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cc5143 - PERFECT RENOVATION PROJECT IN THE
BEAUTIFUL AMARI VALLEY CRETE
(this is a partly renovated property with all of the civil
engineering work completed)
Price - €50,000
€40,000
The Location
Located close to the Cretan village of
Fourfouras in the Amari Valley with its two or three kafenia, a
supermarket, a bakery, bank and most important reportedly one of
the best restaurants in central Crete - 'The Windy Place' run by
Yianni and his wife Dina.
To the north is the village of Apostoli and Agia Photini where
there are two more restaurant, a supermarket with a butcher shop and a medical centre.
The Property
This stone village house is one of the oldest in this village -
probably about 500 years by the structure of some of its elements.
It has about 95 sq. metres floor space, although that would have
been slightly diminished by the fact that one of the upper story
floors has been removed to create a sitting room with a 6 metres
ceiling and staircase.
There are 6 existing rooms - two bedroom spaces, dining room,
sitting room, storeroom, kitchen, bathroom. A garden space
with an old winter well in front, about 12 metres by 9 metres, a
little garden in back (3 x 3 metres), and a garden space of 4 x 10
metres across the little street in front of the house. At present
the roof is of flat concrete construction in three levels, the
highest of which affords an unimpeded view of Mt. Psiloritis and
the Amari Valley. The old features include a huge Turkish-style
fireplace, a bread furno in good condition (except for the chimney
which needs to be reopened), and a staircase in the sitting room,
made of old stones, which lead up to the roof from the inside. The
house abuts an 18th Century olive mill site on one side, and there
is the three storey facade of a 16th century Venetian summer villa
at the back.
 On the restoration side of things, electricity was
installed 14 years ago and wiring to all outlets was installed in
1992. Also, city water has been run up onto the property and a
sewer line has been run inside the house, from the back garden to
the kitchen and bathroom. (Both city water and sewer lines are
located only 12 metres from the front of the house). All of the old
wooden ceiling materials have been removed, leaving the original
beams in their decorative places. The first layer of plaster has
been applied to most of the interior and exterior. New windows have
been cut in the stone and the local carpenter in the next village
north (Afrete) has built has stored these.
Parking space for at least 4 vehicles is immediately in front of
the property. The owner of some narrow land to the rear of the
property will be prepared to sell this strip for around 3000 euros
should the new purchaser feel that rear access would be useful.
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 Would you like to purchase
this property, but afraid of the work entailed? Or you haven't got
the time to manage the refurbishment yourself, then why not
consider us managing it for you? For 15% of the cost of the
building work we will organise the various building inspectors,
surveyors and workmen. Normally because of our local knowledge and
close association with the various building trades we should not
only be able to save you the cost of our management fee but also
the aggravation and worry. Someone on hand as the work progress
will give you peace of mind that everything is being done to your
own specification, in addition to which we will send you regular
updates and photographs via email. |
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