Totally off grid, in a remote pristine mountain paradise, 30 minutes by car away from nearest village (2-3 hours walking) is our beloved home made up of a bigger house, a little house, a big storage garage and a stable to be turned into a dwelling.
Beautifully and elegantly constructed, with hand made iron work on doors, stone paved charming exterior stairs, paths and eating and chilling spaces, it is a haven for silence, bird listening, eagle watching, fresh morning and night air. It is oriented to the Northeast, so interiors remain cool and porches in front too, and very nicely breezy -in one I am sitting now at 1 pm : ) . It is all surrounded by public forest, so nearest neighboor is at a 15 min drive... meaning enormous privacy in all buildings and property forests and chilling areas.
The whole place is getting ready to be a natural birth haven for families to come and be helped with and cared for in all from natural fertility to postpartum care, and no-school-school for children and teenagers to grow happily, following their inner motivation and caring for each other. We have a great love for the place and care for it very much : )
There is a pool, yet, we are so sorry to have not been able to prepare it for you -we did not yet get final permisions for drilling the well and found no further way to fill it up. Along with this work in progress you will also find some construction material still on site, since we are hopefully continuing to build and advance in September.
We mainly need care of the house-property: to be very aware and proactive (phoning immediately for emergency) in the face of any possible nearby fire hazard, to set on the pump almost daily to bring all possible water our of the little existing well which fills up each night, to keep it all clean and dust-wasp-insect-mice-free indoors and outdoors... and further whatever other task you might fully enjoy.
During the year we are hosting workawayers and loving the experience of having each do what they most shine at and providing for them (and us ; ) the best possible experience, so, let us know what your dream stay would look like and let´s make it happen ; )
We normally have a mare, yet since the water situation is so, we will take her to a neighboor for August, so the only animal to care for would be a wild cat that in great company loves to stay (yet sometimes still leaves for days on adventures if his instinc calls). He is very loving and super cuddly : ) And only an outside cat! Not meant to be inside of the houses, please... especially to avoid any birthing or new mama to have to face a cat allergy!
The water situation in more detail is this: we did not yet get all papers to do the proper well, so now there is just a deposit with some thousands liters of spring water that filled from a little underground well that last year gave less and less until it dried in August... and we need to be ever so mindful with the collected water so that we can even still have enough for dishes and higiene when we come back and till the next rains of the season. We do not take normal "many liters" showers here, just do a minimal cleanse, nor do we do "normal way" dishes, but only super mindful dishes instead. We can show you what works for us and please feel welcome to improve upon it ; )
Even though there is no active pool yet right in the property:
-15 minutes away there are 2 amazing views spring water stone small pools to plunge in ; ) Sunny in the mornings, shady in the evenings
-15 minutes in the other direction the shaded and beautiful Genal River : )
-30 minutes away the public pool of Júzcar.
-1 hour away the beaches of Guadalmina and San Pedro de Alcántara
-1 h 15 minutes away beautiful beaches of Estepona, still the Mediterranean.
-2 h away stunning beaches of Cádiz, the Atlantic already: Tarifa, Bolonia, Conil...
Due to the remoteness of this pure air place we imagine it can be a best option for a couple or family happy with being deep in nature during a whole month or who don´t mind driving or walking the up and down and cliffy dirt road for little travels now and then. Or someone very happy with him/herself, on a nature or meditation quest of some sort ; )
Júzcar is 30 min away and has little shops and restaurants from house food to fine dining.
For a special ocasion, a beautiful place near by where to dine, just 15 min away by car, is the luxurious vineyard of La Fábrica de Hojalata, where you can have a wine taste and lunch cared by its wonderful hosts. Reservations in advance are needed.
1 h away is the dream city of Ronda.
We hope you have a dream experience... same or better than the one we are living here each day : )