Villa to swap in Centro, Portugal (Ref: 504)

This eight year old semi-detached three-storey villa is situated on the outskirts of the town of Lousa, which is 25 mins from the university city of Coimbra, and midway between the airports of Porto and Lisbon . It is within walking distance to the town centre which contains all the usual amenities of a small town, banks, churches, schools, restaurants, swimming pools, cinema, cafes, bars, shops and supermarkets, we are within 40 mins drive to the coast, with nice promenade walks, clean sands and two hours from a ski resort in the Serra da Estrela mountains. A new Metro rail system is currently being built to replace the existing rail link with Coimbra and will be completed in 2011.

The villa is situated in a small hamlet of mainly Portuguese owned properties, although there are several properties owned by British, American and Dutch expats some of whom reside here permanently. The house benefits from outstanding views from every direction across open farmland towards the mountains and the town of Lousa. The villa has a living area of 268sm and comprises 3 double bedrooms, all with double glazed doors leading to balconies to take advantage of the stunning views, 4 bathrooms, a large lounge, a large well-fitted kitchen and dining area. The villa has oil-fired central heating, mains water and electricity and benefits from satellite TV (inc BBC, ITV Channel four/five etc), telephone and internet services.  All doors and windows feature roller security blinds. It also has a large ground floor games room that could possibly be converted to a separate studio apartment containing the existing shower room, or an additional double bedroom, adjacent is a utility room and a large store/wine cellar. A large garage with electric opening door and a outside store for cooking gas bottles.  It also features a five-seater spa adjacent to the 80sqm patio, there is also a small vegetable garden which contains orange, lemon, apple and apricot trees .

Price: 185,000€

Looking to swap for: A detached Property with 3 bedrooms in preferably Norfolk, Suffolk or Lincolnshire but will consider anywhere in UK.

This property is for sale or permanent swap through the owner.