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The typical external staircase leads up to the first floor opening onto a sitting room, with open fireplace, sofas, armchairs and a table for playing or writing. Adjacent a fully equipped kitchen serving also as a dining room. A fireplace is the focus of the room, it is at a waist-high level to facilitate cooking. A curiosity: walls are painted blue because peasants used to paint kitchens blue as they believed it kept flies away from food in summer. Bedrooms are decorated in light pinks and yellow. On this floor there are two double bedrooms with en-suite bathroom with shower, one double bedroom, twin bedded room and 1 bathroom with bathtub. On ground floor there are the summer living room, one twin bedroom with en-suite bathroom with shower.
The villa is a typical construction in alberese stone, typical of the area. Reached by a cypress lined gravel road, the house presents itself as old farmhouse where modern comforts have not been forgotten. Around the villa there are plants and trees, honeysuckle, rambling roses, lavender, rosemary, thyme. Mature cypress trees run in front of the house lining a stream flowing just underneath the house. Even the chicken coop has now a new life being the pool house. A pergola covered with vine and wisteria is useful to get some shade. On first floor there are kitchen/dining room, sitting room and most of bedrooms, while on ground floor, once the cow shed, there are now a summer living room and a bedroom. Bright colours sparkle throughout the house resulting in a fusion between the inside and the sunlight.
Swimming pool measures 10 x 5 metres with a depth varying from 1,20 to 2,00 m. Opening: Mid May through Mid October.