Home for sale
Podere Val di Pioca

Wonderful home for sale in the country side in Siena, read details below:

. Reference Number: T-VCO-127
. Location: Località Chiusure Asciano, Province of Siena, very private and secluded setting
. Surface: 300 sq. mt. main villa and 4 annexes

. Land: The land of 1.8 ha (18,000 sqm) contains a well landscaped garden as well as a separate plot of land that in the future could become an olive grove or a vineyard. Below this is a large and productive kitchen garden, the house is currently self-sufficient. There is a south facing sun terrace in front of the house and another two outhouses converted to summer accommodation and playrooms for children. The land behind the home for sale is a well-known area for truffle hunters and the surrounding forest is full of wild flora and wild animals feeding of it.

. Garden: lawn and terraces around the house beautifully maintained. A productive kitchen and fruit garden and well built above ground swimming pool. The gardens are fully landscaped with sun terrace, rustic pagoda and BBQ area. Most garden areas benefit from irrigation systems and the garden enjoys some 4 taps.

. Pool: YES. There is a round aboveground fully fitted swimming pool with a full filtration system, adjacent to a fine lawn and attractive planted areas.

. Year built: 19th century

. Year restructured: 2004-2005

. Type of Property: Main farmhouse and 4 annex. This home for sale is a traditional Sienese red brick Tuscany farmhouse. This Tuscany villa contains a spacious open plan living room, large chilling room, study, upstairs living room, large kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, utility / laundry room and a number of outbuildings including a large barn which offers serious development potential.

. Annexes: Opposite the side entrance to this home for sale there are small barns, now serving as utility room, storage and a workshop.
The independent hay barn (fienile) is unconverted but could become a guesthouse or studio, while an independent cottage could replace the sizeable farm out building next to the fienile. It would be possible to combine the volume of these two buildings into one making a good sized secondary residence / exercise room / guest house / spa / studio, etc with its own garden.

. Type of Construction: stone, clay, wooden beams, marble, brick

. Condition: Home for sale fully restored with great quality and attention to details, annexes to be restored
. Gas: GPL: Gas central heating system with a private gas tank.

. Water & Electricity: Electricity and private water supply from two wells as well as mains water. A hidden biological septic tank discretely takes care of the sewage.

. Telephone: YES

. Heating: Central heating system with boiler, radiators and 4 different thermostats

. Access: 3,5 km gravel road located at the end of a road from the medieval hilltop village of Chiusure near the monastery of Monte Oliveto. The road is mainly tarmac with the last two kilometres a typical Tuscan "strada bianca". The property overlooks the small Val DI Pioca, which is partly wooded and partly farmed, and enjoys a completely private and unspoilt view without any sight or sound of civilisation.

. Special Features: This former farmhouse has been converted very much as a family home for sale and has a warm and homely feel about it from the minute you walk into the original front door.
Approached from the south-facing terrace, the front door opens into a small hall with staircase to the first floor and with the rustic fully beamed width farmhouse kitchen, 7.5m x 4m on the left, which has been beautifully restored with original wooden beams arches and terracotta tiled ceilings. The kitchen leads into the large open plan sitting room, approximately 8m x 5 m, with a brick surrounded, double aspect, wood-burning fireplace as the centre feature. Pass this room and you move into the chilling room, again approximately 8m x 4m. To the right, is a study with separate WC with wash hand-basin, 4m x 4m including WC and basin, with glazed windows to the south and east.
This home for sale has a kitchen where from you follow through into the utility room, 4m x 4m and also a well appointed small larder / pantry, with two doors out into the garden areas.
The ground floor rooms all enjoy south facing views while there are French windows throughout giving access to the garden and outdoor areas, a must for those Tuscan summers.
The terracotta staircase leads to a small hall of which on the right is the entrance to the master bedroom suite (8m x 4m), with south and east facing windows, dressing area with large storage and an en suite bathroom. Opposite this is a first floor living room/overflow bedroom, with a wood-burning stove. This first floor sitting room, 4m x 4.5m has high arched and beamed ceilings and leads to a corridor of which are two double bedrooms each about 4m x 3.3, one with a walk in cupboard, and a large bathroom also about 4 m x 3.3m with high quality fittings throughout and an extremely large shower area. The corridor leads onto a full width studio, currently a bedroom, 8m x 3.7m The studio is double height, fully beamed, enjoys a wood-burning stove and leads out onto a small caste iron balcony with an external cast iron spiral staircase adorned with climbing roses, overlooking the pool and the garden areas.

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