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- €492,300
- House 6 bedrooms
- For Sale
- Toano
Italy
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Magnificent renovated +270m2 farmhouse with panoramic view over its 3,7HA land and rolling hills on the northern border with Tuscany
Having travelled a significant part of the world, Jan (Gianni) found his piece of paradise on top of Montecroce in Corneto di Toano, in the heart of the legendary Parmigiano Reggiano cheese region. He wanted to settle down here with his family (wife, dogs, cat, horses). The photogenic character of the area in combination with the possibilities it offers, kept this world traveller on this one particular spot ever since he got here, 11 years ago.
Consequently, they started a total restructuring of the house in order to be able to fully rejoice the billion dollar view with panoramic belvedere over 270°, in the company of other nature lovers in their B&B to be.
Unfortunately, due to health problems of his wife, for whom the winters in the mountains are too harsh and allergies keeping her in full lockdown from january till may, they will not be able to fulfil their dream and they need to sell the house and move more down south.
This brings this exceptional multiple bedroom farmhouse back to the market.
Originally it was a typical Emilia Romagna stone farmhouse of about 100 yrs old which has been enlarged at a later point of time to provide a superior and very large dwelling.
The house comes with an adjacent building and 3,7 Ha of land divided into two pieces on each side of the road.
Over the last couple of years the house has undergone all major renovation works in order to make it a safe, modern and very comfortable place to be, at the same time minimising heating costs in winter and keeping pleasant temperatures in summer. The energetic renovation results in an astonishing A3 class with only annual 43,40 kWh/m2! Only newly built houses can do better with an A4 code.
The concept was to organise the first floor apartment, two extra rooms in the oldest part and the ground floor `taverna` for B&B or holiday rental and using the second floor as the owner`s premises.
- For starters the foundation was strengthened both underground as through a `cordollo`. This is a reinforced concrete `collar` connecting all walls of the two buildings in one loop just under the roof, following the latest anti-seismic regulations.
- Both roofs were completely removed and rebuild with beautiful wooden beams and special Isotec insulation. A very big Velux window (1.14m ) gives access to the roof where one can secure himself with a legally certified life line.
- Externally the house got a 10-15cm thick insulation all around and apart from a small part at the back of the house it all got a finishing layer in apricot and coffee cream colours.
The back part is prepared to leave the possibility to add-on a magnificent big portico/terrace in order to fully enjoy hot summers on the north side of the house.
Special attention was paid to cover up all cables on the walls in order to give the house the most beautiful appearance.
- All doors and windows got replaced with beautiful dark wood-look maintenance free PVC frames with double-glazing windows. Some of these have acoustic insulation, others are reinforced anti-theft, depending on where they are located, all have the latest insulation norm and special care was taken to avoid the so called cold bridges (unknown to most Italians…) and optimization of the thermal insulation, making this house one of the best EPC categories.
The windows of the apartment on the first floor giving access to the balcony were replaced with full size window doors, provided with a pre-wired code-related access system in order to give a separate entrance for visitors to be provided with a key code.
The window sills at both parts of the house are now all in the same Indian marble that marries well with all surrounding colours.
The windows facing south are protected from the sun rays in july-august either by the 200+ yr old oak tree at the entrance or by the cantilevered roof. Thus making the high air conditioning costs obsolete while at the same time offering optimal use of the sun in cooler seasons.
- The 9m long balconies at the front got enlarged to a 1.25m width and the railing got replaced with a glass wall on the second floor. On the first floor everything has been prepared to put in a similar glass wall too. Here the option remains to create a separate access to the apartment via a staircase towards the balcony which can be installed either at the front (giving an impressive view to the house), or to the side of the balcony (maximising the garden space in front of the house). The buyer will decide.
The tiles got replaced with a `Gaia Star` natural stone, giving a golden glow that fits perfectly with the colours of the walls and the windows.
Special attention has been taken in order to create a balcony that combines the viewing of the beautiful environment with the sun bathing properties in all seasons. Because the `winter holiday sunshine` is a God given surplus...
- A highly efficient Viessmann wood heating boiler in combination with solar panels for thermal heating were installed to take care of both the hot water and the high end central heating system in an economical and environmental friendly way. (The property contains some woodland providing for your own wood if you wish.)
A (legally required) heating cellar got created where a good part of the wood is stored near the wood burner. More wood can be stored under the balcony and in a separate woodshed.
