Relleu villa

Relleu villa

Beautiful villa/country house/farm on a plot of 14.800 m² with a built area of 330 m² with 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen with barbecue, living room with fireplace, large garage and many storage rooms.
The Relleu villa has around the house verandas and covered terraces, one of which has a large outdoor barbecue. And there is enough space to possibly place a swimming pool at the villa.

The villa consists of 3 cadastral farm lands: one of 8,425 m², one of 5,403 m² and another of 1,059 m². On the plot there are 218 olive trees and a vineyard with 400 vines with drip system irrigation. There are 2 water reservoirs with a capacity of 60,000 liters.
The villa is equipped with central heating and hot/cold air conditioning.

The Relleu villa and the farmlands have many more beautiful details than the photos suggest. And if you are seriously interested in this plot with villa and you might want to go and have a look, please feel free to contact us and we can schedule a visit with you to go and see it with your own eyes.

The price with us for the same object will never be more than that of our colleagues. What can be different is the settlement of the sale and help in advance and afterwards in obtaining the right papers and permits, etc. We speak English and Spanish.

Our specialty is our working method. We want to guide you from A to Z with the purchase process, and are only ready when you are 100% satisfied. Before you can actually proceed to purchase, many peripheral matters must first be arranged. It also does not end with us after signing with the notary, but we are and remain your point of contact for future questions. Please also read the information about us or one of our blogs about buying a house.Relleu villa

Wikipedia: Relleu (Valencian: [reˈʎew], Spanish: [reˈʎew]) is a municipality in the comarca of Marina Baixa, Alicante, Valencia, Spain.

Relleu is set in the middle of a valley surrounded by mountains like the Cabeçó d’Or (1,209 m), the Serra de la Grana (1,095 m) and the Serra de l’Aguilar (895 m). The best way to access Relleu is coming from Villajoyosa/La Vila Joiosa, take the road that connects with Orxeta-Sella (CV-770). From Alicante, you can also access this location through the AP-7 or N-332 then take the CV-775 up from El Campello.

Relleu borders the municipalities of Aigües, Alicante, Busot, Jijona/Xixona, Orxeta, Penàguila, Sella and Torremanzanas.

The population went from 3,342 registered inhabitants in 1900 to 717 in 1991 due to the migration of its inhabitants. In recent years Relleu has become an attractive destination for (mainly) British citizens, which has reversed the depopulation, so that in 2011 it had 1,338 inhabitants of which 42.1% were of foreign nationality, however, by 2018 the figure had fallen to 38.3%.

A visitor to Relleu is likely to encounter two languages being used for notices around the town and in the entrance to the town hall; these are Valencian and English. In addition, the town hall employs a native English speaker to liaise with foreigners.

Relleu has an interesting Roman past. It was brought into focus by Doctor Alejandro Sendra, who found, on his property, the burial stone of ‘Paccius’ that indicated Roman occupation well inside the Imperium. More findings from recent works in the town, although not yet closely studied, will shed more light on the past of the town, which, during the Roman period, was probably within the administration of the important nearby Roman town of Villajoyosa/La Vila Joiosa.

The history of Relleu precedes the Romans by at least four centuries as there was an Iberian settlement within the Parish boundaries a little distance from the town on the highest point of the Penya-roja (Spanish Peñarroja). As detailed in the book ‘Contestina Ibérica’ by E. Llobregat.

Unfortunately the site has been looted but there still remain half meter thick walls and a significant quantity of Iberian amphora fragments, small pieces of Iberian ceramic and over the hillside, slag from iron working.

This material, together with other artefacts deposited in the local museum, with similar characteristics to those found in the settlement give the impression of permanent occupation more or less through the 2nd and 1st centuries BC when Romans controlled the area.

Relleu (which means “relief” in Valencian) owes its name to the rugged terrain that makes up the municipality and is overlooked by the ruins of an 11th-century castle built by the Muslim population. The town consisted of 70 houses linked with Cocentaina. After the conquest of the region by the troops of James I of Aragon Relleu would become the property of Bernat de Sarrià depending ecclesiastically on Finestrat parish until 1535.

In the late 16th century the property was under the Duke of Osuna and years later, the 1609 decree by Philip III expelling the Moors dramatically affected the town’s population, who fled to the mountains and then, together with the Moors of Finestrat and Sella, rose up against Alicante. Only 15 Christian families remained.

The town became one of the most populous in the area at the beginning of the 20th century, having 3,342 inhabitants. This was due to irrigation of the horta by the Amadorio River. The ruins of the castle are protected by the Law on Spanish Historical Heritage.