Situated within a five minute walk of Serpins, yet this house and its location has the feel of being in the middle of the countryside, it is an impressive home and has a multitude of benefits which make it desirable as a comfortable family house.
Serpins town centre is a few minutes walk away, here you will find a range of shops, restaurants, and cafes, in addition to the Sunday market and the railway station that takes you into the heart of Coimbra
DESCRIPTION
The house is entirely secluded and is approached via a quiet, country, unmade up lane, about half a kilometre long, through a little pine and eucalyptus forest
It really is a lovely, traditional property, surrounded by mature trees, shrubs and flowering plants, there are many terraces, some of them secret little hidaways from which to sit and enjoy the lovely views of the surrounding countryside and mountains.
GROUND FLOOR
A large wood and glass panelled door leads you through into the double height hall, at the foot of the stairs there is a small inside plant/pond garden, the light floods into the whole area, via the windows set above and to the side of the front entrance.
Large fully fitted kitchen with a range of floor and wall cupboards, granite worktops, and built in hob, oven, extractor etc.
L shaped lounge, half tiled with hand painted Portuguese traditional tiles, wood burning stove, patio doors to terrace and to covered swimming pool terrace.
Summer dining room, with built in BBQ, storage room and double doors to swimming pool.
2nd Lounge overlooking the terrace and the views beyond.In one corner is a door which leads down to the party room, wine cellars etc
Large double master bedroom with fitted wardrobe and with en-suite bathroom containing jacuzzi, second double bedroom with fitted wardrobe.
A cloakroom is situated of from the inner hallway
LOWER GROUND FLOOR
There is a very large party room with its own kitchen, a 5th double bedroom and a shower room on this floor, this area could easily be converted into a separate apartment.
Two enormous wine cellars and an integral garage can also be found at this level.
1ST FLOOR
The staircase takes you up to a very large landing, currently used as a 3rd lounge area, the large balcony leads off from this area through double doors, would make a fabulous galleried library with wonderful views.
Bedrooms 3 and 4 are both large double bedrooms with wooden panelled cathedral ceilings and solid wood floors, both have walk in wardrobes built in under the eves
Family bathroom with bath WC bidet, sink and shower over bath.
NOTE
Much of the furniture is included in the price, gas central heating throughout as well as double glazing.
The wall tiles throughout many parts of the property are handpainted and therefore quite unique.
EXTERIOR
Double gates into left hand drive way, take you through a mini bamboo forest and lead down to a large parking area, ending at a terrace with lovely views over the countryside.
All the garden areas contain a variety of mature trees, shrubs and flowers, some areas are lawned, you can choose where to sit, soak up the sun and enjoy the amazing views.
Second set of double gates take you down a separate driveway to the lower terraced garden, more parking space and external access to lower ground floor.
To one side of this lower terraced garden is a wisteria covered terrace, next to which is sited the Hunters Garage and kitchen, so called because you can park 4 cars in the garage, but in addition, at the rear, there are huge ovens and kitchen units, if you had been out hunting for the day, this is where you would cook the spoils of the day, and enjoy the company of your fellows! There is a cloakroom in one corner of the building
This building could easily be converted into separate living accomodation.
There is a further lower terrace hidden amongst the trees, a lovely secret hidaway!!
SUMMARY
I have tried to justice to this lovely property and its varied gardens, not only is it a family house, but it has the potential to provide two additional apartments
