Acerca de
THE SPACE
SIMPLICITY & OPENNESS
MAJESTIC TREES, PEACEFUL, VIBRANT BEAUTY
VAST FIELDS, FERTILE SOIL, RIVER
LAND
The land is vibrant with natural life force, gentle, peaceful, private, spacious... Not spectacular as a landscape, but subtle, grounded beauty, restful and open, feeling of being very remote yet easily accessible.
It has 240 000 m2 (24 HA), stretching for 2 km with different inclinations, easy to walk along...
Beautiful spots a bit hidden in between the small hills ideal to create gardens, dancing platforms, water features...
Some fruit trees, olive trees, wine field with 100 trees already there.
Comes with bee hives, and 3 lovely white horses...
It can be a grounding to...
* Stimulate fresh perspectives and proposals to nurture inner & outer nature
* Discover new resources while relating with the land & humans
* Share temple & journeys, deepening intimacy in love, awareness, care for each other...
* Spa for body-heart-soul... to cleanse, relax, rejuvenate...
* Innovative events supporting specific projects for individuals & groups, retreats for writing, filming, arts, dance, music, etc…
* Offer live-in experiences for individual and/or small groups who would like to experiment with a different lifestyle
* Invite guests to collaborate in permaculture and land-based projects as support team, bringing skills and professional experience
* Simply hang out with each other...listen to what is ready to be revealed...enjoy being alive now…
* Anything else, any of us may have juice to create...
HOUSING
There is already a simple house, good enough to live in, considering that remodelling and requests for permits may time time.
It has 240 m2, from which 120m2 (2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen) is in good condition, though super rustic. The other half is an open space that needs inside roofing and walls plastering.
However, the whole house may be reviewed for a substantial remodelling and expansion, depending on the decision we make for usage, and how many of us would like to make this place our home base.
HIGHLIGHTS
* Privacy with valley location set on a beautiful landscape, simple, clean, spacious, 350m altitude
* Good part of the land near the river is fertile for plantation
* Location at the edge of Algarve (where prices are very high already) recently being “discovered”, yet close to larger towns (Faro, Lagos, Loule, and other smaller coast villages)
* Easy highway access, or two countryside roads through hills
* Close to Faro International airport 1 1/2 hr, Tamera 2 hrs, Awakeland 1 ½ hr, Aljezur 1 ½ hr, drive-ferry to Morocco (6 hrs)
* Low cost compared to many other properties due to owner being an affluent person not trying to make money out of the sales
* Pleasant 4 seasons with wide range of temperature (–5C night to 17C day, peak winter, 20C night to 40C day, peak summer)
* No fires in this region
* Water from river Vascao (divides Alentejo from Algarve) running at the end of property (usually dries out during august and September, running fully afterwards), 2 wells, small stream at a higher part, and possibility to create rain ponds for pleasure and irrigation
* Large lake 20 km away
* Swimming pond at neighbor´s land
* International flow of people moving into this area
* Houses/land available for sale in nearby small villages
* Can be mostly self-sustainable with permaculture gardens, yet close to resources of a larger town nearby (several at short distance)
* Possible to approve an agro-tourism project which can be used as a legal structure for core residents and guests
* Possible installation of pre-fabricated houses that come ready, only needing to connect with electricity and water (research already done with the manufacturer here, good quality, flexible designs, fast delivery).
* No permits needed for mobile structures (yurts, domes, pre-fab houses). By law they need to be moved every 2 years, but the engineer said he never heard of any control in this area.
* Possibility to buy adjacent land, another track with 240 000 m2
* Friendly neighbours (Shanti, Simon, Piret) who initially invited Komala to see the land familiar with ISTA , Tantra, Osho, and looking forward to expand conscious community in this area.
* Cottage available for rent at their land from now on...
CHALLENGES
* Need to apply for building permits for community purposes
* Time to have permit approved for remodelling/expanding the house for residential use between 4-6 months, and for agro-tourism 6-10 months
* Time needed to build/remodelling once housing project is approved. Depending on plans and m2, between 6 to 12 months
* Scarce trees with no forest configuration
* Not walking distance from any inhabited village
* 60 Km from closest beach
* Truly trust and recognize each others´ gifts , and how we may enrich each other
* Establish common ground to take decisions, respect our differences, celebrate this choice as we evolve
* Face and share inner doubts, insecurities, emotional waves related to present events and future unfolding...
All this can spark creative fire and joy, or become a burden, depends on how we approach it...
BUILDING POSSIBILITIES
Here is the information received during a consultation with the local engineer – Sayil, who has been working in this area with licensing construction permits and real estate, for over 20 years.
The property is divided in 3 segments:
* HABITATION AREA – an area near the road where the house is already located, and licensed for habitation. This area has 1.04 HA
The permit allowed to build and/or expand the house that is already there is maximum 560m2. As the house has already 240m2, we can add 320m2. The specification says that on the first floor it has to have maximum 300 m2 and on the second floor then can be built up to 260 m2.
* ECOLOGICAL RESERVE – most of the extension of the land. On this side of the land, there is a possibility to build up to 2 x 900m2 for agricultural purposes (storage for food, greenhouses, animals etc…) but after approval it can be used for ex. group room, art/dance studio with bathroom, etc…
* AGRICULTURAL RESERVE – only allowed to be used for agricultural projects. Delineated from the margins of the river (at the end of the land) up to 100m away. The river is at the end of the property, so beautiful space to plant gardens of all kinds, herbs, veggies etc... it has very fertile soil and a well is already open there with abundant water.
OBSERVATIONS
* Still waiting for the final confirmation to know if/how much it is possible to build, besides the house expansion mentioned above, if we opt to ask for an Agro-tourism project.
It may be that the maximum will stay as 560 m2 in one solo building (it means only expanding what is there), or according to the size of the land, it will be possible to request a permit to build up to1800 m2. This means, adding an extra 1240 m2 (if we consider the house remodelled and expanded to 560 m2). Otherwise, if we keep the house as it is, and add other buildings we can add an extra 1560 m2. If that is the case, it would be perfect for us, however not sure yet... Should get an answer this week.
Of course, this detail makes a crucial difference in our choices, number of people sharing the space, additional costs.
* Anyway, initially, the existing house can be used by the team who will supervise the remodelling, and setting up the space.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
Distances to
* Dogueno (closest town) – 5 km
* Ameixal – 7 km
* Almodovar – 20 km
* National Park Vale da Guadiana – 46 km
* Faro international airport – 62 km
* Faro town – 65 km
* Albufeira (beach) 67 km
* Tavira – 70 km
* Armacao de Pera (beach) – 82 km
* Portimao – 112 km
* Lagos – 120 km
* Huelva (Spain) – 130 km
* Aljezur – 135 km
* Seville (Spain) – 220 km
Lisboa – 228 Km
GOOGLEMAP REFERENCE
