Hus 5 sovrum, 258 m²

Cortona, Arezzo (provins)

The property is composed of a residential building with an adjacent lot and a surrounding farming lot in Mercatale. The residential building was built in the Sixties with a traditional structure and type; it spreads over two volumes with different heights. In the main volume there are two rooms used as storeroom on the lower ground floor, on the raised ground floor there is a room for commercial use on the front side, now used as cafè. On the back side there is a small dwelling and on the first floor the main dwelling. On the secondary volume there is a room designed for a joiner's workshop, now used as storeroom. The adjacent lot is used as courtyard and service area. The surrounding farming land is flat and regularly cultivated.

The real estate is divided in:

• Main dwelling

1. Dwelling on the first floor 88 sqm
2. Attic 91 sqm
3. Lower ground floor 92 sqm
4. Ground floor 94+24 sqm

• Dwelling on the raised ground floor 52 sqm
• Room for business activities 42 sqm
• Farming land: planted 3589 sqm

Position

The property is situated on the boundary between Umbria and Tuscany, near Mercatale in Val di Pierle and it is immersed in the magic Tuscan atmosphere, about 10 km from Cortona and 20 km from Trasimeno lake. The motorway and the railway station can be reached in a few minutes. Thanks to the central position, cities like Pisa, Perugia, Assisi and the Chianti region are reachable in less than an hour by car.

Investment

The property is immersed in a reinvigorating and quiet hilly landscape and at the same time it is a strategic crossing point between Umbria and Tuscany. This makes the investment an interesting idea for a cafè, a restaurant or a B&B. In particular, the old joiner's workshop can be restored as restaurant area with the wood beamed ceiling and the big windows. Or it can be used also as social or as exhibition area as well as commercial. The adjacent lot can be used for the external tables or as a parking. The apartments can be divided in more rooms, while the roof of the bigger volume can be raised of 1 metre so you have a penthouse with view on the Pierle valley. It is also possible to build a second floor above the old joiner's workshop.