5 bedrooms farmhouse, 331 m²

Casalvieri, Frosinone (province)

Independent farmhouse with large 3,600 m² garden for sale near Casalvieri with excellent access and conveniently located only 500 metres from the Casalvieri exit of the Sora/Cassino highway. This superb location means easy and direct road links to the many wonderful towns of the Val di Comino. The farmhouse is spread over 3 levels, ground floor, first floor and attic for a total of 300 m². Free on all sides and independent, it has a generously proportioned and private terrace and a detached garage outbuilding. At present the farmhouse is to be restored internally, structurally it is in good condition with excellent potential for both residential and hospitality use.

On the GROUND FLOOR, we find an entrance hall and stairway, a kitchen, living room, 2 bathrooms and two large cellars. The cellars are connected to the living area and would be ideal for development into taverna space. The SECOND FLOOR includes the sleeping area with 4 large rooms of 25 m² each, two of which are partitioned to create rooms of 14 m² each, and two other rooms also of 25 m².  A fine balcony of 3 m² to the front of the house on the stairway landing. The ATTIC is made up of two large rooms of 25 m² each and a lovely terrace of 30 m². Generous ceiling heights lend the rooms a very spacious feel, on the ground floor a little under 3 metres, on the first floor a little over 3 metres and in the attic, minimums of 2.2 metres and maximum heights of 2.9 metres.

The private garden area is 3,600 m² (just under an acre) and totally flat allowing it to be easily developed and tailored to suit individual needs and tastes. Here we find a 20 m² masonry garage with a shutter. There was a barn of 45 m² on two floors but it was demolished for safety reasons. The barn appears in the cadastral documents and could therefore be reconstituted as a usable volume. The exposure is excellent, the drains are into a septic tank, electricity and water are present, it has no heating system. Excellent quality/price opportunity, it is proposed at 35% less than the real estate value for similar types to be restored.

Casalvieri is one of the hilltop towns in the area of Italy called the Ciociaria, the name given to the fertile land that lies south of Rome but north of Naples, situated inland in the hills in the heart of Italy.  The Ciociaria region is within easy reach of both Rome and Naples and their respective airports. A day's shopping in Rome is a common pastime, while an even shorter drive brings you to the charming beaches south of Rome. Alternatively, drive east, and the mountains of the Abruzzo National Park await with horse trekking in the magnificent beech forests, and sparkling mountain lakes and rivers where you can swim in the heat of the summer. And at the other extreme of temperature, although Casalvieri itself is temperate, less than an hour's drive brings you to the winter ski slopes.  

Often overlooked, both by tourists and by those foreigners in search of an Italian home, in favour of the more publicised regions of Tuscany and Umbria, the Ciociaria remains largely an unspoilt gem with beautiful scenery and medieval hilltop towns. A home or second home in the Ciociaria, in the hilltop towns of Casalvieri, Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or Alvito or in the rolling countryside that surrounds them, will afford you a setting where over two thousand years of history combine with an idyllic rural Italian lifestyle, where you can still discover the 'real' Italy and take time out from the busy crowds of the larger tourist cities, while being less than ninety minutes journey from central Rome or either of Rome's two airports.