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Palencia Cultural Civic Centre

SpainHouses.netOctober 17, 2012October 24, 2012Leave a comment

Exit Architects have brought light into a 19th century prison by replacing the roof with a zink steel cover full of skylights.

Situated in Palencia, Castilla y León, a city in northern Spain, the historic Neo-Mudéjar brick building has been transformed into a civic centre. The new dynamic hub combines both ancient and modern walls. Exterior walls of the four existing structures were retained and extended with five pavilions. The entire unit is crowned with stepped roof units to guarantee light-infused interior spaces.
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Controversy around the house of the Moorish King in Ronda (Málaga)

SpainHouses.netOctober 15, 2012March 31, 2020Leave a comment

The 18th century building known as the Casa del Rey Moro (the House of the Moorish King) in Ronda (Malaga), looks set to becoming Ronda’s first luxury hotel, sooner or later. The property is currently in the hands of a German businessman who bought it armed with plans for a top hotel with innovative features.

However so far the project has failed to see the light and the building stands neglected, gradually deteriorating before the uncomprehending eyes of thousands of tourists. Indeed the Casa del Rey Moro is included as one of the star features on the tour of local monuments; but it looks like it could fall down any minute.

Now the building has attracted more investors prepared to buy it, restore it and turn it into a five star hotel. The current and future urban development plans both allow the site to be used for tourist accommodation.

Interest has apparently increased since the Town Hall announced that it would apply for the Junta de Andalucía to list the building as a BIC, a ‘Bien de Interés Cultural’ (an asset of cultural interest), which would guarantee its protection as historical heritage.

The local councillor for Planning, Daniel Harillo, explained that the authority’s aim was to put pressure on the current owner, Jochen Knie, to carry out urgent work on the house, or face a possible compulsory purchase order in the future.

“We want to protect one of our town’s most valuable monuments”, said the councillor who stressed that Knie already faces a 60,000 euros fine for not keeping the building in line with safety regulations.

The German had previously announced an investment of 21 million euros to restore the property, set up a five star hotel and a mini-congress centre, even making part of the Guadalevín river navigable through the Tajo gorge. The scheme would create 50 jobs directly and an estimated 150 posts indirectly. The project has changed, however, and Knie’s latest plans centred around a venue for private functions with accommodation possibilities.

While authorities and business owners endeavour to find a way of bringing the Casa del Rey Moro back to life, the condition of the building is gradually deteriorating. It needs urgent work to make the façade and the structure safe and to prevent the roof leaking.

Source: surinenglish.com

Holidays in Spain? See this ideal villa in the Costa del Sol 12

SpainHouses.netOctober 12, 2012March 31, 202012 Comments

3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, Area Lot 350m2, Built area 300m2, Area terrace 150m2, Swimming-pool, 500m away from the Beach, In Urban Area

On this beautiful resort Villas de Costalita is this Luxurious semi-detached villa for rent situated only 300 meters from the beach.

Between Puerto Banus and Estepona is this villa located very central. The complex has as beautiful subtropical swimming pool and Tropical garden.

In the heart of the Golf Valley between Marbella and Estepona is this beautiful resort “Villas de Costalita” located.

This beautiful holiday home is luxurious and stylishly finished and has three bedrooms, three en-suite bathrooms, three spacious terraces and a private garage for two cars.

The area is quiet and just about 10 minutes away from Marbella, Puerto Banus and Estepona.
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Modern design in a private house in Northern Spain 3

SpainHouses.netOctober 10, 2012April 3, 20203 Comments

OmasC arquitectos designed a functional and bright house, ideal for families, nearby the sea, on the Northern Coast of Spain. Marking the boundaries between public and private, a large wooden gate serves as an entrance. A narrow paved alley meanders through the green courtyard and then it stops. You’re at the entrance. As your steps wriggle on the alley and search for imposing details, the house raises on a small plot of land, luring you to step inside. The architects played with volumes and different angles and eventually completed a residence that houses a kitchen, a living room and a dining room on the ground floor and three bedrooms on the first floor.

The inside is welcoming, as expected. The wide windows adorned with translucent blinds surprise with their omnipresence. Each room is flooded by the natural light, creating through such a simple detail, an optimistic and luminous space.

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Green light to Coast Law reform to save seaside homes

SpainHouses.netOctober 8, 2012March 31, 2020Leave a comment

The Cabinet on Friday approved a reform of the Coast Law extending an amnesty for the owners of beachfront properties that would otherwise have to be demolished.

Owners of properties that were in breach of the current legislation, many of them foreigners, were given a 30-year concession of use that was due to expire in 2018.

The overhaul of the current law, which has been in place since 1988, also creates a special regime for 11 areas, which will be taken out of the public domain. It also established four-year concessions for beach bars and restaurants.

The surface easement limits, or protection areas, for rivers could be reduced from 100 meters to 20 meters.

