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Casa San Juan as seen and explained from the air

 

  • large 3.5 hectaire private hillside property with 2 houses
  • one house, Casa Gran, 220m2, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
  • one house, La Masia, 100m2, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
  • heating, dishwasher, washer-dryer, satelite TV, Casa Gran fully air conditioned, etc...
  • altitude: 70mtrs, 12kms to sea at Mataró, Maresme coast
  • private pool (11 x 5 mtrs) with poolside shower and toilet
  • 8 lounge chairs poolside, 2 mountain bikes
  • 2 covered outdoor BBQ dining and play areas with a ping-pong table
  • cost: 3000 Euros in high-season for the two houses, then in the off-season the pricing depending on the number of guests, roughly 45 Euros per person per night, all included*
  • *the 5 bedroom house is fully air conditioned and the electricity used for AC is payable per kiloWatt/hour

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these pool photos are quite old and the garden has changed a lot since then Location: I have practically pinpointed the location in introductory text as I think the location is ideal, and I can send you a Google Earth photo with GPS coordinates so that you can explore the area from the air.

While Casa San Juan is close to the city and coast with access to two commuter train lines to Barcelona nearby (La Roca or Mataró, every half hour, 35 minute and 5.20 Euros roundtrip to Passeig de Gracia just above Placa de Catalunya, this property is in fact situated just off a nice little-transited country road (the C-1415c) favored by local bicycle aficionados, with some small farms and a few country restaurants and a nicely keep wooded park with sea views just 1.5 kms from the house. To give you an idea, I have included a couple photos of the surroundings. The view of the sea below is taken from 1.5 kms up the road from Casa San Juan, and the view of impressive castle below is from 1 kms down the road towards La Roca.

the right side of the pool is now landscaped with all kinds of local flowers and herbsThe Casa San Juan property consists of two separate houses, Casa Gran, a high-quality fully air conditioned house inaugurated in June 2008, and La Masia, a more simple house I have been renting for 9 years now.



The grounds: The two houses are about 100 meters up a private fully paved road from the main gate at kilometer 12 of the C-1415c. The wooded property of mostly pines and holm oak is quite natural, no frilly gardens, except the nicely landscaped garden backing the pool, with local trees, flowers, and a herb garden. There are views of the pool from the Casa Gran, and the pool has 8 lounge chairs and an shower and toilet, so you don´t have to go up to the house to go.

the view from the porch and outdoor BBQ area at Casa Gran up towards La MasiaThere is an area for parking on both sides of Casa Gran, and entrances from both front and back onto the same central hallway. Outside is a thatch covered BBQ dining/sitting area, and from the front of the house you can see La Masia just 50 meters up the hill, but mostly hidden by the woods. Outside it is very quiet, with the sound of birdsong and the wind in the trees. Views to the north include the mighty Montseny mountain range.



the area towards the back of Casa Gran is being landscaped As I said, the main entrances open onto a central hallway separating the two wings of the house with the bedrooms as far apart from each other as possible. I think the idea is to give maximum privacy to two family groups. The kitchen has two separate entrances and there is direct access from the front door through a little pantry with washer and drier and a sink for hand washing and ironing facilities, followed by the kitchen itself, with another door leading straight to the living-dining room. The kitchen is quite handsome, with wide windows for natural light, plenty of marble counter space for food prep, doble sink, and brand new good quality appliances, such as the 5 burner Bosch hob and extractor, the big Siemens oven, the big Balac refridgerator, the Whirlpool microwave, and the Bosch dishwasher, all chrome plated and fit in with a well designed kitchen. There is a little breakfast table in the kitchen seating four.

