5 bedrooms villa, 310 m²

Lecco, Lecco (province)

Lake Como

In the area of Acquate in Lecco, in a residential context characterised by tranquillity and privacy, we offer for sale Villa dei Tigli. Refined property surrounded by a large flat garden that belonged to the internationally renowned painter Angelo Bellini from Lecco.
The villa, which recalls the Art Nouveau style in a rustic key, is on two levels with a delightful tower. Entering the villa, on the mezzanine floor, one is immediately greeted by the bright atrium and the wide stone staircase, composed as follows: an entrance corridor; a living room; a kitchen; a dining room; a bedroom and a bathroom. On the first floor we have: two large, bright bedrooms; a study; a living room; a kitchen; a bathroom; an elegant terrace. The basement, connected internally, houses a cellar, a small storage room and a study.
The charming atmosphere of the villa blends in with the nature of the surrounding mountains and the well-planted private garden that extends to the front and back of the villa.
The property was built in the early 1900s and was renovated around the 1970s. It has good quality finishes with parquet floors and original tiles, coffered ceilings and exposed beams. The property, in order to be restored to its former glory, requires major renovation work and can also be fractioned to create residential units in a historic and private context.
Serving the property is a double garage.
Lecco is the city that inspired the Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni in writing one of the most famous novels of Italian literature, "I Promessi Sposi". Lecco, on the shores of Lake Como, is a few kilometers from Como; the city offers multiple sports activities, there is the University of Milan Politecnico, and the Milan - Colico highway makes this town very close to Monza and the center of Milan. The most famous ski resorts in the Swiss Alps, including St. Moritz, are reachable within an hour and a half by car. The railway that connects it to Monza and Milan serves the city of Lecco. The airports Milan Linate and Orio al Serio, used by the best-known low cost airlines are very close by.
The Malpensa airport is 80 kilometers away.
Lastly, you can reach and visit all the most characteristic towns on the lake with the Ferry Boat Navigation Company of Lake Como.