This detached villa is located in Albox, an inland market town in the province of Almería, and is offered at a fixed asking price of €260,000. The house dates from 1970, has two floors and offers 256 m² of living space on a 455 m² plot, with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a private swimming pool, a garage and full furnishing included. The property is key-ready, so it can be occupied immediately after purchase. Albox provides daily amenities within walking distance, while the beaches of the Almería coast are roughly 35 km away as the crow flies.
Key characteristics of location, homes, project phase and points of attention.
The villa sits in an urban environment within Albox, where a supermarket (118 m), pharmacy (57 m) and other everyday amenities are reachable on foot. The town lies inland, some 35 km from the nearest beaches. An electric vehicle charging point is 860 m away. A car is convenient for regional trips, though not required for daily errands.
With four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a separate dining room, a fitted kitchen and a ground-floor room currently used as an office, the layout suits families or buyers wanting flexible space. The office or dining room could be converted into additional bedrooms. Outside there is a private pool, a low-maintenance garden and a garage.
This is not a new-build project but an existing home, completed in 1970. It is described as key-ready and is sold fully furnished, which shortens the practical move-in timeline. Delivery dates for existing properties are indicative and depend on the completion of the purchase process between buyer and seller.
The property does not offer sea views or coastal proximity; the nearest beaches are about 35 km away as the crow flies, with a drive time of roughly 50 minutes. The nearest hospital is 48 km distant. The house dates from 1970, so finishes and installations reflect that period unless documentation states otherwise. No land view, plot expansion or additional building options are documented.
This property fits several recognisable situations. A family needing four or five bedrooms with two bathrooms will find the 256 m² layout and the option to convert the office or dining room into further bedrooms directly relevant. Buyers relocating year-round who want daily amenities within walking distance, the supermarket at 118 m and the pharmacy at 57 m, will avoid dependence on a car for errands, although a vehicle remains convenient for regional travel. Remote workers benefit from the existing office space on the ground floor. Buyers seeking an immediately usable home, rather than a renovation or an off-plan wait, will note that the villa is key-ready and furnished. It also suits purchasers whose priority is space and a private pool at a moderate budget, accepting that the beach is roughly a 50-minute drive rather than around the corner. Retirees wanting a town base with an inland climate, plus a pool for the hot months, form another natural group. Conversely, buyers who want to walk to the sea, or who expect modern new-build specifications, should weigh the 1970 construction date and the inland position carefully. The house is a practical proposition for full-time living in a Spanish town; it is less oriented towards the holiday-let coastal market.
The house was completed in 1970 and presents a traditional two-storey structure with, according to the listing photographs, an ornate staircase railing in the hallway, fitted bathrooms with shower, toilet and bidet, and a fully fitted kitchen with counter space and storage. One ground-floor room is set up as an office with a sofa and desk, and a covered patio provides an outdoor seating area protected from direct sun. The property is sold fully furnished, which transfers both furniture and fittings to the buyer at completion, a factor worth verifying item by item with the seller, since 'fully furnished' can vary in scope. Buyers should approach a 1970s villa with the usual technical diligence: the condition of the electrical installation, plumbing, roof structure and window glazing is not specified in the available data, and an independent survey is standard practice for homes of this age in Spain. The pool and its filtration equipment likewise warrant inspection, as maintenance history is not documented. The building is delivered key-ready, indicating it is habitable in its current state, but 'habitable' does not equal 'recently renovated', and any modernisation plans should be budgeted separately. The two-bathroom configuration across two floors, the garage and the separate dining room are practical features of the period layout, typically built with solid masonry construction typical of inland Andalusian housing from that era.
The asking price is fixed at €260,000. In exchange, the buyer acquires 256 m² of built living space on a 455 m² plot, with four bedrooms, two bathrooms across two floors, a private pool, a garage and the complete furniture package included. The price is a single asking figure for this existing home, not a starting price from a price list, so there is no variation across unit types. Compared with coastal villas of similar size in Almería province, inland locations such as Albox generally trade at lower price levels per square metre. Availability is immediate in principle, subject to the standard Spanish purchase process and any agreement on completion timing between the parties.
Daily life here is organised around the town rather than the coast. Albox is a working inland town where the supermarket is 118 m from the front door and the pharmacy 57 m, so morning errands are done on foot rather than by car. The house itself supports a settled routine: a fitted kitchen for daily cooking, a separate dining room for family meals, and a ground-floor room that currently functions as an office, useful for remote work or as an extra bedroom if the household grows. The private pool and the low-maintenance garden structure the outdoor rhythm of the warmer months, when afternoons can be spent at home rather than travelling to the coast. Because the property is fully furnished and key-ready, the transition after purchase is largely a matter of moving in. The covered patio visible in the listing photographs offers shaded seating, extending usable outdoor hours into the evening. For residents who want the beach, the coves and sand of the Almería coastline lie about 35 km away as the crow flies, a journey of roughly 50 minutes by car, which makes coast visits a planned outing rather than a spontaneous stroll. This positions the house for buyers who value town convenience and space over seafront proximity.
