NEW: Casa Palomero is a beautifully restored traditional olive mill with 3-4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, full of traditional features such as terracotta flooring, niches, thick walls and beamed ceilings. The newer house, Casa Belotta has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, is built in a rustic style with beamed wooden ceilings and sits above with its own access, both houses enjoying the peacefulness of the countryside. The properties are located between the traditional white villages of Salares and Archez.

The newer house, Casa Belotta has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, is built in a rustic style with beamed wooden ceilings and sits above with its own access, also enjoying the peacefulness of the countryside. Both properties are surrounded by nature and attractive garden areas with established Mediterranean planting.

The properties are located between the traditional white villages of Salares and Archez (both a five-minute drive away) where you can see the original Moorish church bell towers reflecting the history of the area. Every September Salares celebrate their history with a Moorish Festival, Al-Sharq, where the locals dress up in Arabic attire and you can enjoy North African food, mint tea and watch displays of falconry as well as belly dancing and live music late into the night!

There are small supermarkets and restaurants in both villages. Archez has a very popular restaurant Venta El Curro specializing in Argentinean beef cooked on a BBQ / spit. The area is well known for its hiking opportunities as the property is located close to the Natural Park of the Tejeda, Almijara & Alhama.

The popular vibrant white village of Cómpeta is only a 20-minute drive away offering many amenities including outdoor adventure companies, public swimming pool, banks, fuel station, supermarkets, bakeries, restaurants and tapas bars as well as a weekly market selling all the local artisan products, fresh fruit & vegetables etc.

The coast at Algarrobo is a 30-minute drive and the beautiful city of Málaga is just over a 1 hours’ drive away and you can be skiing in the Sierra Nevada / Granada in just under 2 hours.

DESCRIPTION CASA PALOMERO

From the front terrace (2.7 x 14 m) there are two accesses into the house, we enter through the main entrance, a traditional wooden door taking you into the hallway (11m²) to the right is the office /study (2.50 x 3.20m) at the end of the hallway there are double doors giving access to the central patio (4 x 3.60 m).

From the hallway to the left is the lounge area also with a log burner set in a traditional brick fireplace and two inset windows with window seats. Off from the lounge there is a "hobby room" (4.50 x 2.70 m).

Crossing the hallway, a door takes you into the spacious traditional country kitchen/diner (30.35m²) with a log burner for the winter months situated where the old olive press used to be, here you will also find one of the original wells where the first pressed olive oil was stored. There is an old stable door from the kitchen taking you out onto the front terrace. 
From the kitchen, a door takes you into a small hallway giving access to the pretty cobblestoned central patio with a small fish pond. Back in the hallway there is a single bedroom (2.55 x 3 m) and a family bathroom (1.90 x 1.65 m).

A staircase takes you up to a landing, on the right is a double bedroom (15.3m²) with French doors opening up to a curved balcony overlooking the patio. Walking to the other side of the landing there is a twin bedroom (4.75 x 3.10 m) also with French doors and curved balcony overlooking the patio. Back on the landing, you go through to a hallway giving access to a family bathroom (1.85 x 3.05 m) and a music room (3 x 4.30 m) with a log burner for the winter months, this room could also be used as a fourth bedroom.

At the other end of the hallway is a large utility/store room (3.65 x 3.0 m) with a door leading out onto the side terrace (27m²) where there is a large log store. From here, some steps take you down to an attractive cobblestone courtyard (84m²) with a beautiful false peppercorn tree in the center. This would make a wonderful place for an outdoor kitchen / BBQ dining area.

DESCRIPTION CASA BELLOTA

From the front terrace (2.70 x 14.0 m) we access the house via the traditional wooden front door going into the lounge /diner (7.45 x 2.90 m) with a log burner for the winter months.
On the right-hand side, a brick archway takes you into the rustic style kitchen (2.95 x 2.80 m).

There are a couple of rooms off from the lounge which could be used for a dining room (2.90 x 3.35 m) and an office (1.85 x 2.95 m) with French doors giving access to a covered terrace (3 x 2 m) and the front terrace.

Returning to the lounge, an archway leads you into a hallway where there is a family bathroom (2.90 x 1.85 m) and a bedroom (2.95 x 2.60 m). A staircase takes you up to the second bedroom (5.1 x 2.65 m) with en-suite bathroom (2.2m²)

IN SHORT

These beautiful country houses offer many possibilities. Casa Palomero would make a wonderful full-time home with the added benefit of having Casa Bellota to provide an income for either full time rental or to rent out on the holiday market. You could also operate a B&B business incorporating both houses. The location is perfect for easy access to the local villages offering all the necessary amenities. The coast at Algarrobo is a 30-minute drive and the vibrant city of Málaga is just over an hour's drive. 

THE AREA

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Asking price € 375.000

Council tax (IBI): € 540 & € 290 annually