House for sale in Oaxaca, San Felipe del Agua

This unique, eco-friendly house is located just 3 blocks from the church in San Felipe del Agua on 743 m2 of land. It’s a beautiful artisanal construction of adobe reinforced by massive wooden beams, strong concrete archways, custom iron brackets, and oversized support columns. The entire house sits on a vibrational control system to prevent cracking from seismic events. It is an exceptionally sturdy house.

There are 3 cisterns of nearly 20,000 Liters capacity total, 2 of which are fed from rainwater collection from the Spanish tiled rooftops. There is a modern, waterproof underlayer below the colonial tile rooftop exterior. The property also has a French drain to manage rainfall as well as the nearby underground water.

Most of the house sits on a single floor, except the upstairs master bedroom with walk in closet and full bath. There are 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths on the ground floor. Two of the bedrooms have their own full bath. The common areas share a full bath with the third bedroom, plus there is a half bath under the stairwell.

The house additionally has a big open kitchen, small kitchenette, large dining room, and living room. All rooms extensively use naturally insect resistant Eucalyptus hardwood cured for 6 years by the artist and owner who built the house. An additional feature is that the house could easily be split into 2 separate units with the installation of a single door.

Outside, there is parking for 3 or more cars behind a garage door. There is a covered patio with outdoor kitchen, a garden area, plus another patio covered by a lightly constructed roof.