Description
Pau (Alt Emporda) - Catalan farmhouse from the 19th century with the main house renovated in 1980. The house is located on a plot of 2454m2 privileged by the situation, orientation and services itself. The lower part of the plot of about 1650m2 is fertile orchard land irrigated by the Rec de la Corriola which comes down from the hill just behind the village. It has three wells watered by the springs that in the Emporda plain collect the waters of the Canigo and the Albera, one of which has never been dry. There is a large shed with room for two tractors, a corn dryer and various terraces between the wells.
The upper part of the plot (about two metres higher as can be seen in the last photo of the plan) where the stone farmhouse is located on the stone itself. This part is completely fenced with stone walls from the street and with the other part of the plot, and we find different fruit trees and a spectacular rock in the north-east of the plot, very propitious to defend the house from the northern climate. As the house is shown in the cover photo, the facades in this direction are conceived to protect the house and make it climatically efficient already in its conception.
The urban character of 2026m2 of the plot (428m2 of the total plot corresponds to irrigated orchard) allows to imagine a project of extension of the house up to 1215m2 built, or to develop two additional houses in the lower part of up to 450m2 each.
The house has a second covered area next to the entrance for parking vehicles, and different covered areas for many uses between the buttresses of the stone walls of up to half a metre thick. The ground floor is a Catalan vaulted nave divided into two sections with the entrance in the middle, where today there are still boots, stone silos for grain and all the uses of a 100% self-sufficient country house, nowadays these spaces can be conceived again as cool rooms in summer and warm in winter.
The first floor is accessed from the dining room, bathroom, kitchen, three double bedrooms, one single bedroom and a pantry that could be another double bedroom, and a roof terrace facing southeast to take advantage of the best light and views over the Parc dels Aiguamolls del Emporda in one of its most unspoilt and fertile areas that begins at the foot of this village.
Finally, there is a barn of 34m2 of double height, annexed to the house but with access from the orchard area, where it could be developed independently or communicated with the main house, or be used for its traditional use.
An opportunity to acquire an exclusive place to grow a modern project rooted in the charm of tradition and stone. Make an appointment and come and see for yourself!
An offer from Blauhouse real estate services at the Mar d'Amunt: Llanca, Port de la Selva, Colera and Portbou since 1995
