Restored Historical House for Sale in Ibo Island, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

Restored Historical House on Ibo Island with Tourist Licence

BACKGROUND.
The property is part of the old stonetown of Ibo and was a residence and trading store in historical times. It was built like many of the old houses in the area with coral rock and lime cement from the island itself. Mangrove wood poles were used inside the walls and roofs as reinforcing. The property has been rebuilt using some old techniques supplemented with cement and reinforcing steel and modern plumbing materials thereby creating a structurally sound new building without the house losing its previous identity. The philosophy is to rebuild historical Ibo ruins as investment properties that are unique in style as well as sound investments because of their location on Ibo as well as falling within the boundaries of the Quirimbas national park. Currently the house has an Alvara(Casa Fim do Mundo) and is licensed as self catering e location of the house is clearly indicated on Google e care taking of the house is done by the neigbouring Miti Miwri guesthouse on a commission is is an excelent investment for anyone wanting to own a property in Mozambique that is paying for itself.

DESCRIPTION.
This property consists of a main house of 156m2 with a second level of 48m2, storeroom of 12,5m2 and en-suite chalet of 31,5m2. It has a walled garden area of e main house has an open plan kitchen and lounge with a separate Moroccan style sitting area. Off the kitchen is the main bedroom and bathroom, lock up pantry and stairs leading to an upper deck that can be converted into storage, a studio or extra rooms. A 4000 litre watertank is built on top of the pantry roof and kept topped up from the well in the garden by a self-regulating electric pressure pump. A separate office room runs off the lounge area.
Going from the kitchen to the back veranda there is another room as well as a separate guest bathroom (toilet and washbasin). An alley with entrance to the street gives access to the garden area where a separate lockup store and en-suite chalet make up the rest of the property. The chalet can be rented out to the passing tourist trade and travellers renting this chalet can use the side entrance thereby not causing any inconvenience to people living in the main house. Some of the old walls have been left intact in the garden as features where they blend naturally with the new walls creating an ambiance of timelessness. Trees growing from walls have been trimmed where necessary and then supported with reinforced pillars to add to the special Ibo touch.

AMENITIES.
Electricity is mono phase power supplied by the newly installed sea cable from the mainland as of March e house also has a 5 Kva backup generator that more than meets all the power requirements. The town administration has installed a generator as well. Gas heaters have been installed in the main bathroom as well as the chalet which although not really needed in the summer months definitely brings some comfort during the cooler winter evenings. Drinking water is filtered through a ceramic filter.

There is space in the mainhouse as well as the garden to build more rooms or place a swimming pool.

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