Private Guesthouse In Family Finca For Dog Lovers

Stick to yourselves or enjoy the company of two highly sociable hosts, two teenagers and a bunch of highly human dogs in the separate guest house of our home Finca Molino in the countryside of Almayate at 2,5km from Costa del Sol's only unspoiled beach and half an hour drive from Málaga: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, private terrace + to share pool, huge terrace overlooking the sea, outside kitchen with bbq, covered dining and billiard table on a plot of 5.000m² full of fruits to pick. The space The property is divided into two large, independent houses built into the hillside, in between the pool, pool terrace with outside kitchen, BBQ, roofed terrace and laundry house. All around: pure nature. The upper house is our private castle, our family includes two teenagers, far too many dogs and a handful of chickens - all from the street, except for the kids. The guest house located further down with a total living area of 150m² is totally private, has its own entrance, two kitchens, a private terrace and fits up to 10 people plus kids over 3 different sized bedrooms, each with en-suite bathroom. All windows face south and overview the sea. You’ll find a tasteful mix of industrial style and cosy antiques, plenty of hand-made decoration gadgets (also up for purchase as souvenir or to learn to make yourself if you’re up for a workshop), nicely matched textiles, and each living unit has its own colour code for towels to avoid fights over them at the pool. Distribution of guest house: As you enter, you fall into the spacious, fully equipped modern kitchen with a seating area on your left. The three bedrooms are further down the hallway. 1. ROOM IN FINCA WITH POOL & SEA VIEWS FOR DOG LOVERS (individual ad on Airbnb): 20m² bedroom with 1,60m double bed for one or two people. 2. SUITE IN FINCA WITH POOL & SEA VIEWS FOR DOG LOVERS (individual ad on Airbnb) 40m² space, a curtain divides the sleek living area with 1,40m sofa bed and large desk from the more vintage-style bedroom with 1,80m double plus walk-in wardrobe for up to 4 people. 3. STUDIO IN FINCA WITH POOL&SEA VIEWS FOR DOG LOVERS (individual ad on Airbnb): 50m² open space, own kitchen, a living, dining and sleeping area (1,80m double bed plus sofa bed) plus a little extra room with a kids’ bed and plenty of storage space in the wardrobes (without windows) for up to 4 people plus kids. The studio has its own way out to the private terrace and garden with a hangmat and fitness gadgets. The fully equipped covered outside kitchen with bbq and adjacent dining area (the table fits up to 14 people, by lifting the top it’s converted into a billiard table) is on the pool terrace above the guest house where you'll also find sunbeds and loungers. Around the corner, there’s a little pétanque court. Wifi works pretty well in all the rooms and even most of the garden, however it’s strongest around the pool terrace, and we’ve had plenty of happy digital nomads using our outside spaces for some relaxed working time with sea views. The 5000 m² plot is completely fenced and largely a wild park full of fruit trees (lemons, oranges, grapefruits, figs, lomquats, pomegranates, apples, pears, nectarines, litchis, grapes, quinces, guavas, maracujas, mangos, avocados… - there is always something to pick). In the lower part of the garden, we already added a caravan as further independent rental unit with its own outside solar shower and outside kitchen. For the near future, we are planning on adding further units. Guest access It’s your holiday home, of course you can have your fling and go wild over the entire finca – enjoy the pool, chill on the terrace, have a BBQ, stroll around the garden, visit the chickens, cuddle the dogs or join us for a drink as you please. Other things to note We strongly recommend you to rent a car. Even though we are only at 1,5km from town via the direct path, it can be quite an adventurous cross-country hike (depending on how high the weeds grow at the time), and the steep uphill way from town to the finca can be rather unpleasant if you need to carry luggage and groceries. Per car you’ll drive 3,5 km from town on regular roads, only the last bit of the drive to the finca is a rather bumpy dirt track, still it is manageable for any kind of car - be it tiny rentals or large camper vans, so far every vehicle made it up and down without damages, just take it nice and slow. You can safely park your car outside the gate within the white lines marking our parking spots, the road is a dead end, only the neighbours and us use it. From the gate to the guest house along the driveway, it’s about 100 steps uphill, please bear this in mind should you or any of your travel companions have health issues or feel wobbly on their feet, especially as our dogs may find it fun to accompany you up or down the driveway while chasing each other. Upon arrival, we can always pick you up with our quad plus hanger to help you with your luggage and groceries, otherwise you cannot park your car on the premises – we don’t want our dogs to escape or get run over. Had I mentioned that we had dogs? They really cannot be argued away, so it helps to like them. They have hardly any manners and are in fact criminals stealing food and whatever else smells nice to them, they may jump at you to say hi, beg for food if you ever give them anything, always take the best spots on the sunbeds, “chat” with the neighbours’ dogs day and night, and some of them like their dip in the pool. However, they are purely lovely and very close to us and most likely to leave you alone unless you invite them for cuddles. Please take a moment to let us introduce them to you, don’t leave stuff lying around and simply don’t let them enter the guest house, then your beds and belongings should be safe. Our chickens live in their paradise next to our private house at the top end of the property, so the rooster’s wake-up-call is fairly far away – you’ll get eggs in exchange for your food leftovers and kitchen scraps. Kids are of course very welcome, but please be aware that our home is not child proof. The pool is not fenced and has a deep end, there are plenty of steps around the pool terrace, in fact the entire property has unsecured steep slopes with plants that can be harmful when ingested. But hey, our kids grew up here from the age of one and three, and they are still up and kicking. The pool is approx. 3,50m x 7,00m with brick steps leading into the (non-secured!) non-swimmer-area – ideal for kids to splash about while parents chill next to them with a drink. A couple of steps down the shallow end is 1,20m, the deep end 1,70m. It is open year-round and around the clock. Despite the currently alarming water situation in Spain, you will not encounter inconveniences. We have our own well and are thus not dependent on the suppliers regulating consumption in other places. Of course, we do ask you to make responsible use of our water. Finally, regarding our presence: We are always there for you and happy to help you with anything – but we won’t impose ourselves on you unless we all feel like a wine or something together. We have made our passion to host our main job, maintaining the finca and the other house we rent out is our day-to-day business, so you’ll see us around digging into whatever home improvement may be needed, making all kinds of stuff from our produce, engaging in DIY-projects - or simply enjoying a sundowner with or without friends. Just beware you are not renting a private holiday villa, it is our home, and we’ll be around. Should any of the other rental units be rented during your stay (for now the caravan), it is of course possible that people make a night out of socialising on the pool terrace, which is basically the roof of the guest house, and we are afraid to say that as highly sociable hosts we have a strong tendency to encourage such encounters with a littly help of music and drinks, which may or may not help somebody’s good night sleep. Registration Details Spain - National registration number ESHFTU000029032000164951004000000000000VTAR/MA/024798