This rural finca is the perfect combination of a habitable building with surrounding flat land, the most stunning 360º views and excellent access, only 100 or so metres of unmade road which is very well maintained down to the main road.

As you should be able to tell from the main photograph above and the views of the land below this is a spectacular location. As most of you who have visited the area already know, there isn't really any part of the Alpujarras (town, village or rural) which is deprived of views but as we said about the preceding rural property - which also had spectacular views of its own - we have visited a lot of property in this area and know from first hand experience - you so very rarely find a combination of both sea and mountain views and a location like this.

The property is also surrounded on all sides by hundreds of hectares of land that are owned by the Water confederation and are thus protected from future development. There are several ruined cortijos dotted around in the surrounding hillsides, but these will never be sold nor rebuilt. The land was actually bought by the Confederation to plant hundreds more trees. So in time the area will become a huge Pine Forest.

The property includes a partly habitable cortijo which is still being restored and an informal camp site which could become established into a fully working business.

The main house is an interesting proposition. A traditional old stone cortijo (some of the internal walls are up to a metre thick) on an excellent site just at the edge of a small decline thus maximising the sense of open space, it is something of a work still in progress. At present it offers the advantages of being habitable (albeit in a pretty basic state) with significant renovation and improvement works such as new roofs, new or restored floors, the installation of basic heating, a superb double glazed picture window looking away over the hills and the snows of the Sierra Nevada and South towards the Mediterranean. There is some basic plumbing although the toilet facilities would currently be the earth closets and showers provided for the camp site

So there is considerable extra work and further accommodation to go on the present structure which currently encloses around 120m². There is also a further 200 metres currently in ruins immediately adjoining the house which is available for development since the property is registered at 321m². Permissions can be sought to restore the ruined buildings to create a property more than twice it's present size.

Along with this charming house in this idyllic setting there are a number of significant further features worth mentioning:

There is a lot of flat and nearly flat land immediately around and close by the cortijo and camp site. So this is not only one of those rarer properties where you could easily keep both horses and other livestock, but there are at least a couple of other large flat terraces which are already established vegetable plotsand have ample irrigation water available. This is a place where one could reasonably expect a self sufficient lifestyle to flourish. With the temperate climate, seasonal spring rains and very fertile soils (most of the brown land seen in photos throughout this site is in fact the result of spring ploughing due to regular farming practices) mean that an enormous variety of fruits and produce can be grown. Despite the relative proximity to the mountains there is no snowfall here and sporadic light ground frosts in the short winters - which here run from December to Feb/March.

As can be seen from the photographs the remaining land is either planted to Almonds or is fallow but there is lush green growth on most of the farm to provide plenty of space for the aforementioned campers (for which you should seek formal permits for the camp site, it currently being a fairly informal arrangement with the local town hall) or to use for recreation or just plain relaxing.

Although a relatively small parcel of land and more work would be required to the main dwelling, we feel that the combination of factors; some of the best views in this part of the Alpujarras, coupled with a genuine business potential justify the asking price. If views and self sufficient rural living are your priorities, this property is a must see.