Spili Renovated Stone House With Garden

The house has been totally (sympathetically) renovated, to the highest standard, and offers a very comfortable and well thought out living space with three (3) large bedrooms, two (2) bathrooms and open plan living area and kitchen, all the unique traditional features like wall recesses, stone arches and overhead beams have been maintained keeping the old world charm.

It also offers extensive outside areas for entertaining, a vegetable plot and well maintained mature garden, wood store and large workshop. The size of the house is 165m², well-located in a 228m² plot.

The main living area is on the first floor as is traditional in old Cretan house and comprises of an open plan living and dining area with a light contemporary feel, a top of the range kitchen with "A" rated appliances, ample storage space and breakfast bar.

It also offers on this floor a large tiled outdoor space, for dining and relaxing, with views to the hills and village below. There is a pergola here and also shade from an old Mulberry tree. A secret garden accessed from the living area is currently used to grow vegetables.

On the lower ground floor there are two large bedrooms one of which currently is being used as a second lounge area and a fully tiled bathroom. Also a beautifully presented guest accommodation with its own entrance, it consists of a large bedroom, wet room and dressing area.

The courtyard garden has also ample room for entertaining and has a range of trees and flowering plants which during the summer months look stunning against the view of the mountains and fill the space with colour and scent.

Zaira Collection can provide you with the largest choice of furniture for your new home or holiday home on Crete, Greece. Zaira Collection contains a complete range of bedroom, dining room and living room furniture to suit all tastes and budgets.


Location

Spili is a beautiful, traditional village some 28km south of Rethymnon town. Its cobbled streets, flowering shrubs and arches are a photographers dream. Due to its altitude the village offers an astonishing view. It is surrounded by verdant vegetation and is filled with trees, fountains, springs and chapels and churches with wonderful murals. In the village square can be found its Venetian fountain with a long row of 19 stone lion's heads splashing cool crystal clear water into the trough below.

At 450 metres above sea level, it offers the most welcome cool evenings during the summer and an early spring at the end of January with a spectacular display of wild flowers. Red poppies carpet the olive groves whereas on uncultivated ground wild anemones, tulips and delicate orchids bloom.

The village is famous for producing unique weaving and during the summer there are many shops displaying their products. The village also has an excellent health centre, bank, bakery, butcher, supermarkets and a variety of taverns, cafes and traditional cafe neos. It has daily bus services to and from Rethymno in the north and Agia Galini in the South. There are numerous beautiful beaches only 20 minutes drive away, including Plakias, Damnoni, Triopetra, Agios Pavlos and Akoumia. The area surrounding the village is a hikers dream with many beautiful walks.


Why Greece?

* It has strict build density regulations, which will avoid major developments in future and thus overbuilding
* Only 3½ hours from London and many European cities making it a viable weekend break holiday destination
* Voted by the Lonely Planet Guide 2010 as one of the top 10 countries in the world to visit

Price (Euros) 225000

Previous Price (Euros) 255000

Build area (m²) 165

Land area (m²) 228

Storage yes

Mountain View yes

Garden yes

Trees yes

Number of bedrooms 2+1

Levels 2

Baths 1

Central Heating yes

Electricity yes

Water yes

Phone yes

Distance to airport, km 100 (Chania)

Seaport Distance, km 85 (Chania)

Distance to beach, km 20

Town Distance, km 30