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Summary

  • For Sale    106,086,144 JPY (Off Market)
  • Mahon
  • Build Size: 230.96 m2
  • Property Type: Single Family Home
  • Bedroom(s): 3
  • Bathroom(s): 3

Property Description

Beautiful and exceptionally well-maintained spacious town house in a semi-pedestrianised street at the very heart of the old late-Medieval city of Mahon, and on the edge of the then city boundary when it was captured from the Moors by King Alfonso III of Aragon in 1287, leading to the subsequent expansion of the city. While many houses in the old city are beautiful but not functional, often with narrow stairs and sometimes many dark spaces, and requiring much renovation, this house is light flooded, with spacious rooms and connecting spaces, while combing all the charm and grandeur of a town house with modern convenience.
The house is located within, at most, a few minutes walking distance of all historical landmarks of Mahon. These include the only surviving old city gate at Portal de Sant Roc (1359); the towering 18th-century church of Santa Maria (built over the remains of an earlier Gothic structure) with its very famous organ by Juan Kiburz; the Baroque-style Town Hall dating from the 17th and 18th centuries; Plaça Conquistador (with its impressive statue of King Alfonso III of Aragon); the Claustre del Carme, dating from the 17th century (with its fruit stalls and specialty food markets); the Museum of Menorca (in the 17th-century Sant Francesc convent); the 19th-century stately house and arts museum Ca n’Oliver; the internation art gallery of Hauser & Wirth on Isla del Rey in Mahon Harbour; the Teatro Principal de Mahón, one of the oldest and most beautiful operatic theatres in all Spain, where numerous symphonic musical concerts and operas of the Bel Canto repertoire are performed.
This house was reformed in recent years and the current owners have undertaken further work during their residence to make this a truly exceptional property, in which purchasers could immediately begin their lives in Mahon, without the need for any work. All fittings, from windows (which are double-glazed throughout) to doors and electrical appliances are of the highest specification, and all windows and the external roof-garden door are fitted with high-quality and easy-to-use locking mechanisms, and with mosquiteras to keep out mosquitos while letting fresh air permeate the house. The house has hot and cold reversible air conditioning throughout on separate systems for different floors, for efficiency and energy economy; a completely modernised electrical circuit; and multiple Internet connections.
The house is fitted with a secure camera entry-phone system at several locations and on the roof garden, as well as a central-monitoring alarm system, and many rooms also benefit from an integrated sound-system. The house unusually enjoys a totally private central lightwell (not shared with neighbouring properties), flooding the house with natural light. The house is full of character, benefitting from several walls of exposed local Mares stone (quarried in Menorca and employed in the construction of many of the island’s most important architectural treasures), and with top-quality carpentry throughout, and has been fitted to ensure an extremely high level of comfort and pleasure. One of its many features is a very private roof-garden with views to the belltower of the landmark church of Santa Maria, and another highly impressive and decorative façade of a listed structure that is one the most important buildings erected in Mahon, and across the enchanting terracotta rooftops of the old city.
The house also benefits from a permit to unload vehicles outside, so that groceries and heavy items do not need to be carried any distances.

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Isabel Moll
Isabel Moll Mallorca Sotheby's International Realty