Old country house in Seggiano

For sale in the beautiful Seggiano's countryside a farm house whose oldest part dates back to the 16th century. It is an isolated property, yet not very far from the villages of Castel del Piano (5 km) and Seggiano (2 km). The view is stunning, (just in front there is) over looking  the famous Potentino Castle and in the distance the Val d’Orcia. It is facing south-west and the view on the sunset is particularly beautiful. The history of this country house dates back to the 16th century: it was owned by benedictine monks and previously was probably a stronghold of the nearby castle of Potentino.

The property is surrounded by four hectares of land, with 150 olive trees in producion and 1/2 hectar of vineyard, that needs to be replanted. There is a private spring supplying water, nowdays  very useful.

It is a stone house, even though it has been plastered, but it could be brought back to  the original stone with a simple work of restoration. The structure of the building is particularly interesting on the west side, where the old stones of vulcanic origin are reinforced with ancient buttresses.

The main building is 200 sqm on two floors; there are 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 living room with fire place,  1 dining room and 1 office. Internally, the restoration works have been done in the '50 and '90, therefore the house needs some minor works. Electricity system has been redone, central heating system with wood. The boiler is in the laundry room, on the ground floor. The roof   has also been redone.

In the main building there are two more (extra) rooms, each one of 30 sqm. Both are   more than 4 m. high, they could be transformed in two studios using the hight for a top floor. At the ground floor there are two cellars, and a  laundry room.

A few meters away there is a recently renovated  new house build over an old  barn of which the old stone walls have been kept. The building measures  144 sqm.. Ground floor: kitchen, dining room, 1 bathroom and 1 bedroom; first floor: 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom and a big terrace facing west. An old large stable and another building could be transformed into more living space or into a   studio. The entire property has a surface of 567 sqm.

Distances: 20 minutes to Montalcino and spas in Bagno Vignoni; 45 minutes to Grosseto, 1 hour to the coast (and beautiful mediterranean beaches) and Siena; 1,5 hour to Florence and Perugia, 2 hours to Pisa, 2,5 hours to Rome.

It is one of the very few old farm houses still available in the area and it has great potentialities.

Requested price: € 1,000,000