Umbria, Perugia, Umbertide, Italy

Meticulously restored property with an independent guest house, a heated pool, and charming views across the Tuscan hills

Situated in glorious countryside in the sought-after Niccone Valley, perfectly located close to Castello di Reschio, the championship golf course, and the Six Senses Hotel and Spa Resort at Antognolla.

This charming home has maintained its historic character with 1 m thick walls, ancient materials, working fires, and wood-burning stoves in a refined, luxurious setting.

The property features a main double-height entrance hall with stairs leading to the first floor principal guest bedroom offering an en suite bathroom with a separate shower and a bath. From the entrance hall, a few steps lead down to an independent apartment including a double bedroom, an en suite bathroom, a kitchen, and a sitting room with a private door to the garden.

Back at the main entrance hall, a marble-floored corridor leads to the guest cloakroom, two double bedrooms, a family bathroom with a free-standing bath, and a separate shower. At the end of the corridor is a large dining room and a fully equipped chef's kitchen, with a double oven range, a gas hob, two dishwashers, an American-style fridge-freezer, a large central island, and double arched doors to the outside breakfast terrace. A second door opens onto a par terre from the dining room, leading to the sheltered outdoor dining loggia.

From the dining area, a stone spiral staircase leads to the first floor reception rooms: a comfortable TV room and formal drawing room with chestnut floors throughout, and a large open stone fireplace. The first floor also includes a sumptuous primary bedroom suite, a spacious bathroom with a modern free-standing bath, a large stone shower, double sinks, and a working fireplace.

The five bedrooms in the main house have reverse air conditioning with kitchen, reception rooms, primary bedroom, and en suite with radiators and underfloor heating. On the eastern corner of the house is a covered loggia with steps up to an independent sixth bedroom with an en suite shower room.

The grounds have been beautifully and carefully landscaped, offering quiet and secluded areas for reading or painting, as well as a small vineyard and olive and fruit trees. There is a formal box hedge par terre garden to the front of the house, with a covered stone dining loggia with views over the estate.

The heated pool blends into the gardens, is surrounded by natural stone, and measures approximately 15 x 7 m. A glass-fronted pool house, around the same length as the pool, offers a kitchen, WC, a separate shower, and space for fitness equipment.

The fully air-conditioned guest house is built in a traditional style, and has a large double-height, open-plan space downstairs comprising a dining room, a kitchen, and a sitting room, plus two double bedrooms with an en suite bathrooms and a double-height primary bedroom suite on the first floor. A stairway from the guest house leads directly up to the large parking area.

Services include satellite WIFI, mains water, cisterns plus three wells on the property, two water softeners, GPL gas, two technical rooms for boilers, storage, etc., and five 'cantina'.

One of the finest houses in the area, designed and restored with no expense spared for year-round living.

Ideally situated on the Umbrian/Tuscan border, close to the vibrant town of Umbertide, with fast access via the E45 to some of the most beautiful towns and cities in the heart of cultural Italy and International airports at Perugia, Florence, and two in Rome.

Umbertide - 7.6 km
Cortona - 36 km
Perugia airport and city - 41 km
Assisi - 58 km
Arezzo - 62km
Siena - 108 km
Florence airport and city - 150 km
Rome airports and city - 211km

Please note all distances and measurements are approximate and for security reasons, are not representative of the exact location of the property. For more information on the precise location of the property and its surroundin