Unique home with hand-crafted details and two living areas in Sármellék

Unique home for sale in Sármellék – where tradition meets functionality

There are houses that are simply built, and there are homes that take shape over many years, with expertise, care and love. This family house in Sármellék belongs to the latter. It already has a distinctive appearance from the outside, while inside, countless bespoke solutions and hand-crafted details make it truly special. This is not a cookie-cutter property, but a home with a story and a character of its own.

The house offers 137 m² of usable floor area (150 m² gross), and it comes with a group of outbuildings totalling 125 m², comprising a garage, a summer kitchen and further farm buildings.

The first part of the property was built in 1972 in the traditional way, with 60 cm thick adobe walls, and was extended in 1982 with a brick-built section. The house stands on a solid concrete foundation of some 40 cm, laid on a bed of crushed basalt. The structure is stiffened by a reinforced concrete ring beam, which provides proper support for the timber roof structure. The well-considered structural design and the careful workmanship serve the durability of the house.

One of the greatest advantages of adobe walls is their natural ability to regulate humidity. In good condition they can absorb and release the moisture content of the air, which is why many people call this building method a “breathing wall”. They can provide a pleasantly cool interior climate in summer and a comfortable one in winter, which for many means a more natural and healthier living environment.

The property has all utilities connected. The water piping was fully renovated four years ago, including the replacement of the pipes in the yard. The electrical network has three-phase industrial power, which is ideal for farming, workshop use or for running higher-capacity machinery.

The central heating system can be operated with a gas combi boiler and with a solid-fuel boiler alike. There is a fireplace on both levels; these not only create a pleasant atmosphere but also provide an alternative heating option.

Another special quality of the property is that its present form was envisioned and created by two craftsmen. The building services were installed by a plumbing, gas and heating engineer drawing on several decades of professional experience, while the many bespoke timber solutions, built-in details and the high-quality finish of the house bear witness to the work of a master joiner. This attention to quality can be felt in almost every room.

The layout of the house is exceptionally versatile. Thanks to its spacious rooms it can be an excellent choice for larger families, and it is equally ideal for those who wish to live together across several generations while everyone keeps their own living space. The upper level can be reached both from outside and from inside, and it has its own kitchen and a separate toilet, so it can also be used perfectly for receiving guests or as a partly separate apartment. One of the special assets of this level is the large covered terrace opening from the living room – a shaded place to relax and a favourite venue for gatherings with friends or family lunches.

The well-kept garden holds around forty fruit-bearing trees, so the property can also be an ideal choice for those who would like to get closer to nature, grow their own fruit or even build a partly self-sufficient lifestyle. The garden also features a covered outdoor grill and a baking oven, an atmospheric venue for family gatherings, barbecues with friends or open-air cooking in the shade of the fruit trees.

The value of the estate is further increased by the excellently equipped farmyard, which provides almost every condition for keeping animals and for rural farming. Besides the roughly forty fruit trees there is also a well, which through a pump system supplies water not only to the garden taps and the summer kitchen but to several consumers in the house as well. The system is fitted with filters, and it also serves the toilets, the washing machine and the water heater, which can result in significant savings on mains water consumption.

The buildings and equipment needed for keeping animals are available; the farmyard served for many years as a well-functioning family smallholding. Most of the tools required for harvesting and processing the fruit, as well as for traditional rural farming, can also be found here.

Thanks to the excellent location of Sármellék, Hévíz, Lake Balaton and Hévíz–Balaton Airport are all easily accessible, so the property can be an excellent choice not only as a permanent home but also as a second home or countryside retreat for foreign buyers.

If you are looking for a property that is more than just four walls – one that offers genuine value, character and possibilities, where the advantages of traditional architecture meet well-considered technical solutions – then this home is worth viewing in person.