Casa unifamiliar, muy buen estado, 120 m², Centro, Hidra

SOLE AGENT - Character, charm, fully furnished, ready to move into 3 bedroom house with stunning Hydra Harbour views. This is an authentic house that's been lovingly maintained to a very high standard without sacrificing the charm, elegance and comfort of the 1920s era of building on Hydra.  It's bright and airy with high wooden ceilings and well-proportioned windows that have internal shutters, which, because of the depth of the walls, don't protrude into the room. The easy flow from one area of the house to another is a delight. There's plenty of storage space and a freshwater cisterna that's set up with a pump to use for watering the extensive garden. This is a property that you can truly move into and immediately start living the Hydra dream without any building or decorating to do. It's set up for easy living in both summer and winter months. From the primary street entrance, the property opens to a pretty courtyard with stone stairs to the top-level entrance, and a covered sitting area next to the ground-level entrance to the house. Next to the ground-level entrance, a modern door opens to the original kitchen that is currently being used as a garden storage room. The back of the entrance courtyard is covered by the upper terrace. This is an ideal winter sitting area to use on rainy days if you want to be outside without getting wet. There's also electric heating to keep you snug. Next to the street entrance gate there's a simple WC with toilet and hand basin. The courtyard has good outside lighting and a hose tap. When you walk into the ground-level hall from the courtyard, you will immediately get the impression that this house has been very well thought out and the entrance sets the tone for the rest of the house. The woodwork is well-painted. The internal wooden stairs are easy to use, the utility area between the hall and bathroom provides privacy (and storage). The doors are wider than normal or double doors. And the flooring is wonderful. Tiles have been perfectly laid so you can walk from the hall to all rooms without any nasty little steps to trip you up. The floor tiles change pattern as you move between the different rooms, creating a delightful mosaic floor throughout. The bathroom is large by Hydra standards and has possibly one of the best views. There's a full-size bath with a shower over, a handbasin with a vanity unit under, and next to the toilet, the collection pipe and cisterna wellhead have been incorporated into the room in a very attractive manner. The kitchen is without doubt the 'hub' of the house. It's simply laid out with all the kitchen units and appliances to one wall, a sea-facing window to the end, a good-sized dining table, a walk-in pantry-style storage room to the other end, and the door to the glorious terrace and garden. The top level of the house is reached either via the external stone stairs from the entrance courtyard, or from the internal entrance hall with an internal wooden staircase. On the top level, the landing opens to Bedroom 1 and Bedroom 2.  Bedroom 1 is the largest room and is currently used as a twin bedroom, with Cocomat beds, and also doubles as a sitting room. This room has a side window overlooking the top-level entrance terrace, and a sea-facing front window. Bedroom 2 is an interconnecting room overlooking the garden on the west side of the property, with a wooden door and glazed top window, through to bedroom 3. Bedroom 3 has a single bed and floor-to-ceiling wardrobes and so is currently used as a dressing room.  Throughout the top level, the ceilings are painted, wood panel and bead. The flooring is also wood, but with the extra-wide planks that are almost unobtainable these days. To the side of the property, there is a large sea-facing terrace with a well-planted Mediterranean terrace garden to the back. There is a separate street entrance into the garden opening to a few steps that lead up to the terrace opposite the pergola-covered summer dining terrace. The summer dining terrace is covered with scented jasmine and affords magnificent views of Hydra Town and the harbour, reaching across the sea to the Peloponnese mainland. It's a sheltered place but, if you want to watch the sunset, you need to move forward on the terrace where, you will see from the photos, the current owner has a table and chairs perfectly positioned to enjoy an evening glass of wine while you watch the sun go down.