Casa Roja

  • UPDATE : We are currently working on the house, garden and land to improve it further. New website photos, descriptions and an updated price will be added once the work is completed and to fully reflect the price of comparable houses in Almeria province. We estimate March for re marketing. More info will follow soon! *

(The Red House) – was a shabby salmon pink cottage when purchased with an overgrown garden, no fencing and a dead bird in the kitchen extractor fan. It had been used as a second home for several years but was in need of a major overhaul. Everything has been changed, added to and upgraded since October 2019. Move-in ready.

You can buy this with Casa Mary as a package – one to live in, plus one for income, grown up kids, elderly relatives or friends/family as guests. There’s a call for rural tourism in this area plus sharply rising demand from digital nomads on the new successful Spanish visa, who are looking for quiet, rural locations to rent in.

OR you can buy it separately as it is a self-contained house with its own plot on the catastral, own escritura and Nota Simple.

  • FULLY RENOVATED
  • Legal dwelling on the catastral and land registry
  • Airy open plan kitchen/living space with high beamed ceiling
  • Large woodburning stove
  • A generously sized (for Spanish rustic houses) fully fitted U-shape kitchen with ‘bistro bar’ in oak effect, with wall and floor units, a new air-fryer electric oven, and separate gas hob
  • Fitted utility room with wall and floor units, cold water feed for a washing machine
  • 3 bedrooms (2 doubles, one small double or generous single)
  • Renovated shower room with 80x70cm cubicle, toilet, washbasin, over-basin unit with light, slimline high wall units and space for a tumble dryer
  • DC motor, energy efficient Cecotec ceiling fans in all rooms except the new sun room.
  • Air conditioning in all rooms (except bathroom)
  • Internet and TV reception
  • Rear storm porch with guttering for bedrooms, creating a safe, fully enclosed rain-free ‘run’ area for dogs (and rain free windows)
  • External white metal roller shutters for the main house and integrated white aluminum roller shutters for the sun room
  • Front door and window reja bars
  • Gated safe rear area for dogs with access from the small double (middle bedroom)
  • * Full Victron 5kw solar system with 8 batteries and grid feedback
  • * Solar water tank powered by 2 roof mounted panels
  • 100 litre electric water tank as backup
  • Septic tank installed 2022 (with contract for servicing)
  • Mains electricity (back up for cloudy weather)
  • Front and east external tiled porches, with a covered work area in the rear half of the east porch
  • A double-glazed and insulated south and west-facing sun room with roller window blinds and door to the garden (not yet photographed). Accessible from the main house through a brand new wooden glazed door and reja, adding an extra 18sqm of usable living space.
  • * Large almacen (workshop) 30sqm internal, with light/power and water, and air conditioning!
  • Garden tool shed and covered work area
  • Heavy duty storm slats over the toolshed to keep rain out of the work area
  • Wood store
  • * Tractor store on the east side of the almacen
  • * Own legal well (drinkable water) licenced for 3000m3 per year
  • New well pump installed in 2020
  • * 10,000 litre back up water tanks (unused but ready)
  • Fully walled and fenced garden with 2 gated entrances, all installed since 2019.
  • Parking for around 4 cars, motorhome and assorted trailers!
  • * 1 acre (5000 sqm approx) mature irrigated olives (18 trees)
  • * Mini tractor and olive harvesting equipment
  • * Working irrigation system
  • Secluded location surrounded by hills
  • South facing with extensive views
  • Good access via a gently sloping rambla
  • Uleila del Campo 15 minutes drive
  • Low IBI – 120 euros per year
  • No permanently occupied properties within 1km
  • Above-ground pools are permitted
  • Absolutely everything in place – just move in

Energy efficiency rating – Grade C

(Under EU legislation, all domestic properties must be Grade E by 2030 and Grade D by 2033 in order to be sold or let on the open market.)

* The perfect sustainable lifestyle?

* The items marked * are ideal for people wishing to live off grid and adopt a more eco-friendly, sustainable lifestyle. There are around 18 large mature trees which are well spaced out, giving room for growing vegetables using the existing irrigation system or keeping livestock. There is a large area at the top left of the plot which is currently unused except for occasional parking (see aerial photo).

If you like land but don’t want to tend the olives, we can put you in contact with someone who can do this for you.

Also note that there is a ruined cortijo nearby with quite a large area of open grassland at the front and side. This was previously used for housing and grazing a small flock of sheep, but it hasn’t had any animals there for several years. The owner visits very rarely just to tend the olives, and might be open to renting the cortijo and land.

Note! No new wells can be drilled in this area (not even on the same land) so having one already is a major asset.

Please note! Casa Roja is a rural house which is 2km up a working agricultural track which is also a rambla (dry stream). Please see the Contact Us page for more details.

Note : In-ground permanent swimming pools are not permitted in rustic land, because they are not considered justified structures for agricultural use. However flexible or rigid above-ground pools that are non-permanent are permitted. We understand these can be semi-sunk into the ground as long as they do not have permanent bases. (Please also see the page All About AFOs which gives more detail about building in rustic land at the bottom)

And here’s the latest video link on YouTube