This spacious historic family house with its own field offers a slice of true Cretan village life.
Ground floor: you enter into a central room with double height ceiling, that could be used as a lounge. To the right is a dining room and this leads to the kitchen. A door opens to the courtyard.
Back to the central room and to the left is a room currently used as a bedroom, but is also ideal as an office, and has the bathroom with shower to the side.
The upper mezzanine floor has a further bedroom to the left, and on the other side an open space for working, a small snug, hobby room or an extra sleeping platform. A door opens to a small roof terrace.
Outside: you enter into the traditional covered entry hallway which is very handy for storing equipment, bicycles, etc.
You come into the courtyard area at the back of the house with the original grape press/sink for making wine. Further along is the equipment room for the central heating, and past this is a cleared, flat field just ready to be planted by a keen gardener.
At the back of the field gates allow direct access from the road. Parking is on the road in front of the main entrance, or in the field behind.
This is a spacious house with rooms offering flexible use, and with all the period features such as the cooling shelf and stone, wood fed oven in the kitchen, wooden ceiling, stone walls, etc.
Location: in a quiet residential lane in this very friendly village, you are a 5 minute walk away from the main Square which has cafes, mini markets and tavernas open all year round. Almyrida beach is 17 minutes drive away.
This house is going to suit someone wanting to stay for many years, who will appreciate the history and character, and care for this period property as the family would.
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Rent: 750€ pcm excluding utility bills. Available for long term rent.
2 months rent as a damages deposit + 1st month’s rent + agency fee to be paid in advance