– Everything you need to know about Los Limones –
At a glance
Main House
Year Built: 2004
Floor Area: 117.56m²
Parking: Private (3+ Cars)
Swimming Pool
Filtration: Chlorine
Dimensions: 7.8m x 4m
Maintenance: Weekly
Wooden House
Year Built: 2009
Floor Area: 34.94m²
Parking: Private (Main House)
Land & Gardens
Land Area: 5930m²
Tree Types/Number: Olive (25), Lemon (10)
Olive Crop: 10 producing trees.
Los Limones is situated in the Pago, a beautiful rural area close to Orgiva. It consists of two properties, 5,000 meters of land, trees and a swimming pool. It has spectacular views.
The first property is a brick built house with two bedrooms (sleeping five in total), a bathroom and a large, open-plan living space with kitchen.
A brick built utility store is attached – this houses the washing machine, gas hot water heater and under floor, solar heating.
The second property is a Wooden House with one bedroom. It can sleep four, an ideal rental property or teenage/grandparent accommodation.
The swimming pool is a solid, sunken structure 8×4 meters and can be filled from the acequia (local water channel).
Los Limones is a 25-minute walk or a ten minute drive to Orgiva along a good quality track. The neighbourhood that surrounds the property is populated by a multicultural community mostly farming their land and growing food.
There are alternative schools close by with a bus service to collect children who attend the local state schools.
There are ten substantial olive trees on the land which produce sufficient oil for the year with some left over. There are another ten, recently planted, olive trees which will produce in the next year or two. There are also five/six smaller olive trees dotted around. In the citrus season the ten mature lemon trees produce abundantly, giving sufficient lemons for everyone’s needs and enough left over to sell. A ‘Sin Tropica’ planting project is in its third year and that has a variety of soft fruit trees, including mangoes, growing.
There is a whole terrace behind the Wooden House which makes a perfect vegetable garden, it has been used for many years to provide sufficient vegetables for all to enjoy.
The Pago is situated on an ancient acequia which provides 2 hours of timetabled water every 13 days between April and October. This water source is what gives the area its lush, green appearance. The water comes from the melting snows high up on the Sierras. There is sufficient water for the whole summer and even to fill the swimming pool. Surplus water can be stored in two depositos (water tanks) which can be used to water the land when the acequia supply is less regular during the winter months.
