Finca/Country House for sale in Sax, Alicante

Bargain traditional semi detached country house

This is a huge property boasting 280m2, with 8 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge with fireplace, and spacious kitchen. The property is full of traditional Spanish features, terracotta tiles, and high beamed ceilings. It is located on a plot of 700m2 which is a nice size garden, and the outside space has been created to enjoy with fantastic barbecue area for entertaining friends and family. There is scope to landscape a lovely Mediterranean garden. There is an inner courtyard that receives sun all day. Located under 10 minutes drive to Sax this wonderful property will sell quickly.

Half of the property is perfect to live in whilst there is still potential to renovate the rest of the building, not only will this create a fabulous property, there is real investment potential.

What about Sax? It’s a relatively small town so local people soon start recognising you and both Spanish and ex pats embrace newcomers, and offer help in many areas. There are various facebook groups where you will benefit from the experience of others making your new life easy to adapt to.

Most famous for its castle, but also the birthplace of Alberto Sols a famous chemist, successful sportspersons, authors, musicians, and the incredible Moros and Christians festival which celebrates their patron saint…. The beloved San Blas.

I say it’s a relatively small place, but Sax has everything that you really need. A selection of supermarkets including Consum that stocks international foods, as well as a fantastic fresh fish counter, vast range of cheeses, vegetables and cured meats, as well as the typical items that you would hope to find in any major supermarket chain.

I didn’t mention meat or bread etc, wherever possible I like to support the smaller local businesses, and you will find some fantastic butcherers, and bakers within the town where you will get a more personal service, and build up a relationship with the owners, staff and clients.

If you are worried about how you will manage with the Spanish health system, then worry no more. Sax has a 24-hour medical centre with English speaking doctors and nurses, so does the Elda hospital which is only 5 minute drive away from Sax. There is of course an ambulance service based within the town. The standard of health care here is excellent.

Transport links don’t come much better than in Sax either. There is a regular bus service heading to one town inland (Villena, that then loops back and passes through several towns on the way back to where it started in Alicante). For less than 5 euros you can travel in a comfortable airconditioned bus to Alicante and be there in less than an hour. We are also just 7km from the high-speed railway station of Santa Eualia (Villena) where you can catch a train to Madrid or Alicante and arrive incredibly quickly. Perfect for a day out in the Spanish capital.

There is also a train station in Sax, but that is for the traditional line that doesn’t go as quick, and has a few stops, but it’s incredibly handy to get you into the centre of Alicante, and again is low cost.

Do you like culture, history, art, theatre? Sax has no shortage of these either. The town has a theatre, and a newly built auditorium. The Saxonians celebrate their rich culture on many occasions throughout the year, with the pinnacle being 5 days of the Moors and Christians festival in February, something that really needs to be seen to be believed. From the re-enactment of Conquests and Victory celebrations from many years again with blunderbusses and cannons firing in the streets, with all participants in ancient military costume it really is a spectacular event. Then there are the "Cuartalillos" which are group owned buildings owned by revellers which are filled with food and drinks and offer a base for the days (and nights) of celebrations. There is no greater honour for members to invite guests to eat and drink with them. For sure at some time you will be invited, just don’t make the mistake of offering to pay, as your hosts will be most disappointed. They save all year to have the privilege of inviting people.

Even after 18 years here I don’t know what all of the fiestas are, it just becomes a part of life to walk down the street one day and find a few hundred people in costume or doing activities which their great grandparents and relatives before then also did. The carnival is more recent but things like the burial of the Sardines and the day where almost all of the town walks to the mountain to pick a sprig of fresh Rosemary have been done for many years. Suffice to say although you may not know what is quite happening in some of the fiestas, they are always good fun, and nearly always end up with some alcohol consumption!

There are almost 50 bars in the city, many serving tapas dishes, daily menus aimed at providing hearty food to workers at exceptional prices. For 10 euros you can buy a 3-course meal in many places, often including beer, wine or coffee. If you ask for wine and they put a bottle on the table... then don’t feel like you have to drink it all. Wine is cheap here, and they are happy for you to drink as much as you want and charge accordingly. From simple restaurants to more stylish restaurants, you have everything here.

If you choose to live or invest here, you will find that it is an increasingly popular place, aside from the already mentioned things there is a great climate with more than 300 days of sun per year. This is without the high humidity of the coast and the inferno-like temperatures that the inland of Spain suffers from in the summer.