININGROOM 21.88Square Meters
The kitchen is large enough to accept a wide variety of kitchen designs with plenty of room for a substantial dinning table

WALK IN PANTRY 1.74 Square Meters
Located off the Kitchen/Dinning room the pantry has plenty of room for using as a laundry or traditional pantry

HALL 8.96 Square Meters
With coat storage area and access to the Veranda, Barbeque area, Family Bathroom Living room

FAMILY BATHROOM 5.80 Square Meters
Has plenty of space for a WC, Bidet, Wash Hand Basin and full sized Bath

BARBEQUE AREA
The barbeque area with Hand Basin and food preparation area is roofed to provide protection from the sun opening onto the large (80 Square Meters) and very sunny sun terrace. The ideal place to entertain, enjoy the views.

Ground floor accommodation

FAMILY BATHROOM 5.31 Square Meters
The bathroom has space for a WC, Bidet, Wash Hand Basin and full sized Bath

BEDROOM 1 Master Bedroom 18.56 Square Meters
This double bedroom has full height wardrobes.

ENSUITE BATHROOM 5.31 Square Meters
The bathroom has a space for aWC, Bidet, Wash Hand Basin and shower cubicle

BEDROOM 2 20.98 Square Meters
This double bedroom has full height wardrobes

BEDROOM 3 18.73 Square Meters
This double bedroom has full height wardrobes

BEDROOM 4/Office 7.5 Square Meters

GARDENS
The private rear garden is level and approximately 500 Square Meters. There are eight walnut trees, three Oranges, two Fig and apple trees.

Access to the rear of the house and garden lies to the side of the property. The traditional stone threshing floor "Eira" makes an unique entertaining area. There is also plenty of room to position a swimming pool if required

PARKING
There is unrestricted on-street parking outside the house, parking for 3 cars to the side of the house and a large double garage.

Architects plans are available.

The roof is constructed in exposed timber and is designed to give a high ceiling space which works particularly well. The extra space makes for comfortable living in the hottest of summers

The local area has the largest and some of the best roman sites in Iberia. The ancient city of Conimbriga is the largest Roman settlement in Portugal and is well worth visiting. It is classified as a National Monument. (Located approximately 3 miles from San Sabastiao)
Like many archaeological sites, Conimbriga was built in layers. Some of the earliest layers date back to the first Iron Age in the 9th Century B.C. The Romans arrived in the 2nd Century A.D., conquering the Celtic inhabitants and establishing a city that grew, flourished, and then fell victim to barbarian invasions until Conimbriga's residents fled to nearby Coimbra in 468.

Conimbriga is the best preserved roman city in Portugal. The city walls are largely intact, and the mosaic floors and foundations of many houses and public buildings remain. In the baths, you can view the network of stone heating ducts beneath the now-missing floors. Archaeologists estimate that only 10 percent of the city has been excavated, so you're likely to see new discoveries if you return to Conimbriga after a previous visit.

The site also has a museum that displays objects found by archaeologists during their excavations.

Penela, is the nearest market town to the house (one and a half miles). There are restaurants, banks, doctors, dentists a new hospital, supermarkets, cinema, tennis courts, sports, recreation hall and a modern library. Penela is famous for the number and variety of Festivals held each year.

NB: Full planning permission has been granted for this refurbishment project.

San Sabastiao is equidistant between Lisbon and Porto airports so full advantage can be taken of the low cost airlines. Drive time is approximately an hour and a half.

Photograph 1, shows the house with large first floor roof terrace, to the right is the outside kitchen and barbeque area and to the left the covered veranda which faces west for the vies and amazing sunsets.

Photograph 2, shows the calcada (local cobbles) drive, parking area and large rear garden which has many fruit and walnut trees. To the left are the garage windows. Above the barbeque area.

Photograph 3, shows part of the rear garden which is level and fertile. The larger trees are walnuts at the base of which is a very old stone threshing circle which has been retained to provide a rustic outside dinning area. The rear door enters a hallway with bathroom off to the left and large kitchen to the right. The steps treads and terrace which is large enough for a coffee table and chairs are in beige marble.

Photograph 4, shows the living room ceiling which is fully insulated and constructed in Scandinavian pine. The roof can be coloured to any shade you desire and the actual colour is somewhat lighter that the photograph suggests.

Photograph 5, shows the view from the living room window across the covered veranda to the distant hills of Rabacal and the west.

Photograph 6, shows the large sun terrace which is accessed via two doors from the living room and has easy access from the barbeque area to the family bathroom and main kitchen. An ideal place to entertain.

Photograph 7, shows the house from the nearest neighbours garden.

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