5 bedrooms country house, 300 m²

Perugia, Perugia (province)

An eclectic family stone farmhouse 600m high with superb views and the perfect location.  Orientation South west facing.
The present owners have restored the house to their specific needs concentrating on the views, light, space and outdoor living.

Secluded but not isolated, this house is just 10 minutes drive from the nearest village with every facility and just 25 minutes from Perugia airport with flights to European destinations.  

The acclaimed Trent Jones Jr 18 hole championship golf course Antognolla  https://www.antognollagolf.com is 20 mins away whilst the nearby E45 superstrada quickly connects you to many of Umbrias renowned sights
Assisi, Perugia 30 mins
Lake Trasimeno 40 mins
Spoleto and Todi 50 mins
Siena 1h 20mins
Florence 2h
Rome 2h 30mins

The house is set back 200m from the road and built into a small hill reached by a recently resurfaced white road which in the spring summer months is a mass of wild roses, yellow broom and numerous wild flowers where hoopoes, bee-eaters and swallows take up their summer residence! 
Leading from the parking a small path leads to the entrance of the house with a grape vine covered terrace, seating area and barbecue facing the views. French doors open into a spacious and light filled kitchen with fireplace and wood burning stove.The flooring is a light coloured wood laminate and the windows and doors double glazed and burglar proof with outside metal shutters. 
The ground floor of the house has been opened up with high narrow arches aligned with one another and from the kitchen you enter a sitting room used as a library/ television viewing room and on through to a second sitting room with a stone staircase leading up to the floor above. French windows open onto a veranda with corrugated roof and to the garden and swimming pool area.

The rooms at the back of the house all with traditional vaulted ceiling are also accessed from the sitting room and consist of a large double bedroom with independent ground floor entrance to the house and bathroom with walk-in shower, hand basin and wc and a small laundry area. 

An outside staircase leads up to the first floor and the bedrooms which can also be reached from the internal staircase from the second sitting room. 
The master bedroom with high beamed ceiling has an additional small bedroom en suite, presently used as a walk-in wardrobe and a him and her dressing room/ bathrooms, one with hand basin and wc, the other with full bath and hand basin.
Windows overlook both front and side views, and it has its own independent entrance off the outside staircase.

The second door at the top of the outside staircase leads to a double bedroom with high ceiling, windows at the back of the house and views towards the parking area.  A second large double bedroom enjoys views both over the front and swimming pool side of the house. A third smaller bedroom has French windows opening onto a bridge leading to the upper garden.
The upper floor of the house can be easily converted into an autonomous apartment  with independent entrance from the outside staircase and independent doors out to the upper garden with steps down to the pool.     
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The fenced garden is just under half an acre/ 3600sqm with lawn and grass terraces, olive and cypress trees and is surrounded by countryside. 
An open barn covered with bamboo and climbing roses is shaded by a magnificent and high yielding fig tree and becomes the summer sitting room and event venue . 
To the side of the house overlooking the views, is the swimming pool facing west with full sun most of the day. Steps lead from the pool to the upper garden and to the bridge which takes you back into the house on the upper level. 


Restored 1996
2 floors
300mq constructed
10 rooms
3 bathrooms
Fireplace
Wood burner stove
Central heating GPL
Terrace
Fenced land/garden 3,600m 
Open barn 
Stone Annexe unrestored 5x5sqm
Swimming pool 4x10m unheated 
Classe energetica +G
Good condition

Guide price €745.000
Viewing by appointment from 01 April 2024