Huis voor Kopen in Florence, Toscane

in Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, in the heart of Florence and just two steps from Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Signoria, we find this prestigious 520-sqm penthouse on the second floor of Palazzo Budini Gattai. The unit, in good structural shape, needs a general renovation but could easily accommodate up to 10 bedrooms with bathroom for the creation of a luxury boutique hotel or even a prestigious private apartment in the heart of the city. Services are clearly available in the center of Florence and everything is at walking distance. Exiting Florence it is then very easy to reach several cities of Tuscany such as Fiesole, Siena, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Montepulciano, Pienza:). The penthouse is located on the second floor of Palazzo Budini Gattai, located in Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, one of the Renaissant landmarks in the heart of Florence. The huge apartment (520 sqm) is made up of 15 ample rooms, all accessed independently, that are currently unused but could be easily converted into reception halls and/or bedrooms with bathroom. FLOOR PLANS OF THE PENTHOUSE The building, in good condition, still features some of the original finishes among which the remains of several frescoes visible all around the apartment. Particularly interesting is the huge stained-glass skylight located at the center of the building. Access to the apartment is through a monumental condominium staircase decorated with an iron balustrade and stone columns, added during the renovation of the late 19th century supervised by Giuseppe Boccini. The palazzo is the only one in Florence featuring an exposed-brick facade. The plot of land over which the palazzo was built, belonged in the Middle Ages to the Order of Servants of Mary, who used the area for the Festa della Rificolona. in 1464 the prior of Florence ordered the sale of part of this plot to allow the construction of buildings: the buyer, Puccio Pucci, got the land but he had only one house built over it. The Order, since the agreement has been broken, got the land back and rented out the house. it was only in 1549 that Ugolino di Jacopo Grifoni, Cosimo i's assistant, bought the house with the project of demolishing it to build his own palazzo right over the land. The project was started by Giuliano di Baccio d'Agnolo and took over by Bartolomeo Ammannati at his death. The construction probably started in 1557 but was soon abandoned. Ammannati was tasked with redesign and complete the job in 1563 but the palazzo was not yet completed at his death. The final phase of the work is attributed to Buontalenti who loosely followed Ammannati's design: when completed, the building had only two floors, while the topmost level was just a turret at the corner of the palazzo and was completed only in 1772 by Pietro Grifoni. The Grifoni family owned the palazzo until 1800, when it was passed over and/or inherited in sequence by the Riccardo, Mannelli and Antinori families. in 1889, the palazzo was handed over to cavaliere Leopoldo Gattai and his son-in-law Francesco Budini, whose heirs still own the palazzo.