Fantastic Farm with 14.3Ha - Caria

Property summary

Fantastic farm located in the municipality of Belmonte with a total area of ​​14.3 hectares.

The property has three houses: the Main House, the House of Olive Oil Mill and the House of Oven. It also has another building currently intended for storage and laundry. It also has ample facilities for cattle pens.

All the rooms are in exposed granite stone, they have been carefully restored and two of them have been converted into local accommodation.

The Main House, inhabited by the owners, has 138m2 and comprises:
- 1 suite
- 2 bedrooms
- 2 bathrooms
- Dining room and living room with fireplace and wood burning stove
- Open space kitchen
- Mezzanine.

Oven House, with 126m2, comprises:
- 3 suites
- Dining room and living room with fireplace
- Open space kitchen
- Wood oven area equipped with kitchen.
It should be noted that this two-storey house has two suites on the ground floor with private bathrooms and 2 bedrooms on the upper floor served by a bathroom.
Adjacent to the house, there is a leisure and barbecue area covered by a large shed (17.5x4.5m), where you can also enjoy outdoor meals and socializing. The swimming pool is right next to this area, served by a bathroom.

Olive Oil Mill House, with 77m2, comprises:
- 1 suite with mezzanine
- Living and dining room with fireplace / salamander
- Kitchenette.
- additionally, it has an open garage with 4x7m, sheds with 25m2 and an outside bathroom.

The storage and laundry building has an area of ​​60 m2, meeting the conditions to be converted into a residential house.

All dwellings have air conditioning and double-glazed windows Oven House has electric heaters equipped with heat accumulator stones in all divisions and has pre-installation for central heating powered by diesel or gas.
The residential area is served by 2 sets of double photovoltaic panels intended for water heating. On the farm is installed a photovoltaic solar energy micro-generation unit with 18 panels, with a follower.

The outdoor space around the houses is covered by a large granite stone paving and extensive grassy areas with many ornamental and shade trees, lots of flowers and shrubs, swings, benches and garden tables (in wood and granite).

Among the ornamental trees, stone pines, Nordic pines, French oaks, Indian chestnuts, catalpas, jacarandas, magnolias, rhododendron, feijoa, pink pepper, feijoa, lagerstroemias, garden apple trees, etc., stand out the extensive gardens are decorated with a variety of plants, including 200 azaleas, 10 maples, 20 dwarf lagerstroemias and a hundred hydrangeas.
In front of the main house and the mill house there are two ponds with water lilies and fish.

The Farm has many corners, including the stone diving fountain - with space for walking or sitting -, the water mine, a traditional fountain and the areas with large granite stones (boulders) adjacent to the pool.
It also includes a fenced construction consisting of 3 connected U-shaped modules, which serve as corrals and poultry houses: 2 of them are closed, have an area of ​​80m2 with 6 divisions the sheds measure 83m2 the inner courtyard, closed, has an area of ​​55m2.

The property consists of 4 plots of land:
- the main one, with a total area of ​​11.16ha, where all the buildings are located
- 2 agricultural lands, one with 6,300 m2 and the other, 2.28ha, with a pond
- the fourth property has 4,300m2 and 260 quince trees are planted on it.
The two of these last plots are crossed by a stream with permanent water.
The properties are divided by the national road.

The 11.16ha land has an olive grove with 1,524 olive trees, 250 fruit trees of 16 different varieties (a detailed and quantified list is provided to those who request it), 30 dried fruit trees of 4 varieties and more than 100 plants of small fruits (a detailed and quantified list is provided to those who request it). All the trees on the farm are irrigated by drip irrigation managed automatically by 3 programmers with 24 solenoid valves. The water is supplied by the irrigation system of Cova da Beira or, alternatively, it is taken from two ponds or an inexhaustible well, using an electric pump.
The building also has a small vegetable garden and 2 ponds with permanent water, and the pond closest to the houses is flanked by a bamboo cane field and populated by koi carp and turtles.
On the farm there is a small flock of sheep with 15 heads and, in the poultry farms, several birds (chickens, geese, ducks, guinea fowl…).

The property has complete privacy and all land is fenced in its entirety.
Area with historical, natural and gastronomic relevance.
The price includes the stuffing (furniture, appliances, household textiles and crockery) of the 3 rooms.

Main distances:
Castelo Branco - 60km (40min)
Belmonte - 12km (15min)
Covilha - 18km (20min)
Fundão - 27km (27min)
Guarda - 40km (30min)
Viseu - 113km (1h15min)
Serra da Estrela, Penhas da Saúde - 28km (35min)
Lisbon - 282km (2h53min)

Ricardo Gracio
Energy Rating: In progress
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