casa for Køb i Canillas de Albaida, Andalucía

This stunning country villa is located between the mountain villages of Canillas de Albaida and Archez. It is set amongst a large olive grove of approximately 20,000m2. The property is designed as an 'L' shape with a courtyard garden and has a colonial style. The property boasts 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (3 en-suite), kitchen, dining room and a large living room with cloakroom. The property has extensive gardens around the property as well as the courtyard garden, which the property is built around. There is a large covered terrace running around most of the property with various areas for sitting and eating al fresco. On a lower level there is a large 5m x 10m swimming pool with sun terraces surrounding and there is a large garage storage area below the pool which includes the pool pumping equipment. Wooden Door Entrance Approaching the property from the main road you travel along a part dirt, part concreted track to the entrance. This is a small gravelled area with a passageway leading behind the house. A large, traditional wooden doorway takes you to the open terrace where there is space for an outside dining table and chairs. To the right, double, part glazed, wooden doors take you into an ornate dining room with space for a dining table and chairs for 6-8 people as well as a sideboard and occasional furniture. At one end of the room there is a fireplace as well as shelving inset into the wall. At the opposite end of the dining room there is a fully fitted kitchen. This has floor and wall units, inset microwave and oven, gas hob and extractor. There is a sink unit with drainer and space for a large American style refrigerator. At the opposite end of the dining room an archway leads into a small corridor and off here is a large double bedroom. This is a very spacious room with a fireplace set into the wall opposite the fireplace in the dining room. There is space for bedside cabinets and other bedroom furniture. From the bedroom a step up through an arch leads into the en-suite bathroom. This is a very generously sized bathroom with a roll top bath, hand basin with vanity storage and a WC. There is additional storage cupboards adjacent to the hand basin and ample space for occasional storage units. As you leave the bedroom you are into a short corridor. In here there is additional cupboard storage. The corridor leads into a twin bedroom with built in cupboards and space for a chest of drawers and bedside tables. A window overlooks the rear of the property providing natural light. Adjacent to the bedroom a doorway leads into a bathroom fully fitted with a walk in shower, hand basin with vanity unit and a WC. The bathroom is tiled with bright yellow and white tiles. Exiting this main part of the property you are back outside on the uncovered terrace. A short distance further on wooden, part glazed doors leads into what could be a small office or a single bedroom. Currently this is used as storage for outside furniture cushions. Adjacent to this room outside there is a brick built barbecue with space opposite for a wooden dining table and chairs for 6-8 people. Further along the building the covered part of the terrace starts and runs in front of the remaining bedrooms and living room. There is another wooden, double part glazed door with shutters, which leads into the 4th double bedroom. This is a large spacious double room with space for a king sized bed, bedside cabinets, dressing table and dressing chairs at the foot of the bed. There is an open fire place also in the room. A door leads into an en-suite bathroom fully fitted with a full sized bath and shower attachment, hand basin with vanity cupboard and WC. There are also floor to ceiling cupboards in here for clothes and bathroom items. Exiting this room you are back under the covered terrace where there is also space for relaxing furniture and chairs and views across the courtyard garden. Once again wooden, part glazed double doors with bi-fold shutters open into a 5th spacious double bedroom. This is a mirror image of the previous bedroom with generous floor space and an open fire place at one end. A doorway off the bedroom leads into the en-suite bathroom. This is fully fitted with a full size bath with shower attachment, hand basin with vanity unit, WC and fitted wardrobes for clothing and bathroom items. The bath panel, wall and hand basin surround are all tiled with green and white ceramic tiles. Seating Area From this bedroom the covered terrace continues across the 'foot' of the 'L' shape. Off here further part glazed, double doors open into a very spacious living room. At one end there is a large open fireplace with fireguard and ample space for 2 3-seater settees, coffee table, games table, book shelves, standard lamps, TV cabinet and drinks cabinet. The room is dual aspect and is light and bright. A door off the living room leads into a small cloakroom with a hand basin and small vanity cupboard and WC set in a wooden banquette with wooden lid. Exiting the living room under the covered terrace, to one side of the living room is space for a further dining table and chairs. Up behind the house there are wide wooden steps leading up to a small seating area which overlooks the property and the beautiful countryside beyond. The property is built round the pretty courtyard garden which has small, low hedges with a concrete path making a cross between them. There are also raised brick planters with a variety of plants and flowers. A brick pathway then leads down to the large 10m x 5m swimming pool with a sun terrace surround with space for sun loungers. There is also a tiled shaded area at one end of the pool with space for a drinks table and chairs, sun loungers and day bed. At the opposite end of the pool steps lead down to a long, gravelled driveway, which can be accessed from the dirt track and creates another entrance to the property. There is a large storage space running under the pool with plenty of space for garden items as well as housing the pool filtering equipment and filter. The property is truly a stunning country home with a real colonial feel. The rooms have pitched, beamed ceilings and authentic part glazed, wooden doors with bi-fold shutters. There are various niches set into some of the walls and the whole atmosphere of the place is finished with country and regal style paintings and prints throughout. There are fly screens on the windows. The living room and main bedrooms have air conditioning. The landscaped gardens have a real English country garden feel but are planted with indigenous plants and shrubs as well as a selection of fruit trees. The property stands among a large olive grove. This is a truly must see property. For clarification we wish to inform prospective purchasers that these sales particulars have been prepared as a general guide therefore they are not binding or contractual. Features * Pool * Parking * Terrace * Large plot * Garden