Property Description
The renovated open-spaced attic of an old traditional Romanian wood and dirt (“wattle and daub”) house + garden, delightfully placed near the edge the forest, in the National Natural Reserve of Vâlsan River.
Easy access to the main roads to/from TRANSYLVANIA: stunning Transf?g?r??an Road (15min) to SIBIU or BRAN – BRA?OV – SINAIA (2h).
In the past, the house belonged to my grand-grandparents; we renovated it in 2016, obstinately keeping everything we could in the wonderful original state.
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[Please note that the price listed is considered per this room only. For renting the entire house (up to 9 guests) or just one more room, please see this listing – https://www.vrbo.com/1024769?unitId=1572717 or just contact me 🙂 For long-term rentals, we happily offer significant discounts.]
# Before the attic looked like this, it was just a place where my great-grandparents used to smoke meat and sausages and throw whatever they didn’t need daily. We tried to get the best out of it, imagining a cosy and friendly place to enjoy, bathed in light, with direct view to the sky and to the nearby forest. #
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Our house is located on a (very 🙂 ) secondary road in the village, in a splendid and picturesque neighbourhood. The house is surrounded by our 2000 square meters (21.500 square feet) land – orchard, garden, yard, backyard and pasture. Our orchard has very old nut trees, mature apple trees, and young fruit trees of all sorts. And grapes. And raspberries. 🙂
The house was built in the 1930’s by the builders’ guild my great-grandpa belonged to. It was uninhabited from the 1990’s – when my great- grandparents died – until we began renovations in 2016. We wanted to respect the wonderful cosy feel of the original house and used as many traditional materials and techniques as we could, from wooden shingles roof, hand-made traditional-patterned ceramic tiles, to natural plasters and recycled very old alder wood, and keeping all the beautiful objects our great-grandparents had and reuse them and enjoy them. However, we equipped the house with all amenities necessary: fully equipped kitchen, washing machine, Wi-Fi etc.
At the floor level, there are two bedrooms (“The Good Room” and “The Great-Grandma’s Room”), one bathroom, the kitchen and also the technical room.
Upstairs, there’s a bedroom (called “The Night Sky Room” because of the large roof window through you can see the marvellous sky – no light pollution here, all stars and constellations available:), another bathroom and a generous L-shaped open-space – the Attic – which can be used as a big living room and, by night, as a space for sleep (the extensible sofa is placed in a niche providing privacy). Also, my tiny office for no-distraction study / computer work is available upstairs. 🙂
Outside, there are two porches/verandas and a wooden pavilion providing enough space for eating outside, and including a bread oven and a barbecue.
There are three different entrances in the house.
Due to the original architecture, we could not use more space for the bathrooms. Although they are furnished with everything necessary, for some persons they may feel small comparing to city standards.
Oh, and under the house, there is a stone cellar where we secretly keep all the home-made delights 🙂
