REAL ESTATE FOR SALE (€ Euro 790,000)
Country House for sale in Perugia Perugia Umbria Italy

In Umbria, in the hills of Amelia, near Todi, Spoleto and Orvieto, a quiet and beautiful rural estate consisting of an old tastefully restored stone farmhouse and three cottages, surrounded by a large park with a swimming pool and a mature garden. The seven acres of the property include the olive grove, the orchard and the garden, a mixture of Mediterranean and English taste with a variety of flowering shrubs and trees, cypresses and oaks, with a part of the land more or less wild. The property is situated overlooking a valley from a cliff, facing south-west in a lovely sunny spot.
The main house is situated above the swimming pool and underneath there is a grotto with an Etruscan tomb. It has maintained its original structure and the look of a authentic, character farm house on 2 floors. There is a big kitchen with fireplace, a sitting room with fireplace, 2 double bedrooms and 1 single bedroom, 2 bathrooms, a washing room and a patio. Original wood beams on the roof and ceiling and cotto on the floor. Travertine in the bathrooms. Gas heating system and solar panel. The house has its own spring of drinkable water while the cottages have mains water. There is a well for watering the garden. The LPG gas tank is buried in the grounds.
The three cottages are used as 3 detached guest houses, with their own terraces to eat al fresco. They can be rented out in summer to visitors and the income amply covers the running costs of the property. The cottages are:
Roseto – Living room with fireplace and two large windows giving onto a terrace covered by a climbing rose. Bedroom with double bed and bathroom en suite. Kitchenette. Tool shed on the north side. Square mt. 60. Gas heating system and solar panel.
Limonaia – Large, high studio room with double bed and single sofa bed. Ample kitchen with fireplace. Covered veranda. Square mt. 60
Pergola – L shaped studio with queen size bed, single sofa bed and kitchen unit. This cottage has a lovely view from the pergola and is covered with grape vines. Square mt. 30
The swimming pool measures 12m x 6m. It is landscaped with cotto and a stone wall, set in a sunny and secluded grove of the garden with ancient olive trees.
The property is only 1,5km from the town of Amelia and there is a paved road that ends just 300m before the house. The property is on the hills very close to Amelia, not far from Todi, Orvieto and Spoleto. Rome is 45 minutes by train from the nearby town of Orte.