Adjacent to the heating cellar is the boiler room with its fully insulated boiler of 1500 liter.
After all major renovations were done, the interior spaces were renovated starting from top to bottom, all to new value. In many places, the walls and floors were first completely reinforced, whereas the electricity, plumbing, ceramic tiling, etc. were completely replaced everywhere. Special care was taken to use materials that give a beautiful natural look while being easy to keep. A few details of the old stone walls have been kept as decoration.
Only the fitness/sauna room on the ground floor and the taverna (semi underground) still need to be freshened up and a transit doorway from the entrance hall towards the taverna is still on the plans.
With a total habitable surface of more than 270m2, the main building of the property provides several excellently sized rooms.
One of them is an open duplex under the roof with adjacent a small office and mezzanine. The latter wired for multimedia production and surround sound home cinema experience.
There are a total of three bathrooms and two substantial kitchens that have all been renovated. The kitchen on the second floor is in open plan with the living room in L-shape whereas on the first floor apartment it is a separate room.
There is an enormous (approx. 25ft x 35ft â€` 7,5m x 10,5m) ‘taverna’ on the back ground floor with an open fire place and pizza oven. This can easily be converted in another totally separate studio with its own entrance (also with a code-related access system pre-wired) or it can serve as a giant meeting room or workshop.
The facility area comprises the heating room and separate boiler room as well as an enormous attic.
The latter can be reached from the `duplex room` and gives +60m2 storage space albeit with limited height. There you will find an insane length of tubing giving access to lifecam camera positions or home/garden lighting. These give the possibility to wire a music and video stream to every corner of the house allowing you to create an impressive multimedia power house.
The whole house is being secured with a Verisure alarm system.
All rooms have spectacular views of the surrounding area from the distant mountains, rolling hills and wide spaced open valleys, giving one of the most breath-taking panoramic views to be found anywhere in these parts. Almost every morning and at nightfall one can see our local wildlife, i.e. herds of deer passing over our land. With a bit of luck you will also notice some wild boars, foxes and hares roaming. We have our `own` owl visiting his/our oak tree every year again and we see regularly falcons and buzzards circling in the valley. But one of the most remarkable experiences is to hear the nightingale sing its beautiful melody!
The house lies in a fenced garden which is in a continual process of being designed following the natural levels of the plot (designing natural art is Jan’s hobby!). One finds a tapestry of ground covering plants giving spectacular yellow waves during the early summer as well as many roses, forsythia, farmer`s jasmine (Philadelphus), lavender and other flowers. You will also enjoy the blossoms/fruit of the almond, plum, apple and pear trees as well as the organic strawberries, all competing with the biggest eye catcher: the more than 200 yr old oak tree at the entrance.
The partly fenced hay land behind the house also keeps an organic vegetable garden and part of it is being designed as a little park. Alongside the garden the difference in ground level makes it possible to put an above ground swimming pool (no license required) that would still be level with the garden.
There is parking space for several cars within the fenced area, another private parking lot opposite the house can take up to 3 big cars and behind the house is more space available for parking.
Across the road lies another building of +/- 60m2 (still to be renovated), which has been used as barn/stable/garage and has electricity as well as warm/cold water. Its renovation would form a project depending the future of the property (for example it could become a bar with sanitary area if one would like to start a glamping/camping) or it can be turned into a separate studio.
The piece of land across the road has two gigantic concrete plateaus which also give magnificent views of the area, including the famous ‘Pietra di Bismantova’.
The property comes with a total of private land of +/- 37,000m2 (3.7 Ha /9.14 acres), currently mostly meadow, though some woodland is included (providing a ready supply of logs for heating up the house in winter).
Here you will find berry bushes as well as more apple, almond, cherry, apricot, plum, walnut and hazelnut trees.
In a long and distant past the slopes facing south, were used as a vineyard for the famous Lambrusco wine. Up until 2017 they were part of the meadow and paddock paradise for the horses but they can easily be converted to serve another (agricultural/touristic) purpose.
Located at the end of the small hamlet of Montecroce the paved road stops here so there is no through traffic in the street other than the occasional biker, a farmer or a lost tourist. This is also the boundary line for the municipal snow thrower, which can provide unlikely amounts of fun in the snow at the end of its trail.
Altitude is around 750 meters, which leaves this top of the mountain often bathed in sunshine when the valleys around are covered in a sea of clouds. This little micro climate gives the utmost feeling of being in heaven!
