House for Sale in Santa Cruz Verapaz, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

House & Land with Great Potential for a Permaculture Garden

The main house, 207 sqm,is 60% complete and the guest house 95% complete. The house is single story with 3 bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, dining room, 2 full baths, a den and 2 large outdoor corridors on either side. The main house needs a roof, windows, doors and floor coverings and internal plumbing and electrical appliances. All basic plumbing and electrical within walls is installed and the septic system with 2 in-ground tanks is complete. The guest house has 1 bedroom and a full bathroom along with hook-ups for laundry. It has a tile roof and all windows and doors and is usable, but needs some minor repair. A water storage tank is on site on the top of the guest house. Water and electricity is on site. The structures were begun in 2006.
The land is 1.4 hectares or 3.5 acres, mostly flat, with a slope on one end where it leads down to a year-round stream along the eastern border. The sloping area has many native trees including pines, liquidamber, and several types of red-list oaks and black walnut trees among many other species. Other native plants include orchids, bromeliads, ferns, palms heliconia, and some native tree ferns.
The other part of the property is dedicated to about 200 producing coffee trees, many avocado, citrus, loquat, bananas, plantain, macadamia, persimmon, pear and apple trees. Also growing are pineapple, raspberries and cardamom.
The climate is sub-tropical with average temperatures in the 70's Fahrenheit(25C) with no freezing temperatures.
The distance to the nearest village is about 2 km and the city of Coban is only 14 km on the nearby major highway. The road in front of the property was paved only 3 years ago. The setting is rural and quiet.