the front of La Masia from Casa Gran parking lotThe living-dining room is a very large space completely separate from the kitchen and measuring about 65m2. The living room area has 3 sofas, a couple of lazy chairs on each side of a card table, and there is a large flat screened TV and stereo on the wall across from the huge functional fireplace. The main dining room table has seating for 10 guests but can be expanded with to 16 with a fold out table and chairs kept in the corner. The 2-bedroom wing beyond the dining room has one room with two single beds that can be pushed together to make a double, and the other bedroom has a 140x190cm IKEA double bed, these two rooms separated by a nicely tiled, halogen-lit bathroom with large bathtub, toilet and bidet, and a large sink. Going back to the central hallway with the two entrances on each side of the house, there is a hallway bathroom with walk-in shower, and across from that, a bedroom with two single beds. Casa Gran outdoor BBQ area and rooftopsDown the other wing are the other two bedrooms and the third bathroom. One bedroom has two single beds that can be pushed together to form a 180x190cm double bed, and at the end of the hall is a very handsome large bedroom with a 150x200cm double bed and some nice wooden furnishings. Between these two rooms is a very handsome wheelchair friendly bathroom, beautifully tiled, with double sink, and a wide ground-level walk in (or wheel-in) shower.

There are a lot of quality extras to take note of here, starting with the air-conditioning, which can be controlled by thermostat in each part of the house separately, for heat in winter or cool or dehumidify in summer. All rooms have very expensive top-of-the-line mosquito screens and handsome wooden shutters that keep out the light for sleeping in, and the lighting around the house is newer and better than most. The large fireplace in the living room can be used for BBQs in winter. In the summer months, both this house and the other house at Casa San Juan have excellent outdoor BBQ areas.

Now I will include a lot of photos of Casa Gran and below those, a description and photos of La Masia

the living/dining room is huge and very attractivejust look at that enormous fireplace - and yes, it works! the kitchen the view of the valley below and Montseny mountains from poolside one side of the pool is protected by tall pines and the other a stone wall with a beautiful landscaped garden of local plants and flowers and tall trees 3 shots of the lovely large verandah and BBQ area across from La Masia



the front door of La Masia

Now to photos and description of 4 bedroom la Masia:

The road up from Casa Gran to la Masia is unpaved but in good condition. In back of the house there is a very large parking area backed by what is undoubtedly the most popular feature of this part of Casa San Juan, the large covered outdoor salon, about 75m2, where most guests speand all their time except when they go in to sleep. The huge verandah has a large built-in chimney and food prep area and a couple of wide planked wooden picnic tables, and in the middle a folding ping pong table, and to the far left a washing machine next to a sink for hand washing, some clothes lines, and a toilet, so that you don´t have to go into the house to go. The house itself, built about 40 years ago, has about 100m2 of living space - not large but comfortable enough. I have been renting La Masia for about 9 years now but with the addition of Casa Grau, this property is completely different.

 

Now to a description of the house. On the first floor, there is a central living/dining room measuring about 25m2, with a wooden dining table, a small sofa, a fireplace and a TV up on the well. On each side of this living room there is a hallway: one leads to a smallish walk-in full kitchen with mircowave, toaster, coffeemaker, followed by a room with a single bed, and then another room with two single beds. On the other side of the central room, the hallway leads to a full bathroom with bathtub, followed by a large room with two single beds and a large closet.

Up the spiral staircase from the living room there is a nice masterbedroom consisting of an anteroom with sitting area, a large bedroom with double bed, and a good sized full bathroom with bathtub. The upstairs measures about 30 m2.

The decoration throughout the house is fairly modest but practical, but not as new or fancy as Casa Gran. There ery positive comments on this house in the Comments Page. But don't expect a luxury feel this villa. It is a modestly priced, simple house in a quiet, somewhat isolated hillside location under pines, but close to Barcelona and beaches.

 

 
















the kitchenone of the downstairs double rooms














the food prep area behind the door in the kitchen




















the other nice double room downstairsthe small individual room downstairs












the downstairs bathroomthe upstairs bathroom


















the little sitting area on the upstairs landing in front of the master bedroom










  • public transport: 1.5 km to bus, 6 km to train
  • 4 kms to big shopping center at La Roca
  • 6 kms to Tennis at Argentona
  • 12 km to golf at Vall Romans
  • 4 km to riding club