5 BEDROOM HOUSE ALONG CALLE HIDALGO IN SAN FELIPE DEL AGUA

This architect-designed and well built, well lit, 5 bedroom house is on Calle Hidalgo near the top of San Felipe del Agua in Oaxaca adjacent to the Parque Nacional Benito Juarez. It is a large house with a third floor tower room in a quiet area, with panoramic rooftop terrace views of the Oaxaca valley and surrounding mountains. There is extensive woodwork and marble flooring. Nearby are the 5-star Hotel Hacieda Los Laureles and the luxury hotel Flavia.

After a front service area with access to the water cistern, the front door with stained glass opens onto the foyer with access to a half bathroom, the library (a 5th bedroom) and the double garage. The first floor has an elegant spacious formal living room with stunning large wood burning fireplace currently being enjoyed with a beautiful electric fireplace and two double doors opening onto a covered terrace. The dining room also has double doors to the terrace, and the kitchen suite has a dining area which opens to an outside covered patio dining area. There is a beautiful library with wooden shelves on all walls that can serve as a fifth bedroom for guests.

The terrace at the rear of the property has steps down into the garden behind the house. The garden is large and well maintained with mature fruit trees. There is a service area to the side of the house with access to/from the garage, kitchen and garden. The service area includes a small garden, the laundry, an outside shower, and a wide access gate to Calle Hidalgo.

The double garage has parking for 2 cars behind separate garage doors with automatic openers. There is considerable workshop and storage space in the garage.

The second floor has four bedrooms and three full bathrooms, plus a sitting area above the stairwell lit through stained glass windows overlooking Calle Hidalgo. There are ample wooden closets in the bedrooms as well as the hallway. The master bedroom suite has its own 4 piece bathroom with a hot tub, a walk in closet, a breakfast area, and access to an open terrace overlooking the valley of Oaxaca. Opening onto the same terrace there is a second bedroom with an en-suite bathroom. The two remaining bedrooms share the third full bathroom.

A spiral staircase leads from the second floor up to the tower room housing the water tank. From the tower room there is access to a full size roof terrace with panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and the valley towards Mitla.

There is a stationary gas tank on the front terrace supplying the kitchen, and a 10,000 L water cistern below the front service area. The house is extremely well constructed, featuring double thick walls and a double deep foundation with a seismic vibrational control pad. Water throughout the house comes down from the tower room. Water is supplied from the city to both the tower room and the cistern with automatic pumping from the cistern should the city supply fail.

Telephone and Internet access are provided by Telmex with internal cabling extending services to all rooms. TV channels by Sky.

Access to Oaxaca el centro is about 10 minutes by car, and there is also regular bus service every 15 minutes to the city center and to outlying shopping precincts.