Albox is an inland town in the Almanzora valley region of Almería province, and life there runs at the pace of a Spanish country town rather than a resort. The immediate surroundings are urban, with the nearest supermarket 118 m away and a pharmacy 57 m from the property, so the weekly shop and prescription runs require no car. An electric vehicle charging point sits 860 m from the house, relevant for buyers running an EV. The road network connects Albox with the larger towns of the region and with the A-7 motorway corridor along the coast, although the nearest hospital is 48 km away, a distance that matters for households with specific healthcare needs and worth factoring into the decision. The environment is noticeably quieter than the coastal strips: no hotel zones, no summer crowds, and a resident population that stays largely the same year-round. Distances to the coast are approximately 35 km as the crow flies to Cala Marqués, Playa El Playazo and Playa de Las Marinas-Bolaga, translating to about 50 minutes by car. Golfers have three courses within reach: Desert Springs Golf Club at 31 km, Cortijo Grande at 34 km and Aguilón Golf at 38 km, all straight-line figures.
The map shows the property's position within Albox, with the supermarket, pharmacy and EV charging point in the immediate vicinity. The straight-line distances to the beaches, golf courses and hospital illustrate the inland character of the location: a walkable town centre surrounded by a drive-to coast.
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Albox sits in the Almanzora valley in the north of Almería province, inland from the coastal municipalities of Vera, Mojácar and Garrucha. Within the regional context of southern Spain, it belongs to the lower-priced inland market rather than the coastal Costa Almería belt. The town is roughly 35 km from the sea and considerably further from the nearest airports, which shapes both property prices and the rhythm of life. For the Costa del Sol comparison, Albox lies well to the east, in a drier, less touristic province with its own character.
Accessibility is centred on car travel for anything beyond the town. Daily provisions are the exception: the supermarket lies 118 m away and the pharmacy 57 m, both comfortably walkable. The nearest beaches, Cala Marqués, Playa El Playazo and Playa de Las Marinas-Bolaga, are 35 to 36 km away as the crow flies, and the existing description states roughly 50 minutes of driving to reach the sand. The airport lies at a greater distance, which is a consideration for buyers who fly frequently; the location analysis explicitly notes the town is far from the airport. Healthcare beyond local clinics requires travel, with the nearest hospital at 48 km. Three golf courses sit within a 31–38 km radius: Desert Springs Golf Club, Cortijo Grande and Aguilón Golf. Public transport options in inland Almería are limited compared with the coastal zones, so a car is convenient for most regional journeys even though it is not needed for daily errands in town.
Albox lies inland in the Almanzora valley at a modest elevation, which gives it a typical south-eastern Spanish interior climate: hotter, drier summers and slightly cooler winters than the immediate coast, with abundant sunshine throughout the year. The private pool is a practical response to the summer heat, when daytime temperatures in inland Almería regularly exceed those on the coast. Rainfall is low, matching the semi-arid character of the province, one of the driest regions in Europe. The surrounding landscape is agricultural valley and arid hillside rather than green coastal belt, with the mountains of the interior visible from the wider area. Straight-line distances place the coast at about 35 km, close enough for day trips to the sea yet far enough that sea breezes do not temper the summer afternoons. The covered patio on the property serves as a shaded outdoor room during the hottest hours, and the elevation and valley position mean evenings generally cool down more than on the shoreline. Specific climate statistics for Albox are not included in the available data, so these observations are based on the regional characteristics of inland Almería.
Source: Open-Meteo (2020–2025 average)
The coastline nearest to Albox includes Cala Marqués, Playa El Playazo and Playa de Las Marinas-Bolaga, all around 35 to 36 km away as the crow flies, roughly a 50-minute drive. These are the quieter beaches of the Almería coast, generally less developed than the resort strands further east and west. Golf is the closest major leisure facility: Desert Springs Golf Club, an international-standard desert course, lies 31 km away, with Cortijo Grande at 34 km and Aguilón Golf at 38 km. In and around Albox itself, recreation is town-based, local cafés, weekly market life and walking in the surrounding valley countryside. The property's own private pool and garden provide the main daily leisure option at home, which shifts the recreation pattern from beach-going to garden living for most of the year. Buyers picturing mornings on the sand should note that beach trips here are excursions, not a daily habit; buyers picturing afternoons by their own pool in an inland town will find the setup matches that routine. Water sports, marinas and coastal chiringuitos all sit on the far side of the 35 km distance and belong to occasional outings.
Source: OpenStreetMap
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Source: Wikipedia, Wikidata, INE, Junta de Andalucía
Within Almería province, Albox occupies the value segment of the housing market. A detached villa of 256 m² with a private pool, garage and furnishing at €260,000 would be difficult to match on the coast: comparable properties in Vera Playa, Mojácar or Garrucha typically command noticeably higher prices per square metre, precisely because of their proximity to the sea. The trade-off is explicit in the data, the beaches near Vera and Mojácar lie 35 to 36 km away as the crow flies, about a 50-minute drive, and the nearest hospital is 48 km distant. Buyers comparing this villa with coastal alternatives elsewhere in southern Spain, including the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca, will find the same pattern amplified: those markets price sea proximity into every square metre, while inland Almanzora valley towns such as Albox, Arboleas and Cantoria trade space and privacy at lower levels. The golf offer in the region is a genuine inland asset: Desert Springs Golf Club at 31 km, Cortijo Grande at 34 km and Aguilón Golf at 38 km give three courses within driving distance, a density that golf-focused buyers usually associate with coastal zones. Where the coastal towns empty and fill with the tourist season, Albox keeps a resident population year-round, which affects everything from winter restaurant opening hours to school continuity, relevant for permanent residents, less so for holiday landlords. The daily-amenity data strengthens the inland case: with a supermarket at 118 m and a pharmacy at 57 m, the property is more walkable than many coastal urbanisations. For buyers whose priority is a large, furnished, immediately usable family home with a pool at a moderate budget, the comparison favours Albox; for buyers who measure value in beach walks and airport minutes, the coastal belt remains the better fit.
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