Montecroce being part of the Comune di Toano it is only a couple of kilometers away from the main township of that name. Here one finds the civic administration offices, restaurants, bars, banks and amenities such as the superbly renewed open-air public swimming pool with utmost spectacular views, games area for football, athletics, tennis courts etc.
At only 8 km away lies Cavola di Toano where you can also find all of the usual services such as shops, supermarkets, restaurants,... Besides the Cavola Forum with its multipurpose gym, theater and meeting rooms, run by an extremely hospitable `Pro Loco` volunteer association, there is also the ‘4th Dimension’ library which regularly offers courses (from sewing courses to Chinese!).
And than there is the Cavola Airclub with an airstrip for Delta and small planes, and fully licensed for helicopter landing if necessary!
Note the weekly open-air market in Toano center, Cavola and Cerredolo, all located between 4 and 12 km from the house!
The seaside is a few hours away but in our own valley there are several small sand beaches along the Secchia river.
You are no further away than 25km from the ski slopes of Febbio (also recommended for lovely walks and views during the summer season) or the Pietra di Bismantova near Castelnovo Ne` Monti, visible from the back garden. This table mountain plateau is giving breath-taking views over the Tuscan and Emilian Appenines, up to the world famous marble ridges of Carrara. In case of mishap, its mountaineers will find the St. Anna Hospital ready and waiting with its own helipad.
The whole area is a heaven for nature photographers, hikers, mountainbikers, skiers, horse people, alpine climbers, via ferrata mountaineering, ... The many hiking trails and the pilgrimage route (Sentiero Matilde) mainly attract people on foot, on horseback or by mountain bike, while the winding mountain roads are a temptation for cycling tourists who come to marvel at the ever-changing mountain views. But other than cyclers also motorbikers and trikes love to cruise the curling streets to discover beautiful sights from one mountain top to another.
The nearest airports are Bologna at 90km (1h 15min drive) and Parma at 104km (1h 26min drive) which offer cheap flights from UK, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, ...
You can make very nice city trips to discover Modena (50km), and Reggio Emilia (55km), to name the biggest ones, all accessible in about 1 hour. Or one can visit the castle ruins of Carpineti (visible from the living room) or some smaller interesting towns like Carpi (62km) or Maranello (44km) renowned for the Ferrari cars. These legendary cars and their competitive brands can be seen regularly on the way home and they can all be tested in their home town!
In short, this is a fantastic estate that has recently been renovated with love and top materials to obtain a very ecologically sound property. It offers a wealth of possibilities, from an exceptionally large family home (two families can comfortably live in the house) to agro-tourism as the size, locality, renovation and structure lend itself perfectly for use as a B&B, guest-house, camping/glamping etc.
Note that the vast majority of the furniture can also be taken over so that one can start up very quickly.
Contact the Belgian owners `Anne Marie` on FB, they can help you with all the necessary steps to take in the realisation of your Italian dream.
Selling price for the total property : 492.300 euro
Rent-to-buy formulas can be considered.
Viewings can be done life or via skype or whatsapp.
Having travelled a significant part of the world, Jan (Gianni) found his piece of paradise on top of Montecroce in Corneto di Toano, in the heart of the legendary Parmigiano Reggiano cheese region. He wanted to settle down here with his family (wife, dogs, cat, horses). The photogenic character of the area in combination with the possibilities it offers, kept this world traveller on this one particular spot ever since he got here, 11 years ago.
Consequently, they started a total restructuring of the house in order to be able to fully rejoice the billion dollar view with panoramic belvedere over 270°, in the company of other nature lovers in their B&B to be.
Unfortunately, due to health problems of his wife, for whom the winters in the mountains are too harsh and allergies keeping her in full lockdown from january till may, they will not be able to fulfil their dream and they need to sell the house and move more down south.
This brings this exceptional multiple bedroom farmhouse back to the market.
Originally it was a typical Emilia Romagna stone farmhouse of about 100 yrs old which has been enlarged at a later point of time to provide a superior and very large dwelling.
The house comes with an adjacent building and 3,7 Ha of land divided into two pieces on each side of the road.
Over the last couple of years the house has undergone all major renovation works in order to make it a safe, modern and very comfortable place to be, at the same time minimising heating costs in winter and keeping pleasant temperatures in summer. The energetic renovation results in an astonishing A3 class with only annual 43,40 kWh/m2! Only newly built houses can do better with an A4 code.
