Finca/Country House for sale in El Valle, Granada

Simple cortijo with spectacular views with potential for reforming, and with nearly 2 hectares of land.

19,485 m2 (almost 2 hectares)

2 million litre water deposit

For many years, the Lecrín Valley has been an incredibly popular location for hispanophiles looking for a traditional way of life in some of Granada Province’s most verdant landscapes: a micro-climate that provides the perfect conditions for growing oranges. The scent across the entire valley at orange blossom time is heady and intoxicating, and up in the forested mountains the views are amazing.

This simple little cortijo needs change of use and extension to create a usable country home, but it is the land that is the feature here.

From the lovely village of Restábal, a very good concrete road weaves gently up into the mountains above the Valle de Lecrín, past orange, almond and olive groves and up into pine forests that provide home to deer, ibex and wild boar. The views are incredible, taking in a wide expanse of the valley and Sierra Nevada beyond. Although the valley itself might attract new residents and holidaymakers through the year, this corner remains quite a secret and it is utterly peaceful.

The cortijo is a simple concrete box with two rooms. To create a home, an application would need to be made to register the property as a house, and for the accommodation to be extended. It should be possible to build an upper floor allowing for a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom house with an attractive open-plan living/dining room below that opens onto a wide terrace. The mountain track leads down to the property.

It is certainly worth asking at the town hall of El Valle to see what might be permissible on this plot, as it is an opportunity to acquire a very special corner of this lovely area and create a charming home.