3 bedrooms 3 bathrooms 340sq/m accommodation (260sq/m house plus 80sq/m annexe)
An entirely authentic and beautifully restored stone farmhouse with garden cottage in a quiet hilltop location close to the medieval city of Todi.
The restoration was completed some 9 years ago and preserved many interesting features while adding modern services and high quality finishes. The rooms are spacious and light and the house stands in a mature lawned garden with splendid views over the Tiber valley.
Accommodation comprises:
Ground floor:
- A covered portico leads from the gravelled driveway to the 9 metre (30 feet) long principal living room which features an impressive stone fireplace.
- To one side of the living room, through an arch, is a private study, also used a 3rd bedroom.
- A stone arch leads to a large dining room with double glazed doors to the portico.
- A further stone arch leads to a further living room with a panoramic window facing the interrupted view over the Todi hills and with its own corner fireplace.
- Off the dining room is a fitted kitchen with and adjoining half-bathroom/laundry room and doors onto the terracotta-tiled front terrace.
First floor:
- A huge master bedroom with an impressive tiled and beamed roof and en-suite bathroom with shower. This room could also be divided to make two good double bedrooms.
- Double bedroom with windows to the side and front of the house.
- Fully tiled bathroom with shower and hydromassage bathtub.
- Walk-in wardrobe
Garden room:
There is a charming barrel-vaulted stone house, nicknamed 'The Hobbit House', built into the hillside a short distance from the main house. A single 10-metre room offers a flexible space for living, home office or party use. It has a massive stone fireplace at one end.
The garden room also has a small kitchen and bathroom, making it ideal as self-contained guest accommodation.
Garden:
The lawned garden, planted with mature shrubs and trees, runs around three side of the house, the fourth consisting of a tiled terrace with a steep bank planted with shrubs and retained by a stone wall. The gardens provide splendid views, with a ruined medieval castle on the skyline.
Below the house, to 3 sides, is a mature olive grove, bordered by fields and other olive trees. The grounds extend, in total, to 7,000 square metres, or about 1.7 acres. There is ample space to build a swimming pool and the agents can arrange the necessary permissions and contractors.
Services:
- Mains water and electricity
- Liquid gas central heating, with two temperature zones.
- Broadband and satellite TV available
- Storage tanks for domestic water and for garden irrigation.
- Alarm system
- Garden lighting
- Itili has provided rental management, gardening and maintenance services for the present owners for several years and is able to continue this service, if required.
Location:
Casa Manzana is located on a quiet 'strada bianca with just one house beyond it. The village of San Terenziano, less than 1Km away, has local shops, services and restaurants.
The delightful medieval town of Todi is about 15Km and Perugia, Spoleto, Assisi and the vineyards of Montefalco each about 30Km. Tuscany is about 45 minutes driving time.Rome, Florence, and Ancona are each about 140KM away, accessed by good roads in less than 2 hours.
Perugia airport, about 30 minutes away, is served by low-cost flights from London Stansted.
There is an excellent rental market in this area of outstanding beauty.
