Houses to renovate over Royal lands

The property has been named "Horta da Coutada" and was once part of the "Herdade do Lobo" where King Don Carlos used to hunt when he resided in the palace of Vila Viçosa. Two couples have lived here in harmony with nature for 22 years.

When entering the property, on the left of the dirt road, there is an old house of 144m2 to be renovated with a garage and various outbuildings. At the top of the hill in front of the house, about 400m away, is a ruin of 23m2. A project is on going at the city hall to know if it could be rebuilt up to 350m2 and for which purpose.

The existing building is rectangular. The house itself has 4 entrances: through the first you pass into an entrance hall which leads to a bedroom on the left and the kitchen on the front. Crossing the kitchen we find another bedroom with its own private Wc. To the right of the entrance hall we access a large living room with a fireplace and its own entrance door. Crossing the living room we find two suites (one with shower and the other one with bathtub, in addition to one separate Wc), both with their own independent entrance door. The building also includes two large barns occupying the last third of it. In front of the house, from a large terrace with a small open sky water tank, you can enjoy a non-polluted nature in total privacy

The garage is on the right of the access road to the property and on the left is shelter for the water deposit which supplies the house by gravity. Under the garage there is also a small playground for children. Under the terrace there are two storage rooms and other covered spaces. In this area there is the septic tank, which does not need to be emptied, and further on the old pigsties in ruins.
The house is equipped with solar panels and batteries for electricity and has a well for water supply.

The land slopes down from the house to a stream, crossing a garden where you can find a variety of flowers and trees which offer a home to thousands of birds. The garden is surrounded by a natural green fence that creates paths and is followed by a vegetable garden with 60 orange trees. An olive grove of 1600 trees surrounds the house. Below the garden, a large squared water tank with blue patterns which serves as a swimming pool is fed either by a the nora ( where in ancient times the donkey turned around) under a pretty tower, or by the water delivered through the ancient aqueduct from un underground well around 500 m uphill. Between the nora and the tank, there is a shaded chill-out area. Crossing the stream, you get to another water tank once used for washing clothes, fed by a well.
On the other side of the stream, going up a hill full of oaks, we reach a small ruin with stunning views over Spain, where you can build another house. This part of the land is accessible by crossing the property or directly by a dirt road.

This property is located in the countryside, 2.5 km from Vila Viçosa with its streets and facades covered in marble, where all kinds of shops and administrations are located, close to Estremoz and the Spanish border.