HOUSE IN TLALIXTAC DE CABRERA, Oaxaca

This newly built and carefully maintained property in Tlalixtac de Cabrera about 20 mins from el centro in Oaxaca includes a 4BR/3BA house, servants quarters (1BR/1BA), pool, palapa, and extensive gardens. The property is 1248 m2, and it’s built on a double lot. It’s located along a quiet side street with easy access to the highway.

The house has 2 floors. The first floor is open with lots of natural light and woodwork. There’s also modern lighting with dimmers. There’s a large U-shaped living room, a dining room, a modern kitchen with granite, the guest bedroom, a full bath, and a wooden den with air conditioning. There’s also a 2 car garage with a cedar rafter roof, the servants quarters with full bath, and a laundry area.

There’s a floating staircase with a water wall and rock garden leading up from the first floor. The second floor has 3 bedrooms, a lounge, and a library. The master bedroom has a large changing area and Jacuzzi tub in its own full bath. The other 2 bedrooms have a large full bath and changing area connecting between them.

The entire house is exquisitely designed with cedar wood throughout and extremely sturdy (28 cm thick) walls. There’s a working well plus 2 cisterns of 7,000 L each, for 14,000 L of water storage. Behind the house, which is surrounded by beautiful gardens and a fish pond, is a pool and rather large palapa (traditional palm thatched pavilion). The machine room and pool area bathrooms are conveniently tucked away behind the palapa.

The seller is an architect who built the structures, with the help of a professional biologist who designed the property to emphasize the natural settings and gardens in a functional ecosystem.