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With first-class access via tarmac roads in a super location with outstanding views is this 4 Bed 2 Bath Finca in need of modernisation and a fair amount of love but the bones, as we say, are there and the price is spot on.The entrance is at the rear of the property and via the very large, long conservatory, which is a fabulous space that can be used all year round and is especially beneficial in the winter months as, when the sun rises around 09:30 it traps in the warmth whereas in summer all the windows can be opened to let in the breeze or the blinds can be shut if it is really hot.From the conservatory, you enter a similar sized space which is the lounge/diner that has a feature log burner and a typical Spanish kitchen at one end. By "typical" I mean small but you have to bear in mind the climate and most Spanish families living in the countryside cook almost everything on the BBQ. This property has an excellent "summer kitchen" which means an enclosed BBQ to use all year around. It´s not a big job to increase the kitchen space by taking out a wall to the lounge/diner.The "inside" bathroom is next to the kitchen, and the other bathroom is beside the swimming poolThe biggest of the four bedrooms is off the lounge, whereas the three other bedrooms are off the passageway. Two of the bedrooms are well-sized doubles and two are best described as singles, with one being used for storage.A door towards the end of the passageway to the left opens up to a small patio and more storage rooms.At the very end of the passageway is a door out to the front of the property where there is a garden shed and a two-car carport.The highlight of the property has to be the large swimming pool and the lovely terrace area from where the views are simply stunning.The land is full of olive trees and there are two areas of vegetables and the owners have made a wide walkway around the land which they use for exercise and if you are more adventurous, there are a number of mountains close by.Why Sax? There are no traffic lights, it has a 13th-century castle, one of seven on the castle route but ours is the best and there are no traffic lights, parking meters or fee-paying car parks. What? That isn´t enough? Sax is so popular because it is far enough inland to be “inland” yet it is only 30 minutes to Alicante Airport and 35 minutes to the beach. Access is by the A31 Dual Carriageway Alicante to Madrid Autovia (Motorway to you) which runs just outside of the town, by rail and coach from Alicante so you can go to the beach and not have to take your car, and now we are only eight minutes drive away from the AVE station at Villena. The AVE is the high-speed train from Alicante to Madrid, which has only four stops. From boarding, the train will have you in Madrid in 2hrs 9mins for as little as 9€ if you are lucky enough, but around 25€ if not. Let us stick with the town of Sax for now rather than escaping to the beach or Madrid. Sax is dominated by its 13th-century castle known as the Headlight And Guardian Of The Border a landscape of history and rock. When driving back home to Sax after daylight the sight of the castle, fully lit, and seemingly floating in the air is one of the most welcoming sights I have ever experienced. It´s a sign we are almost home. Commercially, Sax was only affected in a minor way by the economic crash as it is the home of three major international businesses selling “persianas y toldos”, window blinds and sun canopies and a shoe industry that means if you recently bought a pair of shoes in Debenhams, for example, the chances are they could have been made in Sax or nearby Elda and we now supply 60% of the footwear used in all Spain´s hospitals. It is an incredible feat. Both Sax and the smaller town of Salinas just eight minutes drive away have close to full employment and lots of opportunity which means our crime statistics are very low and both towns are safe in a way that is hard to imagine if you have arrived from the UK or Holland. Walking around whatever time of day or night is a pleasure rather than something to fear. What about safety? Full employment reduces crime to very little and Sax is small enough for everyone to know each other and a family who has a son or daughter who is a criminal brings shame on the family. I suppose it´s like when I was growing up in the North West during the 60´s. Recently we have seen the opening of a Consum supermarket, the equivalent of a Waitrose or Marks & Spencer Food Hall whilst there has been a Hiperber and Dia, both excellent supermarkets for as long as I can remember, and if that isn´t enough there is a Carrefour (Think Tesco) eight minutes’ drive away within a shopping mall complex that has two cinemas one of which shows films in English with Spanish subtitles. There is also six gyms in Sax and a superb one in the shopping Mall and Ten Pin Bowling etc. Sax is served wonderfully well with schools, our son was eight when we moved here and reluctantly, we put him into a state school, he always went to a private school in Manchester, and within six months he was fluent in two languages and following five years in a secondary school went on to study Pharmacy at Complutense in Madrid one of Spain´s most famous and prestigious universities. However, he didn´t like the idea of going into pharmacy as a career so he is studying law and working as my business partner. He already has a diploma in Spanish Property Law. For health, Sax and Spain, in general, is far superior to the UK. In the town, we have a brand new Health Centre with eight doctors, two nurses, a diabetes clinics and a 24/7 Emergency Walk/In Centre. Ten minutes away in Elda is the remarkable award-winning University Hospital El Virgen De Salud where the surgeons are second to none and the food is atrocious, well it can’t all be good!! Newly opened is the Fibromyalgia centre offering support and therapies for those suffering from acute pain. There are now three Language Schools in the town and the town hall ran a scheme for language swapping that may be run again. Learning Spanish is a lot less difficult than it may seem and there are new ways of learning that concentrate on conversational Spanish. There are restaurants and bars aplenty with prices that are at first beyond belief and a three or four-course lunch of good quality can easily be found for 13€ or less. For a special occasion, there is Casa Mami and El Fuente restaurant at the hotel of the same name which are a little more expensive but great food experiences can be had. Nearby Villena, ten minutes or so up the A31, has some excellent restaurants including the very fashionable Tita´s Gastronimo and the stunning, in my opinion, Condumio. Coffee and toast for breakfast will cost no more than 2,50€ and the coffee is possibly the best in Europe. Our biggest challenge these days is finding properties as opposed to selling them as Sax and Salinas as both have become incredibly popular and there are no building permits left in either of the towns and yet they are growing. So, come look around and enjoy.

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