HouseFerreira do Alentejo e Canhestros (Portugal)

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$3,278,300

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bedrooms7 bathrooms6

The main villa has a typical Alentejo design, but is built with the most modern technologies. It comprises a hall decorated with stained glass windows, two en-suite bedrooms with large built-in closets and another special suite with a separate living room and walking closet; the convenient gym is located next to the bedrooms; the office is spacious and next to it there is a beautiful washroom with hand-painted 7th century-style tiles; the living room is large and has a winter area with a beautiful fireplace and a summer area with direct access to the large south-facing terrace; the dining room connects to the large kitchen which is also joined by the wood-burning oven and b. b.c. with a beautiful allusive tile panel.The floors in the bedrooms are made of highly resistant exotic Brazilian wood; those in the communal areas are also made of highly resistant regional tiles.The house has excellent insulation between the walls and white lacquered aluminum frames with thermal break and double glazing. It has aluminum shutters in the same color and with insulation on the slats, which gives it great thermal inertia and has been classified with Class A+ efficiency.It has underfloor central heating which gives it a very comfortable atmosphere and as it operates at a low temperature the fuel consumption is very low (wood boiler and solar panels and fuel boiler as backup).It has air conditioning in every room.The ground floor is even bigger than the house and as well as a huge garage for many cars, it has a huge laundry room, a bathroom with a Turkish bath, 3 large storage rooms and a boiler room with solar heating.Everything is automated, from the heating to the control of the high-performance solar panels, diesel and wood boilers, domestic hot water and the various irrigation systems. There are many internal and external power sockets conveniently arranged for ease of use. The alarm system has several protection zones and panic buttons outside.- The caretaker's house has a bedroom with a large closet, a living room with a kitchen, a machine room and a bathroom. It also has heating and air conditioning. If not used for that purpose, it can be considered a very special suite, as it is conveniently connected to the main house.- The chapel is simple and holy, and also has heating, automatic ventilation and pleasant lighting through allusive stained glass windows. - The swimming pool is large and overflowing, with water heated by the solar system and the water treatment system is not the conventional one with chlorine, (which, even derived from salt, is still chlorine), or other chemicals, but the one used by NASA with copper ions and active oxygen, resulting in protected and pure water that doesn't cause any inconvenience. The vast lawned garden is enveloping and invites you to relax, as it has great privacy due to the protection of tall bushes and trees that isolate it from the rest of the property. The attached house, which supports the pool, is large and could even be used as a dwelling, as it has all the necessary facilities: kitchen, living room, bathroom, fireplace, air conditioning, bathroom and storage room for all the pool and garden equipment.- The airfield: - On the opposite side of the property is the ICAO/EASA internationally certified airfield. The runway is 558 m long and has been used by aircraft ranging from ultralights to Cessna 172s and the twin-engine Cessna push-pull Skymaster. The hangar has space for several aircraft (planes and helicopters) and on the first floor consists of an office, a full bathroom, a large living room, 2 bedrooms with closets and a storage room. On the first floor there is a full bathroom, large kitchen, living room and workshop. This complex can be lived in independently. Outside there are two social toilets, technical storage and a general air-conditioning plant. There is still room to build another hangar and accommodation, like a mini hotel, or grouped villas.- The agricultural part is made up of class 'A' land and, in addition to a convenient irrigation tank, there are two artesian boreholes with capacity for the entire property and pressurized water from the Alentejo integrated irrigation system (EDIA / Alqueva), which allows for a wide variety of irrigated crops.