In Sierra de Gredos.

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In Sierra de Gredos.

2 buildings: house in need of restoration & barn, with main services. 
On the main street of an out off the beaten track village, yet within a 15 minute drive from bigger and more important villages like El Barco de Ávila, and two hour drive from Madrid, a rural & traditional masonry stone walled house of 160m2, set over a plot of 80m2 of urban land. This property is split into 2 floor levels and comes with main water & sewer services, having mains electricity been cut off. Adjoining the house, a rural & traditional masonry stone walled barn of 93m2, set over a plot of urban land of same size.
The restoration of the house could use the available building as basic element to create a habitable space, which could also be functional & personalised. Masonry has been the main traditional building material used in local constructions. Thus, stone will be preserved on all facades to add character to the building, which should also implement the use of other simple local architectural references: wooden roofed gates, asymmetrical roofs, used of prime noble material such as wood & arabic type roof tiles… In all, the rehabilitation should consist on the structural & functional restoration of this old & typical building, which currently had an industrial use (cattle farming), to turn it into a residential building through the measures contained on an approved architects project plan, which amongst others, should include: consolidation of the building’s structural security and the improvement of the building’s functionality (access, acoustical & thermal insulation, solar panels) all in accordance with current developing laws.