Casa de Laila So Much More Than A Four Bed Villa

Overview

Casa de Laila is another world with a majestic property, mature tropical gardens, external gym, substantial games room, small paddock and a truly spectacular saltwater pool area. Views are spectacular and the sunsets stunning.

The house is a very large residence consisting of 4 suites (Serenity, Sunrise, Panoramic and Serendipity), lounge, house kitchen, games room, pantry, office and downstairs toilet all set in over 5000 square metres of beauty and tranquillity. It’s difficult to find anything as stunning at this in the whole of the Guadlahorce valley.

The property is of a very high standard in a rustic style and rarely do properties like this come on the market.

Location

• On the edge of the whitewashed town of Alhaurin el Grande, Malaga.
• 2 minute drive or 12 minute walk into town with all its facilities, bars and restaurants.
• Private and yet not isolated at all.
• 30 minutes to the Costa del Sol coast.
• 30 minutes from Malaga airport.
• Glorious views over the whole of the Guadalhorce valley and mountains.

The Accommodation

Laila — The House

An impressively large 4 king size bedroom suite property. Built into the rock with character and style in abundance, it’s a mixture of Spanish and traditional English that blends perfectly.

Bedroom suites

Downstairs rooms

• Lounge — Very large open plan living area with exposed rock, large feature wood burning stove and a secret mirror door.
• Kitchen diner — Extensive units, solid wood American walnut worktops, beamed ceiling, integrated dishwasher, wine rack, island, SMEG duel oven 6 burner range cooker, extractor and space for a large dining table.
• Covered terrace — Accessed from the kitchen with breathtaking views and handmade Andalucian esparto blinds.
• Pantry — Worktop, generous food storage, room for chest freezer and fridge, plumbing for washing machine and space for tumble dryer.
• Games room — Rock-cut room currently housing pool table, table football, darts, pinball, retro arcade machine and gaming station.
• Toilet — High level traditional Victorian WC, basin unit, skylight and stained-glass window.
• Office — Single person office with hard wired internet and skylight.
• Entrance hallway — Spacious entrance with exposed rock, authentic double wooden doors, chandelier, distressed wooden stairs, iron bannister and stained glass windows.
• Back hallway — Alternative entrance, direct terrace access and skylight.
• Basement — Low-level basement for storage or shed use.

In the house you’ll find

• Oil fired central heating radiators, air conditioning in all bedrooms and lounge, plus 3 additional multi fuel stoves.
• Hard wired internet data cables to the lounge, office and all bedrooms for IPTV.
• High ceilings providing a sense of grandeur.
• Traditional Spanish tiled floors downstairs.
• Distressed engineered oak wooden floors upstairs.
• High end touches and finishes throughout.

The Pool Area

This is not a standard rectangular pool. It’s an impressive curved saltwater pool measuring 17m long and around 4.5m wide, suitable for proper lengths of swimming, with a deep end of 1.8m.

• Large rustic stone paved area for sunbathing and similar pathways.
• Brick built covered pool kitchen with seating, kitchen units, granite worktop and dining space.
• Pool shower house with shower, basins, power, light and plumbing for laundry facilities.
• External toilet and sink.
• 2 additional outside showers.
• Spectacular waterfall flowing over rocks into the pool.

When lit up at night the pool area is even more gorgeous.

The Gym Area

A large outside area suitable for a gym, yoga area or similar, with a rustic wood shelter for protection from sun and rain, plus an uncovered area and TV.

Gardens, Land and Outside

• Electric entrance gates — Security camera, video doorbell and dog house.
• Mature tropical gardens — Wide range of trees and plants including around 30 orange trees, 18 olive trees, plus lemon, mandarin, clementine, avocado, almond, pomegranate, persimmon and nespero trees.
• Fish pond — Abundant with goldfish.
• Open area — Previously used as a horse school or for additional parking.
• Small paddock area — Around 800 m² with a field shelter, potentially suitable for a small horse, pony or other animals.

Utilities

• IBI — €1215/year
• Rubbish — €94/year
• Electric — Mains
• Water — Town water and cheap irrigation water from a local community well
• Drainage — Modern septic tanks
• Irrigation — Approx. 30,000 litre in-ground water deposits with automatic irrigation
• Internet — High speed full fibre to house and apartments, currently 300mb with up to 1GB available, plus external Wi-Fi to pool and gym

Other

• House originally built in 1972, reformed and enlarged in 1996, then fully refurbished again a few years ago.
• The house already has an AFO.
• Full rewire completed in 1996.
• Heating is via oil boiler radiator central heating plus air con heating and cooling.
• Intercom from the entrance gate to the house.
• Furniture and contents available by separate negotiation.

Potential Uses

Private residential property

The house is presently used primarily as a private residential property.

Holiday tourism business

The property lends itself perfectly to a holiday rental business in conjunction with a private residence. All bedroom suites in the house have their own external entrances, and the internal suite doors can be locked to keep them independent from the owners’ use of the main house.

The property presently has a tourist rental licence.

The paddock area could also be used for upmarket glamping at approximately €100 per night each.

Other uses

Previous owners have also used the property as a wedding venue and yoga retreat.