Fábrica do Padre João
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#59 🏅65% REJECT • €145k • industrial • town • 2300m² complex • Despite being a bit higher in the valley it is surrounded by allotments, trees and scrubland, except for a car workshop next door. The stream runs around the property. It would be possible to harvest the water for small scale hydro or at least a water feature and pool in the stream.
BAD 🔨 effort
DODGY 🚌 transport
OKAY ✈️ access
OKAY 🛒 shops
DODGY 🏙 towns
OKAY 🧗 activities
GOOD ☀️ climate
OKAY ⛰️ nature
DODGY 🌷 garden
GOOD 🏠 building
GOOD ⛲️ hood
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Portugal — near Castelo Branco, Guarda, (Lisbon)
☃️6–14–19° 🏖33–39° ☀️13 days 🌧9 days
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☃️6–14–19° 🏖33–39° ☀️13 days 🌧9 days
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Environment ✧ natural park with 2,000m peak, lakes; town has gym and sports centre; paths but start 1h through town; river 5km, would ned own equipment; small ski station 30mins drive; coast 2h
Services ✧ all, town centre 30mins walk; next town 1h train
Access ✧ station 15mins walk (3h30 Lisbon); airports too far (2h30 drive)
Area ✧ ✅ fibre
✦ would demolish small building to open up acess to stream
✦ no usable land but surrounded by allotments, so could probably acquire one thus garden score increased (perhaps on opposite side of stream which is overgrown and has a very productive water source)
✦ two courtyards
✦ limited sun in winter and because it is more enclosed, colder than #53
✦ Apparently the plot is 5,000m2 plot but very steep so only suitable for limited decking no other uses.
✦ requires 650m2 of new roofing
✦ stream is suitable and permitted small scale hydro in winter
can be very hot although buildings remain cool and is cooler in the valley, down season might be split betwen winter
a couple of tracks a short walk away, however most activities involve a quick trip, e.g. 20–40 mins bike/car
local town of Guarda is on Mardrid-Lisbon night train line but not useful; new services may be introduced
✦ town has a datacentre and fibre networks are being rolled out
✦ 51 http://www.cm-covilha.pt/db/documentos/899.1.1541418585.pdf
300m2 (main building, ground and first)
✦ 75m2 shed (to demolish for terrace)
✦ 750m2 (ground, plus subground floors)
✦ 200m2 basement
✦ (100m2 covered basement terrace)
✦ would demolish small building to open up acess to stream
✦ no usable land but surrounded by allotments, so could probably acquire one thus garden score increased (perhaps on opposite side of stream which is overgrown and has a very productive water source)
✦ two courtyards
✦ limited sun in winter and because it is more enclosed, colder than #53
✦ Apparently the plot is 5,000m2 plot but very steep so only suitable for limited decking no other uses.
✦ requires 650m2 of new roofing
✦ stream is suitable and permitted small scale hydro in winter
can be very hot although buildings remain cool and is cooler in the valley, down season might be split betwen winter
a couple of tracks a short walk away, however most activities involve a quick trip, e.g. 20–40 mins bike/car
local town of Guarda is on Mardrid-Lisbon night train line but not useful; new services may be introduced
✦ town has a datacentre and fibre networks are being rolled out
✦ 51 http://www.cm-covilha.pt/db/documentos/899.1.1541418585.pdf
300m2 (main building, ground and first)
✦ 75m2 shed (to demolish for terrace)
✦ 750m2 (ground, plus subground floors)
✦ 200m2 basement
✦ (100m2 covered basement terrace)
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