Large Character House for Updating..

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Lovely large house currently lived in by present owners just upstairs. Downstairs there are many more rooms with natural stone walls, just waiting to be made into more accommodation.

We have dual access to this property, with the front patio facing the village lane and also to the rear there is a long driveway leading down to the road, so you have very easy access to this property. There is
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a large single car garage and large adega which have a huge roof terrace above, accessed via concrete stairs from the front garden, providing great views across the valley to the distant mountains.

The property does require updating and probably remodelling but you could easily move in and live upstairs while doing downstairs in your own time.

The ground level has lots of potential and is totally dry, the natural stone walls just ooze character. the adega is an exceptionally large room, currently used for making wine, as you would expect, so its lovely and cool in those hot summer months, it would make a perfect lounge I think. The upstairs has 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a large lounge and kitchen with fireplace. The bedrooms have double beds, but the rooms are typical Portuguese and not like an English double. The upstairs lounge is really big for the Portuguese, if re-modelled and incorporated into the two smaller adjoining bedrooms and it would be easy to make 2 large beds with en-suites here. The spacious hall has internal windows, and a really lovely, unusual feature, having stone mullions, really lovely to see.

Mains water and electric connected, ready to go. There is a huge water deposit that collects all the rain water from the roof (used for irrigation) this deposit looks like part of the house and could even be made to be a second terrace, maybe off one of the new en-suite bedrooms? The garden is approx 1,000 sqm, all surrounded by walls and fences, dog proof I would guess. Plenty of space for pool etc, currently home to Olive, Apple, Cherry and Orange trees.

The village has just a church, it\\\\\\\'s quiet and very friendly. Although a small village, they still manage to have their own fiesta once a year! Within a 5 min drive you have a large supermarket, hairdressers (a good one according to my wife!) restaurants and cafes. Penela is probably a 6 min drive, there are banks, schools, doctors, swimming pool etc, all amenities that most people need. Ansiao, another large town is maybe 15mins as is the lovely town of Miranda do Corvo, Coimbra the city, 30mins max. This house is really conveniently placed to get around.

Good price for a good property. A great opportunity to make this your own place in the sun. Less