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Stone House in Droushia, Polis, Paphos, Cyprus

5 Bed Stone Villa Spectacular Sea Views

Enjoy peace, serenity and complete privacy at this unique custom-built eco-friendly stone villa with stunning uninterrupted sea views over Polis Chrysochous bay. ONLINE VIEWING available.

Designed by Vangelis Mavronicolas, the villa, constructed in 2006, is situated 200m above sea level on a huge 9129 square metres agricultural plot. NB - agricultural plots can no longer be used for residential homes, only small farm buildings.

While located in a quiet rural plot on the edge of Droushia village boundary approximately 4.5km from the village itself, the property is conveniently only five minutes drive from either Polis or Latchi. Built both for family and business use, the owners initially used the property as a base for their new cycling and walking business Wheelie Cyprus, offering small group guided activity holidays with luxury accommodation. They then switched to using hotel accommodation for self-guided activity holidays and have since been using the property as a base for their cycle hire business together with more recently their new yoga business, mainly yoga classes and workshops, but with a view to adding summer houses and/or yurts for yoga retreats. The property has FULL TITLE DEEDS.

The Covid Pandemic has given the owners much time to reflect and, after 15 years of hard work building their businesses from scratch, they have decided to down-size in order to release funds to do more of the things they desire as they approach retirement. Their villa can be used simply as a spacious family home or prospective buyers may be interested in further developing the property for business use. The large plot size offers many options for adding yurt-style accommodation for bed and breakfast and/or for nature/yoga/activity retreats.

Built with off-grid solar-powered electricity (battery power storage) and generator back-up for occasional cloudy days in winter, the property offers 4/5 double bedrooms (one bedroom currently used as an office) and 4 bathrooms (3 ensuite, one shared between bedrooms 4 and 5/office). There is an open plan 50 square metre lounge/dining room/kitchen with a utility room set off the kitchen area with drop-ceiling insulation for warm and cosy winter evenings in front of the log burner fireplace.

The property has oil-powered under-floor heating throughout; the boiler also provides heat for the bathroom towel rails and, on cloudy days, hot water rather than using the immersion heater which drains battery power at night. Energy bills are minimal as solar energy provides year-round electricity. Average annual expenses amount to just €1000 for heating oil, diesel for the generator if required and wood for the woodburner. NB - the nearest electricity supply is now only 200m away just off the main road (in 2006 it was 5km away) so prospective owners may want to attach to the grid to use both solar power and on-grid electricity when required instead of running a generator for an hour or two on cloudy days.

The numerous patios around the property together with the roof terrace and chill out den offer a variety of entertaining spaces together with serenely quiet spaces for yoga and meditation at any time of the year.

KEY FEATURES OF THE PROPERTY

Uninterrupted spectacular sea and mountain views forever - plot extends to valley floor some 150m below

Traditional Stone build for minimal maintenance

Full Title Deeds

Italian Stone floors and tiles throughout, both inside and outside the property on all terraces

Hand-built Italian style kitchen with Neff appliances - double oven, hob and extractor

Granite worktops in kitchen, utility room and splashbacks in all bathrooms

3 ensuite bathrooms and 1 shared bathroom with spacious walk-in showers. The main ensuite bathroom has both a circular bath and shower

Nature walks straight from the garden

Storage cupboards with granite tops for easy cleaning underneath all bathroom sinks

Reverse Osmosis water purification system by Karma

3 x Solar panels for hot water and large cold water tank

24 x Solar panels for electricity together with inverters and charge controller plus batteries to store power generated

High pressure water system/pump

Spacious roof terrace for Yoga/Star gazing/Entertaining

Covered area outside kitchen/lounge for al fresco summer dining

Side Patio off front terrace

Front terrace/Yoga/Entertaining space

Large Block Paved area at front of house - perfect for large gathering entertainment

Hand-built wooden doors, windows and shutters

Double glazed windows throughout

Under floor heating and heated towel rails

Woodburner Fireplace

Ultra fast WiFi

Insulated ceiling Lounge/Diner/Kitchen

Insulated office space

Low energy light fittings throughout

Over 20 Mature fruit trees including apricot, peach, fig, plum, lemon and olive

Hand-built wooden pagodas around property in Chill out Den and outside bedrooms 2 & 3

Large vegetable plot with drip-feed irrigation system

Spacious garden with irrigation to all trees and plants. Ample space for swimming pool if required

Car-port for two vehicles

Traditional outdoor BBQ

Boiler room/pool house - owners removed pool several years ago as no longer required and not environmentally friendly

Floor to ceiling closets in all bedrooms (except office/bedroom 5)

Ceiling fans in all rooms except utility room/bathrooms

Air conditioning in office room only, for summer working if required - provision for AC in all other rooms. Solar energy does not allow AC at night unless also running generator, otherwise batteries are drained

Large parking area to front of property and also outside for more than 15 vehicles

Patio and Pagoda in rear garden

Storage Container (20ft) and Large Garden Shed for essential tools/bikes etc

Large vegetable planter in rear garden

Stepped pathway for access to lower terraces below the property and to valley below for nature/dog walks

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