Kapellensteenweg 82

Restored colonial ‘Villa Erica’ incl. coach house and building plot!

Centrally located in the centre of Kalmthout is this gem “Villa Erica” which was built in 1874 by the consul of Venezuela. The villa is located on a park estate of ± 1ha with beautiful old trees, plants and ponds. The architectural style of the property is unique of its kind for the province of Antwerp. The villa was not only completely renovated with respect for its rich history, but also energy-efficiently insulated. Besides the monumental building and garden, this location also offers building land, a coach house, a flower conservatory, a grape conservatory and nice quirky features such as a wine cellar. Its central location in the countryside offers direct access to all kinds of amenities, but also has fast arterial roads to the rest of Belgiumë and the Netherlands. Are you looking for a special property and domain with possibilities of CO-Housing, offices or a swimming pool? Then schedule your appointment!

Entree & Bell-Etage
Through a romantic driveway of beech trees and on the left the view of a natural  pond, we reach the villa. Through the outside stone staircase with canopy, a double front door leads into the building's impressive hall. The hall contains a marble inlaid terrazzo floor, skylights and a toilet. The large double doors give access to the various rooms of the bell floor. To the left is the large sitting room and to the right the dining room, both with marble fireplaces and French oak parquets. Both the hall, living room and kitchen open onto the very spacious veranda at the back of the property. All rooms have large windows with beautiful views of the surrounding garden. Through both the veranda and the dining room one enters the living kitchen which is equipped with bespoke cupboards, various appliances including a La Canche cooker. In addition, the kitchen has a cosy bay window and an oak staircase leading to the first floor.

First Floor
The elegant French staircase leads to the landing with several skylights. There are two masters with bespoke wardrobes on either side, of which één master has an ensuite bathroom with: toilet, shower and washbasin. On the two other sides of the landing are the guest bedroom and the opposite bathroom which has a bath, two sinks, a toilet and a bidet, all by Philip Starck. The floors of the entire upper floor also consist of French oak parquet.

Souterrain
Through the dining room there is a staircase down to reach the hall with side entrance to the heated basement. From here you can access a toilet, a large study and a central corridor with side rooms. The remaining rooms consist of a work room, which can also function as a bedroom, an original wine cellar with adjoining tasting room and a technical room.

Coach house
This spacious multi-purpose building of about 110m² gives numerous possibilities (co-housing, offices, workshop, garage, guest house, …). There is a spiral staircase to the first floor. Here all utilities are present and can be further finished to 2 bedrooms with en suite bathrooms. To the side of the coach house, one finds the flower conservatory.

Outside
Through an automatic gate and a stately driveway, we reach the courtyard of the park estate of over 1ha. A beautiful piece of nature with a diversity of very old and unique trees, shrubs, … At the front there is a historic pond and at the back of the house there is a sleekly landscaped pond. Behind, there is a plot of approx. 1,750m² with annex possibilities with storage and old grape greenhouse with very special grapevine. This plot gives the unique opportunity to provide a further building in the context of co-housing, live-work opportunity, indoor swimming pool,…


Building plot
Next to the coach house is an underlying plot with grape greenhouse on 1750 m2 of land with planning permission. This plot gives the unique opportunity to provide another building as part of CO-Housing, an office or workshop, etc.

Surroundings
The centres of Kalmthout, Heide and Kapellen are nearby. There are several schools, training courses, shops, sports facilities and access to the nature reserves that surround Kalmthout. Train stops and motorways provide an ideal connection between: Belgiumë and the Netherlands. In turn, its location is a perfect base to the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam. So this villa combines good mobility, but you can still enjoy peace and quiet and pleasant living in green surroundings.

Special features: 

• Mansion and building plot ideal for co-housing, offices or workshop
• Full privacy on unique park estate with historic pond, unique trees and shrubs
• Renovated with luxury materials and respect for history
• Favourable conditions in government premiums for garden and villa maintenance
• Favourable conditions in registration and inheritance tax
• Top location close to the centre with all amenities
• Alarm system

DISCLAIMER
All information, including but not limited to dimensions, is purely indicative; no rights can be derived from it. Compensation for over- or under-size is excluded. Offer without obligation, delivery in consultation. The writing requirement is declared applicable.

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