The concept was to organise the first floor apartment, two extra rooms in the oldest part and the ground floor `taverna` for B&B or holiday rental and using the second floor as the owner`s premises.
- For starters the foundation was strengthened both underground as through a `cordollo`. This is a reinforced concrete `collar` connecting all walls of the two buildings in one loop just under the roof, following the latest anti-seismic regulations.
- Both roofs were completely removed and rebuild with beautiful wooden beams and special Isotec insulation. A very big Velux window (1.14m ) gives access to the roof where one can secure himself with a legally certified life line.
- Externally the house got a 10-15cm thick insulation all around and apart from a small part at the back of the house it all got a finishing layer in apricot and coffee cream colours.
The back part is prepared to leave the possibility to add-on a magnificent big portico/terrace in order to fully enjoy hot summers on the north side of the house.
Special attention was paid to cover up all cables on the walls in order to give the house the most beautiful appearance.
- All doors and windows got replaced with beautiful dark wood-look maintenance free PVC frames with double-glazing windows. Some of these have acoustic insulation, others are reinforced anti-theft, depending on where they are located, all have the latest insulation norm and special care was taken to avoid the so called cold bridges (unknown to most Italians…) and optimization of the thermal insulation, making this house one of the best EPC categories.
The windows of the apartment on the first floor giving access to the balcony were replaced with full size window doors, provided with a pre-wired code-related access system in order to give a separate entrance for visitors to be provided with a key code.
The window sills at both parts of the house are now all in the same Indian marble that marries well with all surrounding colours.
The windows facing south are protected from the sun rays in july-august either by the 200+ yr old oak tree at the entrance or by the cantilevered roof. Thus making the high air conditioning costs obsolete while at the same time offering optimal use of the sun in cooler seasons.
- The 9m long balconies at the front got enlarged to a 1.25m width and the railing got replaced with a glass wall on the second floor. On the first floor everything has been prepared to put in a similar glass wall too. Here the option remains to create a separate access to the apartment via a staircase towards the balcony which can be installed either at the front (giving an impressive view to the house), or to the side of the balcony (maximising the garden space in front of the house). The buyer will decide.
The tiles got replaced with a `Gaia Star` natural stone, giving a golden glow that fits perfectly with the colours of the walls and the windows.
Special attention has been taken in order to create a balcony that combines the viewing of the beautiful environment with the sun bathing properties in all seasons. Because the `winter holiday sunshine` is a God given surplus...
- A highly efficient Viessmann wood heating boiler in combination with solar panels for thermal heating were installed to take care of both the hot water and the high end central heating system in an economical and environmental friendly way. (The property contains some woodland providing for your own wood if you wish.)
A (legally required) heating cellar got created where a good part of the wood is stored near the wood burner. More wood can be stored under the balcony and in a separate woodshed.
Adjacent to the heating cellar is the boiler room with its fully insulated boiler of 1500 liter.
After all major renovations were done, the interior spaces were renovated starting from top to bottom, all to new value. In many places, the walls and floors were first completely reinforced, whereas the electricity, plumbing, ceramic tiling, etc. were completely replaced everywhere. Special care was taken to use materials that give a beautiful natural look while being easy to keep. A few details of the old stone walls have been kept as decoration.
Only the fitness/sauna room on the ground floor and the taverna (semi underground) still need to be freshened up and a transit doorway from the entrance hall towards the taverna is still on the plans.
With a total habitable surface of more than 270m2, the main building of the property provides several excellently sized rooms.
One of them is an open duplex under the roof with adjacent a small office and mezzanine. The latter wired for multimedia production and surround sound home cinema experience.
There are a total of three bathrooms and two substantial kitchens that have all been renovated. The kitchen on the second floor is in open plan with the living room in L-shape whereas on the first floor apartment it is a separate room.
There is an enormous (approx. 25ft x 35ft â€` 7,5m x 10,5m) ‘taverna’ on the back ground floor with an open fire place and pizza oven. This can easily be converted in another totally separate studio with its own entrance (also with a code-related access system pre-wired) or it can serve as a giant meeting room or workshop.
The facility area comprises the heating room and separate boiler room as well as an enormous attic.
