Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Casa Tofa (ref: 068), which is being sold for renovation, is about 115 square meters with exclusive entrance, private courtyard, porch with characteristic wood-burning oven and land/garden.

The house is arranged on two levels, with a staircase in reinforced concrete leading to the upper floor.

Free on three sides, it is arranged as a two-family house, the entrance from the street is exclusive, as is the large surrounding courtyard and the land in front of the house.

The ground floor consists of a kitchen, a living room with an open staircase that leads to the upper floor, and a 'cantina' (ground level cellar) that could perhaps become a 'taverna' (cantina entertaining area) after the renovation.

The 1st floor consists of two bedrooms, a wide corridor, an ante-bathroom, bathroom and another room to be renovated.

The renovation works required include the roof, wiring and plumbing.

The area is very quiet, although not isolated, and enjoys an excellent exposure.

THE CIOCIARIA REGION

The Ciociaria region is within easy reach of both Rome and Naples and their respective airports. A day's shopping in Rome is a common pastime, while an even shorter drive brings you to the charming beaches south of Rome. Alternatively, drive east, and the mountains of the Abruzzo National Park await with horse trekking in the magnificent beech forests, and sparkling mountain lakes and rivers where you can swim in the heat of the summer. And at the other extreme of temperature, although Sora itself is temperate, less than an hour's drive brings you to the winter ski slopes.

Often overlooked, both by tourists and by those foreigners in search of an Italian home, in favour of the more publicized regions of Tuscany and Umbria, the Ciociaria remains largely an unspoilt gem with beautiful scenery and medieval hilltop towns. A home or second home in the Ciociaria, in the hilltop towns of Arpino, Veroli and Alvito, in the riverside towns of Sora and Isola del Liri, or in the rolling countryside that surrounds them, will afford you a setting where over two thousand years of history combine with an idyllic rural Italian lifestyle, where you can still discover the 'real' Italy and take time out from the busy crowds of the larger tourist cities, while being less than ninety minutes journey from central Rome or either of Rome's two airports.

VIA ROMANA Srls and CASE & CASALI REAL ESTATE AGENCY

Via Romana Srls is an Italian-incorporated company owned by a British/Australian Chartered Accountant and her photographer daughter, and offers a package of services to facilitate all aspects of the purchase and restoration of Italian property by overseas clients. The Via Romana team works in collaboration with various fully-licensed Italian real estate agencies including Case & Casali Real Estate Agency represented by Sig. Ciro Tomei. Sig. Tomei has been enrolled in the register of real estate agents at the Chamber of Commerce in Frosinone, Lazio since 2007 and has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate.