APARTMENTS WITH PANORAMIC VIEWS FOR SALE ON THE HILLS OF FLORENCE

The two apartments (450 m² – 4,842 ft² in total) are located on the first floor of the historic villa, revolving around the central courtyard. Originally, the two units were connected by a door between the two kitchens. This hole has been walled up in recent times to create two independent apartments, but the stone frame is still there and opening back the wall is no big deal if one is looking for a more spacious house.

From the condominium staircase, one reaches the landing with the two doors, one facing the other.

On the right-hand side of the landing is apartment A (320 m² – 3,443 ft², 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Upon entering, is a beautiful reception hall with four doors and exit onto the spacious main terrace. On the right side, the first door leads into the kitchen with dining room and terrace, while the second one leads into the first bedroom and one of the bathrooms.

On the left side, instead, the doors lead into a cozy sitting room and a studio. From this last room one can then enter two double bedrooms with a bathroom set at the end of the corridor.

The apartment, in excellent condition, boasts the typical finishes commonly found in the manorial villas around Florence. The rooms, all very bright, are paved with Tuscan terracotta tiles and feature beautifully frescoed ceilings with late-Renaissance and Baroque decorations.

Back to the condominium landing, on the left is apartment B (130 m² – 1,399 ft², 1 bedroom and 2 bathrooms). A beautiful windowed corridor overlooking the central courtyard leads, in order, to the dining room and the kitchen (connected with each other) and, at the end, to the bedroom and the bathroom. A short staircase from the entrance leads up into the lofts, made up of spacious rooms that could be converted into two additional bedrooms with a small service bathroom.

The villa was already there in the 14th century, owned by the wealthy Antonio di Messer Nicolaio degli Alberti. The political turmoil in Florence, at the beginning of the 15th century, drove Alberti into exile and the house was then sold by the municipality to one Como di Bardo.

Thanks to powerful friendships and acquaintances, Alberti managed to take back his villa just a few years later and in the early 16th century, one of his descendants brought it as a dowry to Salvestro di Piero Cambi, whose family then kept the villa until 1627.

Passing through the hands of several notable Florentine families (Masetti, Cardini, Luti, Barone), la villa lost its Renaissant layout to become the building we can still see nowadays at the top of the hill.

The villa revolves around a characteristic central courtyard decorated with pietra serena arches and statues. Outside the villa there are two graveled aprons with private car spots for the apartment.

The main terrace (40 m² – 430 ft²) faces northeast and is also excellent for al fresco dinners, with Florence in the background. On the southwestern side there is a second terrace, smaller than the first one but nonetheless suitable for pleasant outdoor moments.

Basic services (2km; 5’), historic center of Florence (4km; 10’), San Gimignano (54km; 55’), Arezzo (70km; 50’), Siena (72km; 55’), Volterra (75km; 1h 10’), Lucca (89km; 1h), Montepulciano (103km; 1h 10’), Pisa (110km; 1h 10’), Montalcino (110km; 1h 30’)

Firenze Vespucci (29km; 20’), Pisa Galilei (89km; 1h 10’), Bologna Marconi (110km; 1h 10’), Perugia San Francesco (154km; 1h 40’), Roma Ciampino (281km; 2h 50’), Roma Fiumicino (296km; 2h 55’)