Ancient mill for sale on the slopes of Pratomagno between Arezzo and Florence, near the town of Loro Ciuffena. The property can be reached from the Setteponti (Cassia Vetus) road, which has connected the cities of Arezzo and Florence since Etruscan times.
The property consists of three buildings and is located 300 m asl on a plateau lapped by the Ciuffenna torrent and sheltered to the north by an amphitheatre of hills. This condition gives the place a particular microclimate that is mild in winter and cool in summer.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS
The main building (350 sqm – 3,766 sqft) is on three levels and includes on the ground floor two rooms used as garages, the old mill room, laundry room and greenhouse. There are currently two apartments in this building:
- Apartment A: living room, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom;
- Apartment B: living room with terrace, kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms and attic.
Close to the main building is the dependance (120 sqm - 1,291 sqft) divided into two flats:
- Apartment C: kitchen, two bedrooms, bathroom, cellar and loggia;
- Apartment D: living room with kitchen, two bedrooms two bathrooms and terrace.
The third building (120 sqm – 1,291 sqft) is close to the swimming pool area and on the ground floor there is a sauna, changing rooms, storage rooms and a loggia, while on the first floor there is a flat:
- Apartment E: eat-in kitchen, two bedrooms two bathrooms, loggia and terrace.
Between the two smaller buildings is a small storage room (16 sqm – 172 sqft) for tools.
EXTERIOR
The property compendium includes land in a single body of approximately 2.8 hectares (6.9 acres) that includes a 10 × 5 m swimming pool surrounded by a large solarium with pergola.
In the land surrounding the buildings there are approximately 300 olive trees and large clearings that reach as far as the river from which, in the past, water was channelled through a derivation to be stored in a gora that was present adjacent to the mill and of which the entrance to the milling room is still visible, where the mechanical energy of the water was used to turn the millstones.
CLOSEST CITIES AND TOWNS
Town with services (600m; 2'), Montevarchi (10km; 15'), Bucine (19km; 25'), Greve in Chianti (37km; 50'), Florence (49km; 50'), Siena (62km; 1h), Pienza (81km; 1h 15'), Cortona (82km; 1h), San Gimignano (94km; 1h 15'), Monteriggioni (97km; 1h 15'), Lucca (130km; 1h 30')
CLOSEST AIRPORTS
Firenze A. Vespucci (70km; 55'), Perugia San Francesco (126km; 1h 30'), Pisa G. Galilei (131km; 1h 30'), Bologna G. Marconi (152km; 1h 40'), Roma Ciampino (253km; 2h 40'), Roma Fiumicino (267km; 2h 45')
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