Villa Thesis ston Ilio

Island Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Status	Available
Asking Price	395,000  EUR

 

About the Development

The name of the house speaks for itself. A gorgeous villa in the sun.

Type: Villa
Plot: 2000 m²
House: 140 m²
Verandas Cv: None
Verandas Op: 70 m²
Floors: 2
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3
Fireplace: Yes
Pool: Yes
Garden: Yes
Parking: Yes
Garage: No

Whatever your preferred style of home is, expect to find what you're looking for, in this great villa.

With a highly functional floor plan you'll be sure to discover a home that fits your needs.

Located within minutes off the village and with easy access to the national road, it provides the outdoor enthusiast with a relaxed lifestyle and an array of recreational activities and healthy living.

Residents will enjoy amenities including a swimming pool and an artificial pond, as well as close proximity to caves, a small gorge, a superb beach, shopping, dining, and entertainment.

Amenities

3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, garden, parking, swimming pool, freehold plot.

Specifications

Structure, foundations and walls

Reinforced concrete C20-25 with steel armature S500s calculated in accordance to the latest Greek earthquake.

Resistance Law for foundation slabs and house skeleton.
Cavity walls with chamber, moisture-heat-cold-noise insulation, plaster covered in three layers.

Natural stone

Natural stone and wooden elements in sections of both the interior and the exterior of the house.

Balustrades at the upper floor veranda

Flooring and tiling

Top quality granite floor tiling throughout the lounge, kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms.

Anti-slip tiling outdoors.

Natural granite countertops and back-splashes for kitchens.

Stairs, door & window sills in natural beige stone.

Garden paths in natural stone.

Roofs

Roofs made of red Swedish pine, with thermal, moisture and sound insulation, covered with beige Spanish tiles.

Exterior fittings

Brown lacquered aluminum patio doors and windows, double glazed with mosquito nets and shutters.

Front entrance door with triple safety lock.

Big openings for all doors and windows, allowing a lot of natural light into the house, throughout the day, while offering magnificent views to all directions.

Interior fittings

Doors, kitchen cupboards and wardrobes, in thick sheets, layered in natural wood.

Built-in wardrobes.

Furnished kitchen, equipped with double sink, oven, hob and extractor fan (optional).

Fireplace

Alarm system, smoke detectors, 24hour surveillance.

Plumbing and fixtures

Cold and hot water pipe work made of copper piping, with thermal insulation.

Drains made of PVC.

Double energy solar panels with immersion heater.

Sanitary fixtures in white porcelain (AA quality).

Spare water tank and water pump (1hp).

Concrete septic tank (3m X 3m X 3m).

Shower cabins with frosted glass and porcelain tray.

Vanity units made of wood in the master bath.

A water tap at each veranda.

Washing machine and tumble dryer installations in the utility room.

A wash basin in the utility room.

Electrical installation

Built-in wiring through PVC piping throughout the house, lighting points, sockets, switches, all complying with the Greek voltage and quality regulations.

Ceiling inserted spot lights in all bathrooms.

Installation of air-conditioning units (FUJITSU) for cold and hot air, in the lounge and all bedrooms.

Entrance & parking area lights with movement detector (sensor lights).

Emergency lighting for blackouts.

Waterproof, power sockets in all verandas.

Underground wiring to connect the house with the public electricity supply, with inspection points - shafts.

Electrical wiring pre-installation for garden lighting and irrigation.

Satellite TV wiring.

ISDN telephone lines.

Coloring

Coloring with acrylic paint for outdoor walls and plastic paint for interior walls.

For the Exterior

For the Exterior, plot surrounded by low fence, consisting of metal pillars and netting.

"Horizon type" swimming pool made of concrete, insulated and covered with ceramic tiles (size 4m x 10m).

Parking area for 2 cars.

House Features

With our first visit on site, some of us, got very puzzled.

This piece of land, generously offered wide, panoramic views to the whole gulf, but, just like the majority of such properties, it was rather steep. It was also covered with big, flat, grey rocks, which covered almost 80% of the terrain, leaving very little space for outdoor activities.

How could we design a house, to make the best out of the views and at the same time, create a functional and aesthetically unique place, for its future residents?
Well, the land itself gave the answer.

After our caterpillars have removed most of the bushes, we found out that the terrain was divided in three elevations - three different levels. If we could place the house on at least two of those elevations, it would spread itself along the hill slope and blend into its environment. We generally don't like to build houses which stand out, like a single tree in the middle of the desert. We prefer to "fit" it into its surroundings. The rocks, on either sides of these elevations, create small, private areas, which give the property a unique character.

You may not have a big, flat area to run about, but there are, at least eight different GAZEBO areas, that you can walk into, through beautiful stone pathways, within the plot of land itself.
At the beginning, we tried to give the house, various shapes. None of them pleased us.

Finally, we decided, that the good old recipe of absolute symmetry, would work just fine.

You see, we wanted, everyone, who will visit the house in the future, to be able to enjoy the sea view from any room, on both floors. None of us wanted to compromise with anything less than that. We like to think, that we have succeeded.

Coming from the road, you walk into the house's upper level, which comprises the lounge area, with the corner fireplace, the dinning area, the kitchen, the master bedroom and the main bath. A staircase, is placed there, in a very clever way, forming an interior balcony, in front of the dinning table. It leads to the house's lower level, where you will find two spacious bedrooms, one bathroom and a utility room. We chose two different tints of beige color for the walls on the upper level and natural grey-brown stone with irregular shape and very little grouting for the lower level.

The white balustrades, the wooden pergola and the cement frames around the doors and windows, serve as the final brush strokes on a finished painting.

Here are some features, we integrated into the house, to make it more interesting

The center of the upper floor is the dinning area. The roof here, is higher than in the other 2 areas (lounge and kitchen) on either sides. We decided to finish it with a wooden ceiling, to give the house a "touch" of coziness.

The two, very big windows, dominate the wall to the north, where the sea views are.

The kitchen cupboards are being prepared to fit the specific area of the house. The model is called "Maja - MU " by ALTA linea.

The wardrobes