House for sale in the Marche
Terraced Village House Requiring Reconstruction – Euros 40,000
The house is
situated in the small, pretty village of Sant’ Angelo that contains
about 40
stone-built houses, a large villa, a functioning medieval church and a
famed
restaurant that has attracted glowing international praise. Close to
Camerino
and Castelraimondo, the whole village has been designated an area of
historic
and artistic interest.
Although the houses on either
side are in excellent condition, the building for sale consists only of
the
front and back walls plus the two internal walls shared with the
adjoining
houses. There is no roof and a complete internal reconstruction is
necessary to
restore the building to the original three-storied house. Recently, the
rubble
within the house has been cleared, a damp course laid and tubes to
carry water
and electricity installed. The ground floor is 40 square metres and so
the
house, with three floors, will provide some 120 square
metres of
accommodation, providing adequate space for at least three bedrooms or
division
into two apartments.
There
is no garden but,
as was normally the case with such compact villages, there is a piece
of land of about 1900 sq metres (a little under half
an acre) some 2 kilometres away that belongs to the
house. This plot was traditionally used for cultivating vines
and olives but
is now
overgrown with bushes and small trees.
The
present owners
recently hired an architect to draw up reconstruction plans and
building
permission to carry out this work has been given by the local council.
If
required, this architect is willing to act for the new
owners. Thumbnails
of some
of the plans can be seen here.
The
present estimated restoration cost
(depending on what is actually required) is between Euros 70,000 and
Euros100,000. Of course, new plans can be made and another architect
hired.
Images of the property, village and surrounding areas can be seen here.
You can contact the seller via Sydney
& Antoinette Higgins on +39
(0)737 632230. You can also register your interest through e-mail by
following the link here
and selecting the "Email Owner" button.
There are no
agent fees
for this sale and we are happy to put the buyer in contact with a
trustworthy lawyer
and the
architect.
About the Marche
The Marche
is a
relatively mountainous region in Central Italy
and is
bordered to the north by Emilia Romagna, to the west by Tuscany,
Umbria
and the Apennines
and to the south by Abruzzo. It sports a coastline of around 180
kilometres
with mostly sandy beaches and approximately one tenth of its area is
composed
of protected reserves and parks. The majority of the region is rural
with small
settlements and farms dotting the hillsides and there is little in the
way of
heavy industry. Fishing
is an important
economic activity in the villages along the Adriatic coast. A fuller
description of the local attractions can be found here.