Property Description

This quiet forest needs new stewards to take care of it. With two streams, a water well, plenty of trees (oaks, corks, pines), and an active forest life of deer, boars, butterflies, bees, and more, it’s been a place that my family and I have enjoyed a lot. We put a lot of love into this place and hope to find the right people to continue this project.

The land totals 9,739m2 (circled green in photo 1), and you are permitted to build a 60m2 house with two floors of your own design. We have already done the groundwork for you! A pit has been dug for a 7×4 meter house, surrounded with drainage pipes, and sewage pipes for greywater that lead to a greywater pit. 90 meters of electric pipes lead to the pit for a permanent solar system location, which catches the perfect amount of sun. We also created one field for alley cropping combined with silvopasture. But this is all just the potential for you to work with.

What already exists is a 14m2 semi-renovated shed, which can be used as 2 temporary bedrooms. There’s also a 12m2 toolshed, holding a solar system of 5KW, which is charged by a generator in the winters. Finally, there’s a 50m2 fully furnished army tent, functioning as kitchen, living room, and storage hub, raised on a wooden deck with OSB plating.

This private valley in the middle of the woods is only a 3-minute drive away from Arganil! It’s the best of both worlds: you have a quiet private paradise, but can also go to the supermarket in no time. Even Coimbra is only a 45-minute drive away. Very useful if you tend to travel a lot.

Excited? I’d love to meet you and introduce you to this beautiful place and share what we had planned for it, so you can continue growing this dream. For more details, read on.

Location:

Off-grid and private, surrounded by quiet forest (oak, cork, pine)

Connected to 2 public access dirt roads, 1 of which needs repair. The other can be driven with a normal car, but 4×4 recommended in winter.

3-minute drive to Arganil, which has multiple supermarkets (Lidl, Continente, Intermarché), restaurants, hotels, public indoor pool (25m), shopping streets, tool stores, etc.

10-20 minute walk from Vale da Nogueira and Sarcina, friendly farmers’ hubs with a population of about 50 people.

30-minute walk to the nearest river beach for swimming.

Drive to nearest city (Coimbra) and train station is 45 minutes.

Nearest airport (Porto): 1 hour 45 minutes.

Land / Infrastructure:

Plot with habitation permit to build up to 125.38m2 (gross construction), for 2 floors of your own design, up to 62.69m2 per floor.

Total area of land (across 4 plots): 9,739m2, with an option to expand to about 13,000m2.

Stream running across the entire length, only dries up for 2 months in very dry summers.

Private water well that never dries up.

1 field setup for silvopasture with alley cropping.

Groundwork done with drainage pipe for foundation of a 7×4 meter structure.

Drain/sewage pipe between house and greywater pit.

Electricity piping of 90 meters connecting foundation pit with solar panel shed location. 3 intervals for easy electric connections for other uses.

4 x 1000-liter IBC tanks for water system and toilet.

Driveway in good order, 2 access points for car.

Shelters / Tools:

Semi-renovated ruin with two floors of approximately 7m2 each, totalling 14m2. Has been used as bedrooms, but don’t expect too much.

Army tent of 50m2 (10×5), provides ample space, standing on raised deck with OSB boards. Both platform and tent were raised in November 2024. Includes couch, countertop of 4m, cooker, fridge, freezer, TV, cabinet, table, etc. Ready to be moved into by the right people.

Metal toolshed of 7×2.5m, built in 2023, including:

Working solar system with 4 x 200Ah gel batteries, 4 x 1000w solar panels, 5KW inverter-charger, and generator.

Runs the fridge, freezer, TV, laptops, phones, and Starlink internet on 100% clean energy during the summer.

A variety of tools for maintaining the property are included in the price (e.g., brush cutters, chainsaw, wood chipper, cement mixer, wheelbarrow, ladder, etc.).

Walking tractor bought new in 2024, with addons:

Trailer

Scythe mower

Double-edged plow

Potato planter

Potato harvester

Motorized tracked wheelbarrow with hydraulic bucket, very handy for construction and just general transport across the land.

Bonus Options:

3,000m2 adjacent field (circled in orange on photo 1) with 2 deep water wells and a separate stream running down its length. Not included in this offer and can be negotiated in person.

If you’re interested, I can share sketches for house plans, drone photos of completed work, other general plans, and some observations from the past 3+ years about the land and the general area/shops. This way, you can hit the ground running!

Surrounding land isn’t used by anyone, so the potential for expansion is great.

In Short:
A beautiful and practical forest valley location, ready for your house and permaculture farm. With necessary shelters, tools, and facilities to get started on building your house. Just bring your belongings and start living the dream. I can meet you at the Lidl in Arganil if interested in a viewing. Beautiful location and wouldn’t sell if not for divorce.