A great opportunity to acquire an old ground floor stone cottage in reasonably good condition, in a small village in central Portugal, in peaceful surroundings but not total isolation. Only ½ km from Rosa Mana River beach (http://turismo.cm-sardoal.pt/index.php/pt/caracterizacao/historia/116-outros-pontos-de-interesse/295-rosa-mana), this property is both suitable as your permanent home or as a holiday cottage.

Main Features

• Ground floor cottage with front terrace
• Stone barns in ruins, which can be rebuilt or renovated, attached to the house
• Back yard with 680 m2
• A separate buildable plot with 960 m2

House and Garden

• 116 m2 footprint
• Living room
• Three bedrooms
• Main kitchen
• Another kitchen at the rear of the house with a small fireplace
• One bathroom
• Storeroom
• Terrace with about 90 m2, with marble flooring and gate to the street, which can be used for private parking.
• The adjacent barns with a total footprint of 30 m2 (one of them once had plastered walls) could be used as extra living space or as an extension to the cottage.
• The garden is large enough for growing vegetables, has a water spring and very fertile soil. There is a water tank next to the house.
• Mains water and electricity
• Sceptic tank

Location

• Only a few minutes from the village of Sardoal and all local services and amenities: schools, swimming pools, cafés, restaurants, banks, town hall, grocery shops, tax office, etc.
• The small village, where this cottage is located, also has a café/grocery shop and a pharmacy nearby. At the weekly Santa Clara farmers’ market, you can buy local produce and artisan bread, cakes and handicrafts.
• Café / grocery store – 700 meters
• Sardoal – 12 minute-drive
• N2 Road – 10 minutes
• A 23 motorway (Abrantes North junction) – 20 minutes
• Lisbon – 1 ¾ hours
• Ocean beaches – 1 ½ hours
• Tejo / Zêzere river beaches and other close-by streams where to swim safely – between 1 (Rosa Mana) 30 minutes