House for sale in Cortona - 6 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 5 bathrooms

Country estate near Cortona

Guest annexes

Panoramic views

Infinity pool

Easy access to Perugia airport

Tuscan farmhouse conversion in a panoramic location.

This traditional stone built Tuscan farmhouse has been restored and tastefully decorated and furnished to provide  a large family home on the hills between Cortona and Mercatale in the Niccone valley. Two detached guest annexes also make it suitable for running a holiday rentals business. The main house is on 2 floors, and at the up hill end a courtyard with an interesting stone water trough gives access  to  a large  sitting room paved with flagstones  on the first or upper floor. This room has a  large stone fireplace beside which French doors lead onto an attractive pergola covered terrace. A corridor runs from the sitting room along the length of the house and giving off it are 2 double bedrooms which share a bathroom and then a landing area and a 3^rd double bedroom with en suite bathroom. Stairs lead down from the landing to the ground floor. Here the accommodation consists of  a large country kitchen/dining area, a second sitting room also with an open fireplace,  a room currently used a study but which can be used as an additional bedroom for family use, and through which the 4^th double bedroom is approached . There is also a 3^rd bathroom and a separate laundry and storage room. Immediately outside the kitchen is a pergola shaded terrace with room for large lunch parties. The 2 attractive stone built annexes in the garden close to the house both have 1 double bedroom and bathroom. There is gas fired central heating throughout the house and in the annexes.

Grounds and services

The house is surrounded by 55 hectares, about 135 acres, of privately owned land , mostly covered with the mixed deciduous and evergreen woods which are characteristic of Tuscany and Umbria. The landscaping of the garden around the house gives splendid views past the large infinity pool and down the length of the Niccone valley. From the crest of the hill on the upper boundary of the land  there are panoramic views towards Lake Trasimeno and the Val di Chiana. In the grounds close to the house is a 3^rd annexe , built into the hillside , and used as a cool wine cellar and storage space for garden equipment. Mains electricity is connected, water supply is from a private well. LPG gas provides energy for the central heating and domestic cooking. The property is approached by about 1 km of white or unmade road, and an imposing wrought iron gateway guarantees privacy.