2 Farms and Estates in Funchal, with Swimming Pool

Estate with two villa, a contemporary T5+1 and the main villa T3, with gross construction areas of 582 sqm and 227 sqm, respectively, a 17th-century chapel, lush gardens, and exceptional views of the Atlantic Ocean, set on a property of 13,100 sqm with total privacy, in Alegria, São Roque, high area of Funchal, Madeira.

In the first decade of the 2000s, the estate underwent an extraordinary architectural transformation. The project was designed by the award-winning Portuguese architect João Favila Menezes from Atelier Bugio.

The contemporary villa is spread over three floors and enjoys a southwest orientation, offering breathtaking views from its elevated position of 565 meters. The ground floor boasts five bedrooms, including a remarkable master suite with a spacious walk-in closet, as well as three bathrooms and an office. Additional features include a decommissioned indoor pool that currently serves as a showcase for the owner’s private art collection, a service area, access to a two-car garage, and a basement with a maid’s room and bathroom.

The rooftop level consists of a spacious living room with a terrace, fireplace, dining room, a guest bathroom, and a fully equipped kitchen with a terrace. The glass facades provide ample natural light and a sense of lightness to the interior spaces, with magnificent views of the Atlantic Ocean, Funchal, the gardens, and the city’s mountains.

The villa, with high-quality finishes, offers every comfort and convenience, including double-glazed windows, electric shutters, home automation, central heating, and air conditioning. However, some maintenance work is needed. In addition to the contemporary villa, the project included eight bungalows with private balconies, an outdoor pool, and a solarium for tourist exploitation. The existing constructions of this complex are unfinished and can be resumed. The lower level is currently used as the owner’s workshop and art exhibition space. This area includes the machinery room and the irrigation and pool water tanks.

The Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Alegria, dating back to 1608, is located at the lowest elevation of the estate, below the main house, a single-story traditional Madeiran-style house. Both buildings were restored by the current owner after 2019. The house is served by a corridor at the entrance that connects all the rooms: the living room with a fireplace, the two bedrooms, one en-suite, a bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, and a third maid’s room with a bathroom. All rooms have central heating. Outside, there is a barbecue area.

The nature, green spaces, careful and harmonious integration of contemporary and Madeiran tradition, along with the views, are the distinctive elements of the estate. The location, extraordinary and rare size of the property, make it one of the most exclusive in Funchal. The provided silence and well-being make it an excellent retreat.

The estate is less than a 10-minute drive from the Via Rápida and less than 15 minutes from the historic center of Funchal, the beach area, and ’Palheiro Golf’. It is 30 minutes from Santo da Serra Golf Club and a 20-minute drive from Madeira International Airport, with 13 daily flights of 1h30 to Lisbon and 4 daily flights (2h00) to Porto. Madeira is served by regular flights to around 60 airports in more than 20 countries, including the United States and Canada.

Palace with three independent villas and a Manor House with views of Funchal set on a plot of 27,033 sqm in area, in Funchal, Madeira.
Historic quinta (estate) whose foundation began during the first settlement, near the primitive Church of Santo António, on the path to Curral das Freiras and Santo Amaro. It appears that land clearing in this area of the city began quite early in the 15th century, and Quinta de Santo António already existed as a defined space in the 16th century, linked to the Convent of Santa Clara. The house that exists today must have been expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries, now harmonized by extensive renovations in the 19th century.
Its façade faces the amphitheater of the city, with rhythmic fenestration on the upper floor and shutters on the lower floor, previously dedicated to agricultural storage areas. Despite its transformation in the 19th century into a leisure quinta, with its lawn garden and flower beds, delimited by crafted pebble pavements, Quinta de Santo António always had an agricultural dimension, with various warehouses distributed throughout the grounds as well as a winepress and caretakers’ houses.
It was established as a property for supply and agricultural income for the owners who possessed other houses in the city, such as on Rua das Mercês and Aljube. The owners are related to the most traditional Madeiran families, such as the Santana de Vasconcellos, Leal de Freitas Branco, Perestrello, and Lambert. Several branches of this family are linked to the Viscounts of Casa Branca, Viscounts of Porto da Cruz, Counts of Lambert, Counts of Nova-Goa, and Counts of Almada.
Elegant Manor House with stunning views of Funchal with 3 floors, featuring 7 bedrooms, 3 living rooms (including a formal dining room), 3 bathrooms, and 2 kitchens.
The property also includes three independent villas, all with views of Funchal and excellent sun exposure: two villas with 2 floors, 2 bedrooms, kitchen, and 1 bathroom each; one villa with 1-bedroom, 1 bathroom, and a kitchen. The property also has 3 other buildings that can be converted for residential use with a swimming pool and solarium area, beautiful gardens with a small lake, and part of the property cultivated with banana trees, corn, among others, with a unique and breathtaking view over Funchal.