House for sale in Sande, Portugal

It's 150,000m2 of land, mostly agricultural and also forested. With extensive fields of fertile soil interspersed with oak forests, fruit trees, and vineyards. Retaining walls made of granite and an area designated for eucalyptus planting. The property is supplied with water from several springs, stored in large stone tanks that irrigate the fields through ditches and channels. Until the beginning of this century, the property was fully cultivated. However, due to the advanced age of the owners, they abandoned agriculture, leaving the farm without production. A small residential cluster forms the heart of the property, consisting of five buildings constructed in cut stone, interconnected but independent. The main house, with a footprint of 150m2 and a gross area of 300m2, is divided into two floors. The first floor includes a rustic kitchen with a wood-burning oven, several rooms, and rooms with well-preserved wooden floors. On the ground floor, in open space, there are three granite mills and a large cellar. The secondary house is connected to the main house by a walkway and a common staircase. It has a footprint of 130m2 and a gross area of 260m2. On the first floor, there is also a rustic kitchen with a smokehouse chimney and a wood-burning oven, as well as several rooms and halls. On the ground floor, there are four large compartments that served as a warehouse for agricultural products. In front of these two houses, there is a large walled threshing floor with two very peculiar and unique granaries, featuring six mushroom-shaped supports. There is also a building with a porch used to store agricultural tools and a tractor. Next to the secondary house, there is a hay barn with a steeply pitched roof. With a footprint of 70m2 and a gross area of 140m2, it is divided in the middle by a staircase leading to the upper floor, used for storing pasture and straw. Below, there are stables for small animals. Perpendicular to the threshing floor is another large building divided into two floors, with a footprint of 120m2 and a gross area of 240m2, serving as a stable for large animals. On the upper floor, there is a large open space used as a toolshed and repair workshop. Half of the lower floor has two storage compartments and another used for distillation. The other half houses the stable, a compartment with a unique architecture, with two large entrances supported laterally by large granite pillars and upper openings in the walls for ventilation. At the rear of the residential houses, there is a large water tank, and a path shaded by a grapevine leads to a courtyard where we find the pigsty. A two-story building, with a footprint of 70m2 and a gross area of 140m2. With a steeply pitched roof, the upper floor is an open area used to store animal feed, while the lower floor has a porch and three compartments used as pigsties. Next to the pigsty, there is a small building used as a bathroom. Further ahead, there is another more recent construction used as a garage. This property is very versatile, offering numerous possibilities, such as transforming it into a rural hotel, tourist accommodation, a residence for those who want to enjoy nature, a self-sustaining agricultural property, a place for multiple families to live in a community, or various uses simultaneously. It is located in a quiet agricultural area but close to various types of commerce and services. It is very close to the Douro and Tâmega rivers, as well as the cities of Porto and Marco de Canaveses. Come for a visit!