Finca Esperanza

1. Location: Lanjaron, Spain
2. Status: Closed - still in set up phase

Reached from Lanjaron by about 5 km of asphalted road and 2 km track.

It is comprised of two large plots of land.

The first has well built two level country house (cortijo). The top floor is 60m2 with living room, kitchen and two bedrooms and a living room, with a front terrace. The lower level has a large storeroom for agricultural use, a smaller storeroom, and a shower room. The cortijo was built in 1958, and is of sound construction with modern materials. Directly beside the cortijo is a large water deposit, of 8m by 5m and 4m deep.

The land consists of a larger plot of more than two hectares, of which 1.8 hectare is olive land, 200 centenary olive trees and a number of younger trees, yielding around 10,000 to 18,000 kilos of olives annually.

Adjacent to the olive land, and separated from it by the access track, is a hill terraced for almond cultivation, of a little more than 7,000m2 yielding around 1,000 kilos of almonds annually.

Electricity is connected (220V, 3kW) and can be upgraded to 5kW. Drinking water from the town is possible but not connected yet. Every Sunday 6 hours of irrigation water through the acequia is available.