RESTORED COUNTRY HOUSE FOR SALE IN UMBRIA, JUST ONE HOUR FROM ROME

The castle (400 m² – 4,304 ft², 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms), recently restored, is laid over three floors. On the ground floor is the generous wellness center featuring a whirlwind tub, sauna, emotional shower, massage room, two dressing rooms and bathroom. On the upper floor, accessed via a stone staircase leading to the first level, are six welcoming bedrooms with en-suite bathroom. Another staircase from the landing on the second floor reaches a cozy and romantic restaurant room at the top of the tower, with a stunning view over the surrounding countryside.

The building has been recently restored to preserve its charm that comes from centuries of history. The keep has a very simple, quadrangular shape characterized by the typical stone walls. The arched windows testify the conversion of the building into a private countryside villa sometime in the past, since castles used to only have small windows to keep the building warm and provide the defenders with protection. Inside, the castle still features original terracotta floors and wooden beams, while the bathrooms have all been updated to 21st-century standards and to provide the guests with maximum comfort.

Right in front of the castle is a restaurant (260 m² – 2,798 ft², 2 bathrooms), recently built but decorated with local stones and chestnut beams as to blend with the surroundings. Inside, a huge dining hall is decorated with a big fireplace, while on the rear of the building are the professional kitchen, a pantry, a huge storage room, an office and the service bathrooms.

On the spacious apron right next to the restaurant are three villas (120 m² – 1,291 ft², totaling 14 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms): each of these buildings is split into two independent apartments, each made out in turn of at least two bedrooms, living area with cooking corner, two bathrooms and private porch (15 m²). These buildings are currently used by the owners and are not rented out to guests; however it would be possible to use a number of bedrooms to increase the accommodation capacity of the Agriturismo.

A short distance from the complex, in a defiladed location, is a huge warehouse (1,200 m² – 12,912 ft²) that is currently used to shelter tools and vehicles used in the farming business. The building’s old roof is being replaced, and a 96-kW photovoltaic system with 18 batteries will also be installed on the occasion, which will provide total energy independence for the property, as well as the resale of about 30% of the energy produced.

The property is then completed by a second warehouse, used as animal stable (350 m² – 3,766 ft²) where the farm breeds pigs, calves, sheep, goats, chickens, hens and ducks.

What’s more, the property also includes a ruined country house (276 m² – 2970 ft², with possibility of expanding it for further 100 m²), a ruined barn (40 m² – 430 ft², also with the possibility of further expanding it by 100 sqm) and five pigsties (totaling 150 m² – 1,614 ft²).

The newly-approved local regulation also paved the way for the expansion of the property by about 1,000 m² (10,760 ft²).

Right in front of the restaurant, not far from the castle, the complex features a 14 × 7 m swimming pool surrounded by a spacious sunbathing area (paved in local tuff-stone) that thanks to its location and a very functional lighting system can be easily used for events together with the restaurant.

All around, the estate covers a surface of approximately 20.1 hectares (49.7 acres). A small olive grove (roughly 50 trees) allows producing oil for private use, while another hectare of the property has been planted a few years back (around 2019) with a bamboo grove that should enter production in the next couple of years (2024), with a potential income of € 40,000 per year.

An important detail is that approximately 5.0 hectares of land are interested by the new rules from the municipality that would allow creating more buildings in the property.

Town with services (4km; 5’), Orte (7km; 10’), Amelia (17km; 25’), Caprarola (37km; 45’), Terni (37km; 30’), Viterbo (38km; 35’), Orvieto (43km; 45’), Bolsena (63km; 1h), Todi (68km; 55’), Rome (72km; 50’), Montepulciano (102km; 1h 25’), Perugia (106km; 1h 15’), Assisi (108km; 1h 25’), Siena (153km; 1h 50’), Florence (210km; 2h 10’)

Perugia San Francesco (107km; 1h 15’), Roma Fiumicino (111km; 1h 10’), Roma Ciampino (98km; 1h 15’), Firenze Vespucci (213km; 2h 20’), Pisa Galilei (274km; 3h), Bologna Marconi (295km; 3h 15’)