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300 Year Old Stonewall Farmhouse
Location: Malta / Gozo Ref No: 100/2083 Type: Sale-Other Price: € 1,678,190 ( MTL 650,000 ) Bedrooms: 4 - 5 Bathrooms: 3 - 4 |
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Property Description:
The house is situated on the outskirts of the village of Gharb, on the northwest corner of the island, and approximately an eight minute drive into the main town of Victoria.
The house consists of a beautiful entrance to an outdoor courtyard which is surrounded by the kitchen/dining area and a sitting area. The living room has pinewood flooring and a stone fire place. There are four bedrooms, one with en-suite, two additional bathrooms both with showers, and a 5th room presently used as a study which could alternatively be an additional bedroom.
In addition, there is a greenhouse with adjoining workshop, a one car garage, small wine cellar, refurbished small attic above the master bedroom, and solar water heating. Outdoors, there is a magnificent swimming pool bordered by natural stone and a large marble terrace, a Koi fish pond, magic garden area, and a 95 tree olive orchard (4-5 years old).
The garden and olive orchard are both fully irrigated from a pump and three wells. In 2006 we produced 100 litres of an excellent extra-virgin olive oil (pressed in Gozo), and we estimate 150 litres this year, as the trees grow. The orchard area is completely surrounded by stone walls, measuring approximately 2300 sq. meters and comprises one of the largest private gardens on the island, blessed with sun year round, privacy and tranquillity.
This property is truly unique and will be of interest to a family with a passion for year round outdoor life in a mid-Med. setting.
Interior Features
- Air Conditioning
- Heating
- Solar Heating
- Washing Facilities (in apartment)
Gozo, which in Maltese is called 'Ghawdex' (pronounced: Awdesh), provides a tranquil haven for a tempo and scene change. The charm of Gozo is apparent the moment you arrive there. Greener, more rural and smaller than Malta, life on Gozo moves at a leisurely pace. The rhythms dictated by the seasons, fishing and agriculture.The island - only 14.5 km long and 8km wide - has a beautiful rural charm dotted with tiny villages, each with its own Baroque church and patron saint's day, celebrated annually with much fireworks, fun and revelry. Over 27,000 people inhabit the island and this amounts to one-twelfth of the overall population of Malta. When compared to the overall area of the Maltese Islands, Gozo covers approximately one-third of that area. This means that the island of Gozo is not overpopulated, and therefore greener and quite more peaceful.
Gozo is steeped in myth. Thought to be the legendary Calypso's isle of Homer's Odyssey, it's a peaceful, mystical backwater. Its history stretches back thousands of years, from the mysterious megalithic temples of Ggantija to the Knights of St. John's walled Citadel, this is truly an Island that seems lost in time. Baroque churches and old stone farmhouses dot the countryside. The sea is only ten minutes from anywhere on the island. All roads in Gozo lead to Victoria, or Rabat, as the local people call it. Almost the moment you arrive in Gozo, you see its Citadel rising steeply above the surrounding countryside.Malta's weather and climate are strongly influenced by the sea and have a very characteristic Mediterranean flavour, similar to that found in southern Italy or southern Greece. The climate is typically Mediterranean, with hot, dry summers, warm and sporadically wet autumns, and short, cool winters with adequate rainfall.Lace-making ladies still gossip in the quiet streets while their fingers manipulate their flying bobbins; farmers coax crops from the sun-beaten soil; the water laps gently at the volcanic rocks of the shore. The pace of life in Gozo is relaxed, at ease with itself and the world. Gozo has shrugged off the frantic race against time of modern life. And that's how the friendly, welcoming locals like it. In Gozo, the leisurely pace of life itself revolves around farming and the sea while still offering excellent restaurants, exciting nightlife, a yacht marina, superb dive sites and all modern services.
The house is situated on the outskirts of the village of Gharb, on the northwest corner of the island, and approximately an eight minute drive into the main town of Victoria.
The house consists of a beautiful entrance to an outdoor courtyard which is surrounded by the kitchen/dining area and a sitting area. The living room has pinewood flooring and a stone fire place. There are four bedrooms, one with en-suite, two additional bathrooms both with showers, and a 5th room presently used as a study which could alternatively be an additional bedroom.
In addition, there is a greenhouse with adjoining workshop, a one car garage, small wine cellar, refurbished small attic above the master bedroom, and solar water heating. Outdoors, there is a magnificent swimming pool bordered by natural stone and a large marble terrace, a Koi fish pond, magic garden area, and a 95 tree olive orchard (4-5 years old).
The garden and olive orchard are both fully irrigated from a pump and three wells. In 2006 we produced 100 litres of an excellent extra-virgin olive oil (pressed in Gozo), and we estimate 150 litres this year, as the trees grow. The orchard area is completely surrounded by stone walls, measuring approximately 2300 sq. meters and comprises one of the largest private gardens on the island, blessed with sun year round, privacy and tranquillity.
This property is truly unique and will be of interest to a family with a passion for year round outdoor life in a mid-Med. setting.
Interior Features
- Air Conditioning
- Heating
- Solar Heating
- Washing Facilities (in apartment)
Gozo, which in Maltese is called 'Ghawdex' (pronounced: Awdesh), provides a tranquil haven for a tempo and scene change. The charm of Gozo is apparent the moment you arrive there. Greener, more rural and smaller than Malta, life on Gozo moves at a leisurely pace. The rhythms dictated by the seasons, fishing and agriculture.The island - only 14.5 km long and 8km wide - has a beautiful rural charm dotted with tiny villages, each with its own Baroque church and patron saint's day, celebrated annually with much fireworks, fun and revelry. Over 27,000 people inhabit the island and this amounts to one-twelfth of the overall population of Malta. When compared to the overall area of the Maltese Islands, Gozo covers approximately one-third of that area. This means that the island of Gozo is not overpopulated, and therefore greener and quite more peaceful.
Gozo is steeped in myth. Thought to be the legendary Calypso's isle of Homer's Odyssey, it's a peaceful, mystical backwater. Its history stretches back thousands of years, from the mysterious megalithic temples of Ggantija to the Knights of St. John's walled Citadel, this is truly an Island that seems lost in time. Baroque churches and old stone farmhouses dot the countryside. The sea is only ten minutes from anywhere on the island. All roads in Gozo lead to Victoria, or Rabat, as the local people call it. Almost the moment you arrive in Gozo, you see its Citadel rising steeply above the surrounding countryside.Malta's weather and climate are strongly influenced by the sea and have a very characteristic Mediterranean flavour, similar to that found in southern Italy or southern Greece. The climate is typically Mediterranean, with hot, dry summers, warm and sporadically wet autumns, and short, cool winters with adequate rainfall.Lace-making ladies still gossip in the quiet streets while their fingers manipulate their flying bobbins; farmers coax crops from the sun-beaten soil; the water laps gently at the volcanic rocks of the shore. The pace of life in Gozo is relaxed, at ease with itself and the world. Gozo has shrugged off the frantic race against time of modern life. And that's how the friendly, welcoming locals like it. In Gozo, the leisurely pace of life itself revolves around farming and the sea while still offering excellent restaurants, exciting nightlife, a yacht marina, superb dive sites and all modern services.
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