Hus for Køb i Greve, Toscana

Restored 5 bedroom country house with a small vineyard, set on the Chianti Hills, not far from the town of Greve. Situated less that an hour and a half from the most beautiful and interesting art cities of Tuscany including Castellina, Florence, Monteriggioni, Siena, San Gimignano, Lucca and Pisa. The 410 sq.m building is a typical Tuscan countryside home, finely restored to preserve its original charm while creating a welcoming environment for guests. It is currently rented out with excellent results. The property comprises It comprises a beautiful living room, a cosy sitting room with a fireplace and a library with access to a courtyard, a generous dining room, a kitchen with access to the loggia, the ideal place for al fresco dining, an old cellar featuring a stunning vaulted ceiling, as well as 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Other features include original fireplaces, terracotta floors, wooden beams and lake for irrigation. Outside is a characteristic paved courtyard, enriched by a loggia and features several separate entrances from various places of the 2500 sq.m garden. The garden with swimming pool and beautiful stone paved sunbathing area, is decorated with trees and flowers that make the property very colourful and warm during spring and summer. The 2.6 hectare vineyard is registered as Chianti Classico DOCG but needs to be replanted. Yearly production would range, with currently planted vines, around 13,000 bottles of wine. The ruin could be rebuilt and converted into a wine cellar. The olive grove (1.3 ha) features approximately 330 trees and allows producing excellent Tuscan extra-virgin olive oil. Just a few steps from the country house are the remains of an old barn that could be rebuilt into a guesthouse or a wine cellar.