Position: hilly, just a few steps from the town Condition: restored (2011-2012) Property size: 547 sqm (5,993 sqft) Bedrooms: 5 Land: 2.0 ha (4.9 ac) Pool: si
Perugia San Francesco (92km; 1h 20'), Firenze Vespucci (101km; 1h 10'), Pisa Galilei (161km; 1h 50'), Bologna Marconi (182km; 2h), Roma Ciampino (238km; 2h 30'), Roma Fiumicino (252km; 2h 30')
PRICE
EUR 1.290.000,00
DESCRIPTION
RESTORED VILLA FOR SALE IN AREZZO, TUSCANY
This modern villa is located just a few kilometers from Arezzo, close to a small town providing all the services. With a total surface of 477 sqm, the villa includes five bedrooms (with an independent apartment on the ground floor) and some beautiful living rooms with windows onto the garden. Surrounded by 2.0 hectares of park, the villa features a well-maintained garden with 12 × 6 m swimming pool and a convenient garage (80 sqm). Quiet and private location.
Services are all available nearby (900 m, easily reached on foot as well) and the most notable centers of Tuscany can be easily reached by car (Arezzo, Anghiari, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Cortona...).
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS
The villa (477 sqm – 5,132 sqft) is laid over four floors in total. The basement houses a spacious cellar, also usable as a workshop, and the technical room for the systems of the house. On the ground floor, accessed through the porches around the villa, are the entrance room, a spacious living area with dining corner, the kitchen and a guest bathroom. With independent access in a separate wing of the building an apartments (two bedrooms, bathroom and laundry to be converted into a living area) completes the floor.
A staircase from the entrance room leads to the first floor, where is the sleeping area of the house: here one finds a private office space/library, the master bedroom with its own private bathroom and a beautiful panoramic terrace, and two bedrooms with a shared bathroom. On the second floor are a few lofts, partially usable, with a small bathroom.
The building, dating back to 1966, was entirely restored between 2011 and 2012 with a total remake of systems and fixtures to ensure better energy efficiency. The roof was also remade together with all the eaves. At the same time, a new condensation boiler was installed.
From a stylistic perspective, the house boasts modern and simple shaped with a few historic elements thrown in the mix, including a beautifully etched stone fireplace. Rooms feature huge windows that make the villa bright and welcoming while also allowing to exit onto the garden from most of the rooms on the ground floor.
A spacious garage (80 sqm – 861 sqft), built while the main villa was being renovated, allows sheltering up to three cars.
EXTERIORS
The villa is surrounded by a lush 2,500-sqm garden, well maintained and fully feced. Right below the house is the 12 × 6 m swimming pool with stone sunbathing area and a wooden pergola ideal for relaxing poolside breakfasts.
On the opposite side of the villa is the entrance into the property that opens onto a graveled path leading to a parking area (also graveled) where one can place several cars (beyond the three indoor parking spaces).
The property is surrounded by trees offering great privacy and shelter from prying eyes without however blocking the view from the villa. In total, the property spans over 2.0 hectares (4.9 acres).
The word Villa refers to an architectural typology whose meaning has evolved over the centuries. In the Roman Age, the villa was a house built for the upper classes. In the Post Roman Age, villa referred to a sort of village, similar to a fortified and self-sufficient farm whose inhabitants were called "villani" or "villici". It is with the architect and philosopher Leon Battista Alberti and his masterpieces Villa and De re edificatoria that the Villa starts to be considered as a place of pleasure and leisure. In the Renaissance villas, the first example of which is considered Villa Medici in Fiesole, the typically military and defensive features of rustic medieval castles are, for the first time, abandoned. This new conception of villa starts, therefore in Tuscany and, then, spreads to other courts of Italy and Europe. The Palladian villas, built in the sixteenth century in the area of Vicenza and along the Riviera del Brenta, represent examples that remained very influential for over four centuries.
It is very interesting to note how the term "villa" is commonly used in the English language. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, in fact, even in England this new architectural style became fashion and the word "villa" was so officially adopted also by the into English language. In the nineteenth century people began to talk about Villas simply referring to isolated buildings in the countryside, to emphasize the contrast with the houses joined together. This is a brief history of the architectural style protagonist of this portal, the Villa, whether we are talking about a farmhouse converted into a prestigious dwelling, a modern villa, a castle, a Medicean villa or a villa abroad.