Villa 3 sovrum, 90 m²

Arce, Frosinone (provins)

Detached 90 m² house in Arce located in a quiet neighbourhood, in a sunny location with a generous front garden and private rear courtyard. The property is in good condition and is fully habitable with a substantial boundary fence with wall and both a pedestrian gate and a gate for vehicles. Set back from the road the boundary wall and garden lend the house space and privacy while providing a secure yet appealing open area for children and pets. The garden, already a very useful space, could be developed into a beautiful flower garden, an area for growing fruit and vegetables or used as is with a lawn for entertaining and relaxing.

Accommodation is arranged across the ground floor and includes a generous entrance hall, three 17 m² rooms currently used as bedrooms, a 5 m² bathroom and a generous 17 m² kitchen dining room. All of the rooms are brightly lit with good timber frame windows with integral mosquito screens and external security grids. Although the house is in fully habitable condition it has every potential for a renovation or make over which, in tune with the modern architectural style, could result in a very charming contemporary residence, as functional and spacious as it might be elegant and chic. The existing terrazzo flooring, the kitchen access to the rear courtyard and the roof terrace all provide advantages, assets in what could be a wonderful home.

The terrace is accessed from the 50 m² attic area and has a footprint of about 45 m², a wonderful space in which to entertain on warm summer evenings or simply to enjoy quiet relaxation on restful idle days. An internal staircase connects the 20 m² cellar and basement garage of 35 m² which has a separate door and is accessible from the driveway served by the main gate and via a second gate on the property. These basement spaces are eminently useful and could be developed and used in a variety of ways.

This well located house, in good condition on a generous and very functional site with garden courtyard and driveway is ready to move into. A refurbishment or refresh sensitive to its modern architectural style however would realise the full potential to be found here. With a great existing building, functional clever spaces and nicely proportioned rooms, quality finishes and nice details this house will form the basis for a fine new residence. This property potentially represents a very sound investment and it must be noted the price is open to some negotiation.

Arce is one of the major medieval hilltop towns in the area of Italy called the Ciociaria, the name given to the fertile land that lies south of Rome but north of Naples, situated inland in the hills in the heart of Italy.  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 Arce 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 publicised 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 Arce, Arpino, Veroli or Alatri 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.