ITALY, TUSCANY, PISTOIA, PESCIA
Key features:
Great holiday rental potential
Wonderful Views
Large Garden
2nd property for restoration
Period Tuscan village House and a detached chestnut house with large garden.
An attractive traditional Tuscan village house and detached chestnut house with large garden area, terrace and wonderful views.
Both the main property and the chestnut house have great potential for use as holiday letting in the future.
Set in the pretty hilltop village of Sorana nestling above the medieval market town Pescia. The village has a church and local bar, and there are 3 highly recommended restaurants 5 minutes drive away, one can be reached on foot quite easily.
The medieval town of Pescia is 15 minutes drive by car and has many interesting shops, bars and restaurants.
You are ideally placed for many of Tuscanys places of historical and cultural interest, including Florence, Lucca, Siena, San Gimignano, Abetone (ski resort), Garfagana region (including Bagni di Lucca and its famous baths).
The main house is a period village house on 3 storeys with fine views.
It consists of -
Ground floor entrance hallway, kitchen diner, bedroom, ensuite bathroom
First floor large living room with wonderful views
Second floor very large bedroom with ensuite bathroom with stunning views
The property has undergone major renovations including:
A new roof
Locally handmade chestnut wood Tuscan windows with shutters
plumbing for 2 bathrooms
original antique cotto floor tiles throughout
original beams repaired and sandblasted
external re-pointing and new copper guttering
internal walls re-plastered and feature stone walls
electrics
Fully painted and decorated
There is a flue installed on the middle floor (living room), with a new Morso woodburner ready to be connected up and a second flue is installed in a large fireplace in the downstairs kitchen, which could be used to install a woodburner or cooking range.
The property requires a small amount of work completing:
fitting of the bathrooms (new tiles, bathroom suites and fittings have already been purchased and are included in the sale)
Electrics - Light fittings to be fitted (new light fittings included in sale)
Parking is very close to the house, a 1 minute walk to the village car park. There is a narrow road to the bottom of the garden and you could probably park there also.
There is a terrace area with great views for alfresco dining and a large garden in front of the house where the stone built detached chestnut house is located. It is currently used for storage but could also be renovated in the future for extra rental potential.
The owners are willing to accept a deposit + the rest in installments over 3 years. The notary deed is signed at the payment of the deposit and the buyer takes possession of the property. Title changes hands when the final payment is made.