"Casa Ancestral de La Noria" 2 Bedroom - 2 Bath - Private Home & Gardens

"Casa Ancestral de La Noria" is 2 Bedroom - 2 Bath private home & garden oasis in the heart of the City of Oaxaca.

The home is located 10 blocks or a 15 minute walk from Oaxaca's main plaza - the Zocalo.

Nestled in a quintessential Oaxacan residential neighborhood of La Noria - where strolling marimbas and church bells still mark the passing of each day. Nearby bakeries - panadrias - fill the air with the smell of fresh bread and chocolate for Mole!

“Casa Ancestral” is an ideal place to rest, recharge and plan your next adventure!

"Casa Ancestral de La Noria" is a traditional Oaxacan homestead, and the very first home built on the grounds of the historic former Hacienda de La Noria.
As with traditional Spanish Colonial architecture, the rooms of the house are not interconnected but open to the central garden courtyard.

If you enjoy spending time in a private garden and outdoors, this is an ideal home for you! Once inside the main entrance, a lush tropical garden is the center of the house, it's part of the living space.

To pass from room to room, you cross through the gardens.. which are adorned with banana, fig, orange and pomegranate trees, as well as an orchid sanctuary with exotic varieties.

During the day, the gardens are home to variety of birds who play in the central fountain. At night, you can watch the moon rise and the stars fill the sky!

BEDROOMS
The home has two spacious Bedrooms, one garden level, and another on the second floor with its own private patio.

Each Bedroom has a therapeutic king size bed, with lush comfortable bedding. Double closets include a hotel style security safe. Bedrooms have large windows overlooking the gardens, as well as ceiling and floor fans.

KITCHEN
The eat in Kitchen has large central dinning table for 6, a new refrigerator/freezer, microwave, toaster oven, countertop cook plate, blender, coffee maker / grinder, fresh water dispenser. There's ample cookware, utensils, and place settings. The Kitchen windows overlook the patio and gardens. It's a dry Kitchen, as the Kitchen sink is located in the Utility Room.

BATHROOMS
Two recently remodeled Bathrooms, each with a shower and ample water pressure. The Bathrooms are located across the courtyard from the Bedrooms, they are not ensuite.

LIVING ROOM
The Salon/ Living Room offers vaulted ceilings, with a comfortable couch, and chairs. The 43” HD television with internet access - with a separate router for streaming. It's a wonderful place to lounge or catch up on the days activities. The large windows overlook the central gardens and terraces.

OFFICE
The Office is a separate room, a dedicated work space. It has a large table, excellent high speed fiber optic WIFI (250+ Mbs) , and a view of the central garden. It's a private, quiet and tranquil place to work.

LOFT
The "Artist Loft", is a 16 x 27 foot raw space on the second floor, accessed by a spiral staircase from the patio. Floor to ceiling windows, overlook the garden terraces below. An ideal space for those with a creative spirit to create, dance or use as your own private yoga studio / gym.

PATIO
The central patio has an outdoor dining table with an umbrella. It's a favorite spot for guest to enjoy a morning coffee or breakfast, while watching the humming birds play in the central fountain.

The outdoor patio with deck chairs and tables, is a perfect spot for evening cocktails. And when the sun sets, the garden lights turn the gardens into your private romantic oasis.

UTILITY ROOM
A Utility Room outfitted the Kitchen and utility sinks.
The washing machine is not for guest use.

PARKING
Secure covered inside carport parking for one car.

WIFI AND UTILITIES
All utilities are included: Water, Gas, Electric, and WIFI.
Guests are responsible to refill the drinking water jugs in the kitchen, instructions are in the Guest Handbook.

The house has high speed fiber optic WIFI throughout, with a separate router for the Salon/Living Room, for TV streaming.

Download Speed: 290 Mbps/ Upload Speed: 75 Mbps. (when not using VPN services).

During your stay you have access to the entire home: the garden, patios, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, living room / salon, office workspace, artist loft, utility room, and carport.

OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:
All rooms of the home open to the central garden courtyard, they do not interconnect.

The guests bathrooms are located across the central courtyard from the bedrooms. The bedrooms do not have ensuite bathrooms.

The kitchen is a dry kitchen, the kitchen sink is in the utility / laundry room, just off the patio.

The washing machine is not for guest use - there is a drop off laundry service two blocks from the house.

The residence is best suitable for mature professional adult guests, as the home has antiques and is located in a quiet establish residential neighborhood.

Unfortunately we do not allow pets, children or smoking at the home.

For additional security, there are an alarmed security fences on the roof. Guests are not permitted on the roof of any part of the residence.

HOUSE MANAGEMENT
The house is managed by a professional, trusted and attentive team:

The Property Manager will access to the home twice a week for basic home maintenance and to ensure continuous water, and gas services.

The Gardener will access the property bi-monthly for garden maintenance.

An IT Technician (Apple Certified) is available to address any WIFI issues.

IMPORTANT NOTES: This is our private home and guest are expected to treat the house with respect. The house must be kept tidy at all times.

At Departure/Check Out, the house needs to be left the way you found it:

Guests are expected to follow the detailed Check Out procedures. In addition, if you have moved floor fans, furniture, lamps, household items or used any exercise equipment, please return items to their original location.

Extra Cleaning Charges:
The house must be left tidy at departure. Dishes should be washed, dried and put on kitchen shelves, refrigerator cleaned out, trash collected and put in trash cans at rear of house, rooms tidy, dirty towels collected and placed on the Bedroom floor.

If the house is left messy or requires extra cleaning (dirty dishes, soiled carpets, stains, heavily soiled towels and rooms left messy etc.), guest will be charged an additional $100 USD or more depending on the situation.

Photography - Video Taping - Filming Policy:
Without prior authorization and approval by the owners, guest or professional photography or videotaping or filming of the house or property, for personal or public Social Media platforms or other formats or purposes is not permitted. Please ask owners directly for permission, approval and relevant fees.

Just a reminder... while a guest at our home:
NO smoking is allowed on the property.
NO Pets.
NO additional guests.
NO Parties or event hosting at the house.
NO Photography - Video Taping - Filming without prior authorization.
NO use of Washing Machine. There is a wonderful laundry service 2 blocks away, and it is detailed in our Guest Handbook at Check-In.