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| Around 20 new homes are planned on the shores of Tiburon Lake and Sweetwater Lake at Desert Springs, pictured here. Agent is The Almanzora Group, telephone +44 (0) 1242 680 299, www.almanzora.com |
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| This Residencia country house at Desert Springs is one of the styles of home planned for the shores of Sweetwater Lake and Tiburon Lake at Desert Springs. Agent is The Almanzora Group, telephone +44 (0) 1242 680 299, www.almanzora.com |
Plans are being drawn up for new waterfront homes at Desert Springs, Europe’s only international award-winning luxury family resort and championship desert golf course in the Almeria region of south-east Spain.
Around 20 homes are planned on the shores of two of the natural-looking man-made lakes – Sweetwater and Tiburon – at the heart of the resort. Already completed is the first phase of the lakes, with a water surface area of four hectares (10 acres). Now it is being expanded to a total of 10 hectares (25 acres).
Although work on all the house designs is not yet complete, the new properties in Sweetwater Island Drive, running along the north side of the lake, are expected to be four- and five-bedroom detached homes with studies, games rooms and private south-west facing gardens running down to the water’s edge.
So far more than 300 properties have been completed and sold at Desert Springs. Sweetwater Island Drive is among planned new phases of the development being undertaken by the Almanzora Bay Group, an Anglo-Spanish sister group to the Cheltenham-based Robert Hitchins Group, an award-winning developer.
When the lake has been completed, a variety of peaceful water sports activities will be provided. Based at a Chiringuito (casual rustic style) beach bar, they will range from canoeing and sailing to windsurfing and fly fishing for black bass.
Feeding the lakes are the four separate springs of water from which Desert Springs takes its name. They are the sources of the watercourses crossing the resort’s 72 par 18-hole USGA Indiana golf course designed by former Great Britain and Ireland Golf Team Captain Peter McEvoy. He was inspired by the desert courses of Arizona and California.
Although mineral salts in the water make it unsuitable for irrigation or consumption, large numbers of different fish live and breed in it, and it supports a wealth of birdlife.
Says Bridget Rosser, sales and marketing manager of the Cheltenham-based Almanzora Group which is marketing the properties at Desert Springs: “We will be stocking the lake with additional fish once construction and landscaping are complete so, with the resort enjoying a desert microclimate which is unique in Europe, it will be quite possible for residents to say, truthfully, that they have ‘Gone fishing – in the desert!’”
The new lakes will have other benefits for residents at Desert Springs. They will be used to conserve the extremely infrequent but occasionally massive rainfall, not only improving the stored water but also providing an emergency supply of last resort. The lakes are designed to rise by more than one metre to take up the extra supplies.
For information about the properties being sold in the UK and Eire by The Almanzora Group, which also arranges inspection visits, telephone +44 (0) 1242 680 299 (from Eire:+44 (0) 1242 680 116) or visit the website, www.almanzora.com
IMPORTANT NOTE
To avoid confusion, please note that this document refers to two organisations with names which are similar but different. They are The Almanzora Bay Group [THE DEVELOPER] and The Almanzora Group Ltd [THE AGENT].
- The Almanzora Bay Group, named after the Almanzora region of Eastern Andalucia where it has been active since 1985, is an Anglo-Spanish sister group to the award-winning Cheltenham-based developer, the Robert Hitchins Group. Established in 1958, the Robert Hitchins Group specialises in large-scale strategic land planning and commercial development in the West of England and South Wales.
- The Almanzora Group, which is a subsidiary of the Robert Hitchins Group, is the main European sales agent and acts exclusively for the development companies which comprise the Almanzora Bay Group, marketing new properties developed by The Almanzora Bay Group in resort, village and beach locations.
Please note that none of the above have any connection with the Spanish development known as The Almanzora Country Club.
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