On the hills of Florence, in the Chianti Rufina area, rural hamlet of 1,340 m² for sale. Currently, the various buildings present are intended to welcome tourists who can find a huge selection of activities to enjoy in the surrounding area, immersed in nature and characterized by views of rare beauty.
Easily reached via an excellent linkage to the municipal road network, the property is located in an extremely comfortable location if someone wants to visit the historical cities of Tuscany: the Renaissance Florence, the turreted San Gimignano, the Etruscan Volterra, the medieval Siena, the two wine-cities of Montepulciano and Montalcino. Useful airports to reach the property are Florence, Bologna, Pisa, Perugia and Rome.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS
In a farmhouse (260 m² – 2,798 ft²) fully restored in 1998 two apartments on two floors have been obtained, for a grand total of five bedrooms.
• Apt. N°1: kitchen with fireplace, three bedrooms and two bathrooms;
• Apt. N°2: kitchen, living room, two bedrooms and a bathroom.
In a second farmhouse (212 m² – 2,281 ft²) fully restored in 1998, two one-story apartments have been obtained.
• Apt. N°3: living room with fireplace, kitchenette, two bedrooms and a bathroom;
• Apt. N°4: living room with fireplace, kitchenette, two bedrooms and bathroom.
The apartment N°5 (190 m² – 2,044 ft²), fully restored in 1998, is laid out onto two floors: we find a living room with sofa-bed, fireplace and kitchenette on the ground floor, while there are three double bedrooms and two bathrooms.
The apartment N°6 (98 m² – 1,054 ft²), fully restored in 1998, is laid out onto two floors: there are a living room with fireplace, sofa-bed and kitchenette on the ground floor, while we find the night-zone on the first floor with two double bedrooms and a bathroom.
The villa (375 m² – 4,035 ft²), fully restored in 1998, is laid out onto two floors and split between a day-zone (ground floor) and a night-zone (first floor). The day-zone is made up of a kitchen with fireplace and oven, dining room with fireplace, three living rooms and a bathroom. The night-zone has six double bedrooms, two bathrooms plus a secondary kitchen.
Finally we find a game room and a storage room (for a total of 60 m² – 646 ft²), a linen room (60 m² – 646 ft²) directly under the villa and a former dairy (35 m² – 376 ft²).
The hamlet is completed by a nice small church dating back to the 17th century (50 m² – 538 ft²), consecrated and currently used for religious ceremonies.
The hamlet is sold accompanied by 2.0 hectares of land planted with gardens and dotted with olive trees. There is, however, the possibility of purchasing additional land.
STATE AND FINISHES
The property is made up prevalently of buildings dating back to the 19th century, fully and finely restored to preserve those characteristics typical to Tuscan countryside structures. External stone walls, brought back to their original beauty, clashes with plastered and painted internal walls granting brightness to the interiors. Other classy details include the beautiful wooden beams sustaining the roofs and the high-quality terracotta floors arranged in fishbone style.
The villa has light-toned parquet floors, with plastered and white-painted walls. Roofs are sustained by wooden beams which have been painted white.
Many of the apartments have masonry or stone fireplaces, perfectly restored and working.
The small church in the property (dating back to the 17th century) is still consecrated and boasts door and window frames carved in the pietra serena typical to the Florence area. On the inside, the altar is enriched by sculpted angels while the floors are covered in ancient terracotta tiles.
CLOSEST CITIES AND TOWNS
Town with services (2km; 5'), Florence (38km; 55'), Arezzo (84km; 1h 20'), San Gimignano (88km; 1h 35'), Volterra (110km; 1h 55'), Siena (110km; 1h 50'), Montepulciano (117km; 1h 45'), Montalcino (144km; 2h 15')
CLOSEST AIRPORTS
Firenze Vespucci (63km; 1h 5'), Bologna Marconi (105km; 1h 30'), Pisa Galilei (123km; 1h 45'), Perugia San Francesco (167km; 2h 5'), Grosseto Baccarini (180km; 2h 30'), Roma Ciampino (295km; 3h 10'), Roma Fiumicino (310km; 3h 15')