The text of the draft reform said the current legislation “has tolerated outcomes that are not acceptable in environmental terms,” adding that “time has consolidated certain situations,” and that the law has “prompted mistrust and uncertainty.”

“The aim of the reform is to avoid the risk of homeowners losing their property rights in the short term, and particularly bearing in mind the difficulties this could create for foreigners,” the text also says.
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Beautiful Villa for sale in Adeje (Tenerife) 2

SpainHouses.netOctober 5, 2012March 31, 20202 Comments

4 bedroom detached villa, of a modern construction and beautifully decorated for sale in the popular residential town of Callao Salvaje, in Adeje (Tenerife, Canarias)

Entry is gained to this villa through a contemporary look wooden, glass and metal main door. Once inside you find yourself within a large landing/hallway with metal hand banisters leading downstairs to the garage. In the hallway are doors leading to the kitchen on the left, a visitor’s toilet which includes a hand basin, two bedrooms, a family bathroom and the lounge.

The kitchen is beautiful and fully fitted with all of the latest electrical appliances. There is a large table in the centre of the room with chairs a wall mounted TV, a window in front of the sink, which has views to the mountains above Adeje and the kitchen also benefits from having sliding French doors leading out onto the swimming pool terrace. There are plans to add an island to the kitchen, where the table and chairs currently are and also a breakfast bar on the empty wall to the right as you walk into the kitchen. The breakfast bar and island will be made from the same Silestone as the worktops throughout the rest of the kitchen.
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Merida Factory Youth Movement

SpainHouses.netOctober 3, 2012October 24, 2012Leave a comment

Skatepark, Concert area, broadband Internet, Modding, Tuning, Modeling, Graffiti, Urban Art, Street Theatre, tightrope walking, circus activities, Video Art, Electronic Music, Acrobatics, Performing Arts, Manga, Parkour, Audiovisual Art, Contemporary Dance, Dance Funk and Hip Hop, Ballroom and MACC (contemporary artistic body manifestations) are the activities that compose the Factory, situated in Mérida (Badajoz).

The building is conceived as a large canopy opened to the whole city to gather anyone who may need to shelter there. This canopy is supported by a series of ovoid plant parts holding different elements of the requested functions, which are treated as independent modules able to be used separately with whole autonomy, regulated and controlled by the direction of the Factory movement. The activities taking place below are covered from rain and sun by the big canopy, acting like a big termical one meter thick cushion, so that there will be no need to use air conditioning.

The roof is understood, and extends, like a light cloud, protective, translucent; constructed with a three-dimensional mesh structure 1 meter thick covering different levels. This canopy will rest on steel columns placed in the perimeter of the supporting ovoid elements up to the highest level, where it joins the Climbing Walls structure made with the same three-dimensional mesh. The whole proposal stands on a basement five feet tall so that the sensitive historical Roman base of the city of Mérida remains untouched.

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British buyers willing to purchase a second home in Spain

SpainHouses.netOctober 1, 2012April 2, 2020Leave a comment

Around 56% of British people enquiring about the Spanish property market are actively interested in purchasing opportunities according to a study by Spanish real estate agent Inmoaction with 27% of respondents commenting that they would buy a second home in the country.

Results from the survey of more than 1,500 people highlights that the decline in prices in the Spanish property market is increasingly attracting British buyers looking for a well priced dream home.

‘While the data shows that Brits seem to be showing a great deal of interest in Spanish property, we are seeing this interest translate into action,’ said Marc Pritchard sales and marketing manager of Spanish house builder Taylor Wimpey España.

‘While enquiries by Brits have increased by 5.5% in August this year compared to the same time in 2011, last month saw 53% of all our property sales in August made to British clients, the strongest sales month to British buyers since September 2010,’ he explained.
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Wonderful apartment for sale in Benalmadena (Malaga) 4

SpainHouses.netSeptember 28, 2012September 27, 20124 Comments

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Built area 129m2, Swimming-pool, Seaside Resort, Brand New, Luxury property, In Urban Area, In a mountain area, Adapted for disabled

This week we will see a beautiful home in Benalmadena, one of the best spots of the Spanish Costa del Sol, very close to Malaga City and its airport. This spacious ground floor apartment is located in a luxurious urbanization near to the beach. Apart from being elegantly furnished, we would like to highlight its many facilities, such as swimming-pool, gym, garden area, tennis court, etc.

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Modern Concrete House in Murcia

SpainHouses.netSeptember 26, 2012September 25, 2012Leave a comment

Spanish architects XPIRAL Architecture created this eclectic house design in their home town of Murcia, Spain. The house features a cantilevered concrete volume that extends across an outdoor entertaining area opening onto the indoors. An unusual metal enclosure of rust and adorned with colored tiles, surrounds the main structure of concrete with a mirrored volume – an unusual feature that gives this home a contemporary style. This interior courtyard house plan welcomes you in with an indoor/outdoor area, while interiors are an attention-grabbing blend of polished floors, raw concrete walls and what appear to be particle-board walls.

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