Ocean View Apartment In Monte Estoril

There is a particular danger in buying an apartment on the eighth floor. You may never get any work done again. You’ll have every intention of answering emails. The laptop will be open. Coffee poured. Perhaps you’ll even have managed the first sentence. And then you’ll look up. There’s the Atlantic. Turn your head and there are the mountains. And suddenly whatever seemed terribly urgent five minutes ago can probably wait until after lunch.
This is Monte Estoril from above — an apartment with the sort of views that make you understand why people moved to this coastline in the first place. Ocean, mountains, sky and changing light. East, north and south exposures mean the scenery follows you through the day. The apartment itself is wonderfully substantial: 186 m² of private gross area, with another 48 m² of dependent area, all on one level on the 8th floor.

And then there’s the floor plan. You could move in and leave it precisely as it is. Perfectly sensible. Or you could become a little dangerous. Open something here. Move something there. Create one enormous entertaining space. Design the kitchen you’ve been saving photographs of for six years. Give the view even more room to enter the house. The bones are here. The square metres are here. The question is simply how brave you feel.

The building itself is a Monte Estoril classic, dating from 1978, rising through its recessed upper floors with the reassuring amenities that make apartment living particularly civilized. There’s a concierge. A private garage box. Two storage rooms — because even people attempting to live beautifully apparently still need somewhere to put the suitcases, golf clubs and Christmas decorations.

And then you take the lift back to the eighth floor. The doors open. You walk inside. And there it is again. That view.

The apartment is officially located at Rua Alegre 3, Monte Estoril — although after standing at the windows for a while, “somewhere between the Atlantic and the mountains” feels considerably more accurate.

Working from home is entirely possible. Working while looking at that view may require considerably more discipline.

**The attached floor plans are an Architects renderings for a new layout**

186 m² private gross area | 48 m² dependent area | 8th floor | Ocean & mountain views | East / North / South exposure | Private garage box | 2 storage rooms | Concierge.