Originally stone built around 1900, the upper floor was rebuilt with double insulated brick walls and a new insulated tiled roof in 2003. All doors, windows and electrics are new and there are telephone (ISDN) & TV aerial points. The current dwelling retains the atmospheric charms of the old house with all the advantages of the new.
The ground floor (slightly below ground level in parts) has original wide stone walls, replastered, insulated wood effect laminate flooring and internal wall separating bedroom and bathroom.
- Bedroom (3.5 x 2.85m), window with retractable flyscreen & small window to street (View of mural)
- Bathroom (1.9 x 2.6m) tiled floor and 2 walls, corner bath with shower over, toilet, wash basin, plumbing for a washing machine, cupboards, electric heated towel rail, extractor fan in glass brick tiled window
- Corridor with (5) steps internally leads to:
- Kitchen (2.9 x 2.4 plus recesses) originally a separate building, with lined new flat roof, walls replastered, fitted with double sink and drainer, kitchen units, old ‘inside wall’ cupboard & recessed area for oven.
Stairs up (7) to first floor
- Double room (7.8 x 3.7m inc staircase) wood floor, curtain partition for privacy or winter warmth - currently used as sitting room and winter dining one end (or guest bedroom for 2) open to rafters, plus large office for 2 (or study/dining room). Can also be accessed through main double door from outside old stone steps.
Stairs up (6) lead to:
- Storage platform above one end, accessed from ladder steps
- Balcony above kitchen roof (3.9 x 3.2 m) with views to sea (just about), hills and rooftops. Access to sun/electric water heater on apothiki/outbuilding roof.
Outside
- Secluded stone paved courtyard with ample space for outdoor living surrounded by trees (erica plum, mandarin, apricot & flowering tree) and flower beds.
- Wood fronted workshop/storeroom with electrics, large hand-washbasin & shower draining onto garden (5.25 x 1.3 to 1.85m)
- Outside toilet (1.1 x1.4m), mural of hills on outside wall
- Outside oven (exo-fournos)
- New double gates to concreted village street.
Total Plot 100+ m2, Main House build area 44m2 (all measurements approx.)
Close to Fonissa, the lower Eresos village area, and Panagia church, with street parking nearby. 4km to beach resort of Skala Eresou on the Greek island of Lesvos.
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