Borgo Alto

Property

Borgo Alto is located on the hillside sloping from Capalbio to the sea. It is immersed in a vast agricultural environment with olive trees, vines and cultivated fields spotted here and there by remarkable houses and gardens. The whole property includes about 16 hectares of land and a group of buildings with a 8,000sqm. garden. The land is divided as follows: 2 hectares of centennial olive trees, 1.5 hectare of relatively young olive trees, another 3 hectares of olive trees, 6.5 hectares with young oaks, walnuts and cherries, 1,5 hectares devoted to growing greens and the last half hectare is fenced for horses. The buildings include (i) the main house, a former Ente Maremma country house, with patio, (ii) a second independent building, a former tobacco drying house, with a second patio, (iii) a covered veranda connecting the two buildings, (iv) a separate service building including a bread oven and a large bedroom with bathroom and, finally, (v) a detached wooden house with bathroom. The owners are selling (a) the whole property as described above or (b) just the buildings with the garden or (c) the buildings and the garden and part of the cultivated fields. The price shown in this description is relevant to option (a), that is the whole of the property. According to what is purchased option the property has additional builded volume allowed and granted by the local authorities. A swimming pool is also permitted, although the sea is at less than five minutes drive. The garden and the buildings are all fenced and have access via a non-automatic gate. The road leading to the property is a magnificent straight strip with olive trees down sloping unswerving to the sea. Utilities: electricity, water and sewage are on city mains, water is also supplied by a well, telephone is in place.

Building(s).

Main house. A two floors 160sqm. building including on the ground level the entrance hall, the kitchen, a guests bathroom and a living/dining room with fireplace and with glazed doors opening onto the 50sqm. patio and onto the veranda connected to the Annex. The original external staircase, which had to be kept due to restrictive building regulations when the house was restored, connects the lower floor to the upper level, which includes an entrance hall, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Good quality materials and good workmanship on the ground floor while some works are required on the upper level. Annex. A single floor 200sqm. building divided as follows: a living/dining area with a pretty fireplace, a very elegant kitchen with a separate pantry, a corridor to the three bedrooms, two having en-suite bathrooms, and a third bathroom. The kitchen and the living area both have glazed doors opening onto the 45sqm. patio. Very good quality materials and workmanship. Virtually no works required. Covered veranda. The veranda connecting the two buildings can be closed and turned into habitable space. Service building. This building is adjacent to the main house’s patio and has the bread oven facing the patio itself and a large room with bathroom stretching into the garden. Once this building used to be the house of the gardener while now it is used as storage space. It needs complete renovation. Wooden house. This is the only building erected without a building permit as it is a wooden structure. It consists of a single room with a small kitchenette and a bathroom. It is the housing of the maid.