4 Bed 2 Bath Villa in Sax with 10 x 5 Swimming Pool and Casita

This is a beautiful villa in a perfect location just five minutes outside of Sax with excellent access by asphalt roads, the quality of the roads can be seen in the photos and breath-taking views of Sax Castle and the countryside. The villa has been prepared for sale, with the entire exterior having been rendered and repainted and a  German stone border added. The whole of the ground level has had new LED, low consumption, lighting panels put in. This was originally a 2 Bed Villa with a huge underbuild that has been made into a beautiful 2 Bed Apartment with a separate entrance.

Remote-controlled gates take you into a driveway with parking for 7 cars and 3 Motorbikes. On the grounds are a 10 x 5 Swimming Pool with a large terrace and Roman steps, over 200 olive trees that are in production, a Casita, a fenced Kennel area a 10,000-litre fresh water tank but the villa is connected to mains water and electricity. All the land is fenced and there are separate gates for a tractor and agricultural vehicles at the top of the land. The olive trees and the land are looked after by a local farmer and we receive lots of our own olive oil each year in return for their work,

There are six steps that lead up to the ground floor of the villa that takes you to the conservatory which has high-quality double glazed windows and patio doors that go out to the large terrace with stunning views, especially at night when the swimming pool lights are switched on and the castle in Sax is lit up. The terrace is a very private area due to the positioning of the olive trees. The idea behind the conservatory was to have a sunroom for winter that heats up and stays warm when the sun rises at around 09:00 am, all the glass has been treated to give absolute privacy and to absorb heat and glare in the Summer.

The ground floor living area has an open plan, and a large lounge/diner in an L-Shape with an open kitchen. The views whilst "washing -up" almost makes it a pleasure to do so!! There is a small hallway with two equal-sized double bedrooms, one is being used as an office and dressing room and both have air conditioning and deep, fitted wardrobes with lots of cupboard space. There is another A/C unit in the lounge/diner, all the units are recently bought and installed and are maintained as is the pellet fire also in the lounge/diner which belts out heat and is remote-controlled. The bathroom has a walk-in shower unit and was installed less than two years ago.

The underbuild has been reformed into a two very large bedroomed Guest apartment.

The lounge/diner is a long spacious room and the two bedrooms are much more like a Northern European size, one has fitted wardrobes, and the other has been used as a Guest Bedroom and storage room. The bathroom is a big room with plenty of space for a bath if required. There was originally a bath in there but the owners changed it to a walk-in shower. There is plenty of space for a washing machine and a dryer.

The lounge/diner has a brand new very powerful Air Conditioner that heats the whole of the area. Each floor has its own hot water boiler.

When the owner´s son went to University in Madrid the apartment was successfully rented out at 700€ per month for three years.

There is a quotation of 4,500€ to add a spiral staircase to connect the two floors which would make it a more traditional 4 Bed 2 Bath Villa. The owners decided against it as they found that guests enjoyed having their own space as do the owners.

There is a decent-sized Casita at the top of the land with electricity and water and a log-burning fireplace and a terrace with a BBQ. The Casita has the potential to be converted into a garage or a Guest House or a Workshop.

Standing anywhere on the land or on the terrace or looking through any window the views are so incredible and it is so tranquil, it is hard to believe that the town is five minutes drive away and the Airport at Alicante is just 30 minutes.

Why Sax?

There are no traffic lights, it has a 13th-century castle and there are no traffic wardens but there are streets full of restaurants, bars and cafes. What? That isn´t enough?

Sax is so popular because it is far enough inland to be “inland” yet it is only 30 minutes to Alicante Airport and 35 minutes to the beach.  Access is by the A31 Dual Carriageway Alicante to Madrid road which runs just outside of the town, by rail and coach from Alicante so you can go to the beach and not have to take your car, and now we are only five minutes away from the AVE station at Villena. The AVE is the high-speed train from Alicante to Madrid which has only four stops and we are five minutes away from a station that onboarding will you have you in Madrid in 2hrs 9mins for as little as 20€.

Let us stick with the town of Sax for now rather than escaping to the beach or the capital city of Spain. Sax is dominated by its 13th-century castle known as the Headlight And Guardian Of The Border a landscape of history and rock. When driving back home to Sax after daylight the sight of the castle, fully lit, and seemingly floating in the air is one of the most welcoming sights I have ever experienced.

Commercially, Sax was only affected in a minor way by the economic crash as it is the home of three major international businesses selling “persianas y toldos”, window blinds and sun canopies and a shoe industry that means if you recently bought a pair of shoes in Debenhams, for example, the chances are they could have been made in Sax or nearby Elda.  Recently we have seen the opening of a Consum supermarket, the equivalent of a Waitrose or Marks & Spencer Food Hall whilst there has been a Hiperber and Mas y Mas, both excellent supermarkets for as long as I can remember, and if that isn´t enough there is a Carrefour (Think Tesco) eight minutes’ drive away within a shopping mall complex that has two cinemas one of which is showing films in English with Spanish subtitles.

Sax is served wonderfully well with schools, our son was eight when we moved here and reluctantly, we put him into a state school, he always went to a private school in Manchester, and within six months he was fluent in two languages and following five years in a secondary school went on to study Pharmacy at Complutense in Madrid one of Spain´s most famous and prestigious universities.

Crime rate; Sax has almost full employment and subsequently a very low crime rate. It is a small town where everyone knows each other and a Spanish family would normally feel shamed if a member was in trouble with the police. Their modern values are the ones we experienced growing up in the UK 50-60 years ago. I parked rather stupidly recently on the Hight Street (Gran Via) even by Spanish standards I was naughty as I popped into the bank. I received a phone call within 90 seconds from the Local Police who called me a “dickhead”, well the Spanish equivalent, no ticket no fine just a little humiliation.

For health, Sax and Spain, in general, is far superior to the UK. In the town, we have a brand new Health Centre with eight doctors, two nurses, diabetes clinics and a 24/7 Emergency Walk/In Centre. Ten minutes away in Elda is the remarkable award-winning University Hospital El Virgen De Salud where the surgeons are second to none and the food is atrocious, well it can’t all be good!! Newly opened is the Fibromyalgia centre offering support and therapies for those suffering from acute pain.

There are now four Language Schools in the town and the town hall ran a scheme for language swapping that well may be run again. Learning Spanish is a lot less difficult than it may seem and there are new ways of learning that concentrate on Spanish.

There are restaurants and bars aplenty with prices that are at first beyond belief and a three or four-course lunch of good quality can easily be found for 10€ or less. For a special occasion, there is Casa Mami and La Torreta which are a little more expensive but great food experiences can be had. Coffee and toast for breakfast will cost no more than 2€ and the coffee is possibly the best in Europe. We have a Walking Group, two Golfing Societies, Ladies Who Lunch and probably lots more Social Activities to enjoy. Sax, it´s a great place to live.