Today we're opening the doors to one of Portugal's most spectacular homes. We're travelling to the Algarve to discover this incredible home that perfectly balances sustainability, luxury, and nature. It is an eco-friendly house with a garden that features a swimming pool, a pond, and even a waterfall.
This luxury house is located in Almancil, in the municipality of Loulé, and has a built area 300 square metres (m2), which includes a spacious open-plan living room with a fully equipped kitchen, laundry room, guest WC, 4 en-suite bedrooms, an entrance hall, and a garage.
Set on a 9,940 m2 plot, this single-storey villa offers various outdoor spaces. In addition to the surrounding natural landscape of the Algarve, this amazing house boasts a swimming pool with magnificent views, a deck with a pond, and even a waterfall, providing a tranquil and serene environment. It also features a garden and a rooftop vegetable garden.
"This villa was built with all environmental concerns in mind, considering sustainability, the use of ecological materials, and minimising the visual impact on the landscape, from the development of the architectural project to its completion," explains Century 21 Realty Art, responsible for the sale of the house, in a statement. The property is also listed on idealista for 4.9 million euros.
The choice of local materials, chemical-free paints, and solid wood for the doors, wardrobes, and flooring provides greater comfort to the house and improves the air quality inside, maintaining the ambient temperature at 21°C.
"Another aspect considered in this project was the recovery of rainwater, the borehole for capturing groundwater, and the separation and treatment of wastewater for reuse in the green spaces," they add.
In addition to water efficiency, this luxury house in the Algarve also boasts a Zero Energy certificate, a result of a series of sustainable choices. The energy efficiency of this villa has been ensured by the use of skylights to direct natural light into the circulation areas and bathrooms. It also features solar panels, a low-consumption heat pump for heating water, and thermal insulation of the walls, for example.
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