Description:

Stunning villa for sale in Orba. Access to the villa is via a private concrete road that leads through orange groves to the property boundary where there is an electric gate before the road continues to the side of the property and the garage. Alongside the drive are large gravel areas which can be used for additional parking. The immediate area around the villa is planted as a garden and has many mature palm trees, trees and shrubs. To the rear of the villa is a large array of solar panels which are used as an additional sources of heating for the domestic hot water system and could easily be extended to enable heating of the swimming pool. The remainder of the extensive plot is terraced where necessary with dry stone walls and planted with citrus trees and other plants. To the front of the villa there is a large natural stone paved terrace that has a 10m by 5m in-ground swimming pool. This terrace has a panoramic view across the Orba valley. The terrace has a flight of steps leading up to the main villa entrance and access to the covered terrace and bathroom on the lower floor. There is a secluded grass garden area beyond the pool terrace that is shaded by mature pine trees. The large entrance hall is fully tiled and has doors to the kitchen breakfast room and lounge, the stairs lead up to the master suite and down to the lower floor. The breakfast room is accessed by double doors from the entrance hall and has a large window to the courtyard. It is 3.9m by 3m in size and fully tiled. The kitchen is accessed from the hall and has a door to the utility room and pantry. The garden can be accessed from the utility room. The kitchen is 3.9m by 3.5m and is fully equipped with a range of floor and wall cabinets and marble worktops, the walls are fully tiled. The lounge is 6.6m by 3.9m and is double aspect with a large bay window looking onto the valley and access to the dining room and the large covered terrace. It benefits from an inbuilt log burning stove and the ceiling is of traditional arch and beam design. The dining room is accessed from double sliding partially glazed doors from the lounge and has a large picture window overlooking the valley. It is 5.8m by 3.9m in size with traditional bean and arched ceiling. The master suite is situated on the top floor of the villa and is approached from a staircase from the hall.  At the top of the stairs to the left is bathroom 2 with a shower and storage cupboards, to the right is the walk-in wardrobe. The doorway ahead leads into the master bedroom which is 3.8m by 3.4m, it has built in wardrobes and a small balcony overlooking the garden and swimming pool terrace. There is a doorway leading to the sitting room / bedroom two, this room also has built-in wardrobes. Both of these rooms have solid wood-block flooring. From this room there is a doorway to bathroom 1 which has a full sized bath and bidet as well as basin and WC.  Bedrooms 3 to 6 are on the ground floor and are accessed via a small flight of stairs in the courtyard. At the top of the stairs the door opens onto a hallway, the two bedrooms are 3m by 2.9m with built in wardrobes. Between two bedrooms is a fully tiled shared bathroom with corner shower, wc, basin and bidet. ​A large covered terrace is accessed via a door from the courtyard or the double doors from the lounge. It is 5.8 by 3.9 and has double aspect views to Orba town and across the valley and has a traditional wooden beam and arched ceiling. The lower floor comprises two rooms, a covered terrace, garage and half bathroom and is accessed from the staircase in the hall. The stairs lead down to a hall which gives access to the rooms on this floor. This floor has a room 3.9m by 4.4m with a half bathroom that is accessed from the lower covered terrace and the hallway at the bottom of the stairs, it could be used as a 7th bedroom or for storage or even a gymnasium. There is a room currently used as a study that is 4m by 3.3m. The garage is reached by a further small flight of stairs and it is 6.9m by 4m and has an up and over door which leads to the driveway. The covered outside terrace on this floor is accesses from the first room or the swimming pool terrace. This terrace is 5.8m by 3.9m in size and has views across the valley. The villa is located in the town of Orba which is at the head of the Orba valley about 15 kilometres from the coast. The town has all necessary amenities including banks, small supermarkets, butchers, medical centre, chemists and many bars and restaurants. The villa is situated at the end of a small private road that only leads to this villa and is about 1 kilometer from the village centre. This villa would make an ideal family home but could offer a business opportunity as a rural casa / bed and breakfast, or could be split for two families or reconfigured to allow for a ‘grannie’ or caretakers apartment.