Apartment 345 m², Comares

5+bedrooms, 1 bathroom currently – cortijo in need of reform, could be a magnificent property, with guest room potential – plot 34,311m2 – 45 mins to Malaga

A fascinating, original cortijo, built in 1936, in the unspoilt area of the Montes de Malaga, on two floors, plus an outbuilding.

This ancient cortijo is still in its original state and has the family home of a local family for many generations. It is located on a plot of land of 34,311m2 consisting of natural mountainous terraine with many olive trees and natural scrubland. In the Springtime the ground is full of wild herbs and flowers and the landscape is green nearly all year round.

This is perfect for anyone looking for pure nature, relative isolation (5Kms from the nearest village, of which 3Kms is track), and a chance to convert a true Andalusian country cortijo into a comfortable, rustic home.

From the track, a driveway leads to a large parking area for plenty of vehicles. There is also a garage here, which could be kept as a garage or could be converted. From here is a door into the kitchen, but the main entrance is accessed via a covered terrace on the other side of the house, with double doors leading into a living room, leading to the kitchen and bathroom, and through double doors into the rest of the upstairs area, consisting of four further rooms, two currently set up as bedrooms.

Stairs lead down to the lower level, consisting of a beautiful living room with original double doors to a lower stone-paved patio and original flooring, plus an old kitchen with a huge ‘inglenook’ fireplace and four further rooms.

Some of the rooms both on the upper and lower levels have windows into the garage and outbuildings that are located to one side of the cortijo, so some internal reworking and planning of the layout is required to improve the use and flow of this fascinating old building.

There are many original features still remaining in this old building, with many rooms featuring original beams, cane infill, tiles and windows/doors.

Outside, the far end of the house consists of a series of animal shelters and outdoor runs, which could be removed and converted perhaps into a walled patio garden or an open patio, with beautiful views all around. And a path leads down to a lower outbuilding of around 31m2 and another building of 6m2.

Comares: 15 mins
Malaga: 45 mins