This is a unique property in Dalyan. It may look like a simple semi-detached but step through the courtyard and you enter a house which combines practically, authenticity and not a little eccentricity – rather like the architect who built it! The thick stone walls, wood doors and hamam-style round shower rooms are key features of Omer Irmak’s houses.
   This house, new this season, is in the Maras area, 10 minutes’ walk from the centre. It has 90 sq metres of accommodation with some intrinsically Turkish features. The courtyard is designed to waft in the cooling breezes and provide a shady retreat (though the poolside terrace will suit sunlovers equally well). Inside, the open plan living area has a brick built fireplace (with extra chimney for a wood-burner) and a sunken table with Turkish seating. The kitchen has a rustic feel with open shelving above a marble worktop and sink.
   There are three bedrooms and two capacious shower rooms - one of each downstairs. The first floor bedrooms, which have wood ceilings, share a connecting balcony inlaid with old terracotta pots, and the spacious upper hall features three antique stone butter churns.   Sash windows are wood, floors are tiled and an electric boiler supplies hot water.
   Outside, the 850 sq m plot, which is shared with the adjoining house, will be planted with olive trees to blend seamlessly with Vardiye mountain – this is a protected area so no future building will obscure the view. The 33 sq metre pool is unobtrusively tiled in natural green.
   Omer’s houses have been popular with Simply Turkey clients for years and he has signed a contract with a major UK travel company to let this house during the 2006 season, so this house represents an excellent investment as well as a truly charming holiday home.