A property that proves there are still a couple of great places out there, even if you do have to wade through a lot of rubbish to find them. Still, not your problem, that’s what we’re here for.

A top floor apartment in Carmen, but off the beaten track for tourists so nice and peaceful. And to be honest, you don’t really need to look through all the photos. Just check out the views from the terrace and the plan to see the potential that this penthouse has.

Currently 4 bedrooms, but a complete renovation is required here. Fortunately we have already had our Valencia Remodels team look at this, so we know exactly what is possible. My own preference would be to lose the small master bathroom, open instead from the main bedroom to the existing shared bathroom. Then open up all of the front bedroom, the living room and the kitchen, taking some of the kitchen space for a new second bathroom. There is even the option to put a second window in the main bedroom and another in the living room.

Leaving you with a large main bedroom with master bathroom, a decent sized second bedroom and a third bedroom/office space/dressing room. The kitchen living area would be over 50m2, and that still leaves the amazing west-facing terrace of 35m2. Oh yeah, and there is a garage space included in the price, in the same building.

The rough estimate for all of this work would be €120,000. From there you can move up or down depending on your choice of materials. The finished property will already be worth a lot more than that. I know because the property immediately next door, practically a mirror image of this one is on sale for €750.000, and it still needs quite a bit of work to modernise it. We won't be listing that one.

Like I said, its not about the photos, its about the numbers and your own vision for your new home in Valencia. And the downpipes obviously.