The latter can be reached from the `duplex room` and gives +60m2 storage space albeit with limited height. There you will find an insane length of tubing giving access to lifecam camera positions or home/garden lighting. These give the possibility to wire a music and video stream to every corner of the house allowing you to create an impressive multimedia power house.
The whole house is being secured with a Verisure alarm system.
All rooms have spectacular views of the surrounding area from the distant mountains, rolling hills and wide spaced open valleys, giving one of the most breath-taking panoramic views to be found anywhere in these parts. Almost every morning and at nightfall one can see our local wildlife, i.e. herds of deer passing over our land. With a bit of luck you will also notice some wild boars, foxes and hares roaming. We have our `own` owl visiting his/our oak tree every year again and we see regularly falcons and buzzards circling in the valley. But one of the most remarkable experiences is to hear the nightingale sing its beautiful melody!
The house lies in a fenced garden which is in a continual process of being designed following the natural levels of the plot (designing natural art is Jan’s hobby!). One finds a tapestry of ground covering plants giving spectacular yellow waves during the early summer as well as many roses, forsythia, farmer`s jasmine (Philadelphus), lavender and other flowers. You will also enjoy the blossoms/fruit of the almond, plum, apple and pear trees as well as the organic strawberries, all competing with the biggest eye catcher: the more than 200 yr old oak tree at the entrance.
The partly fenced hay land behind the house also keeps an organic vegetable garden and part of it is being designed as a little park. Alongside the garden the difference in ground level makes it possible to put an above ground swimming pool (no license required) that would still be level with the garden.
There is parking space for several cars within the fenced area, another private parking lot opposite the house can take up to 3 big cars and behind the house is more space available for parking.
Across the road lies another building of +/- 60m2 (still to be renovated), which has been used as barn/stable/garage and has electricity as well as warm/cold water. Its renovation would form a project depending the future of the property (for example it could become a bar with sanitary area if one would like to start a glamping/camping) or it can be turned into a separate studio.
The piece of land across the road has two gigantic concrete plateaus which also give magnificent views of the area, including the famous ‘Pietra di Bismantova’.
The property comes with a total of private land of +/- 37,000m2 (3.7 Ha /9.14 acres), currently mostly meadow, though some woodland is included (providing a ready supply of logs for heating up the house in winter).
Here you will find berry bushes as well as more apple, almond, cherry, apricot, plum, walnut and hazelnut trees.
In a long and distant past the slopes facing south, were used as a vineyard for the famous Lambrusco wine. Up until 2017 they were part of the meadow and paddock paradise for the horses but they can easily be converted to serve another (agricultural/touristic) purpose.
Located at the end of the small hamlet of Montecroce the paved road stops here so there is no through traffic in the street other than the occasional biker, a farmer or a lost tourist. This is also the boundary line for the municipal snow thrower, which can provide unlikely amounts of fun in the snow at the end of its trail.
Altitude is around 750 meters, which leaves this top of the mountain often bathed in sunshine when the valleys around are covered in a sea of clouds. This little micro climate gives the utmost feeling of being in heaven!
Montecroce being part of the Comune di Toano it is only a couple of kilometers away from the main township of that name. Here one finds the civic administration offices, restaurants, bars, banks and amenities such as the superbly renewed open-air public swimming pool with utmost spectacular views, games area for football, athletics, tennis courts etc.
At only 8 km away lies Cavola di Toano where you can also find all of the usual services such as shops, supermarkets, restaurants,... Besides the Cavola Forum with its multipurpose gym, theater and meeting rooms, run by an extremely hospitable `Pro Loco` volunteer association, there is also the ‘4th Dimension’ library which regularly offers courses (from sewing courses to Chinese!).
And than there is the Cavola Airclub with an airstrip for Delta and small planes, and fully licensed for helicopter landing if necessary!
Note the weekly open-air market in Toano center, Cavola and Cerredolo, all located between 4 and 12 km from the house!
The seaside is a few hours away but in our own valley there are several small sand beaches along the Secchia river.
You are no further away than 25km from the ski slopes of Febbio (also recommended for lovely walks and views during the summer season) or the Pietra di Bismantova near Castelnovo Ne` Monti, visible from the back garden. This table mountain plateau is giving breath-taking views over the Tuscan and Emilian Appenines, up to the world famous marble ridges of Carrara. In case of mishap, its mountaineers will find the St. Anna Hospital ready and waiting with its own helipad.
The whole area is a heaven for nature photographers, hikers, mountainbikers, skiers, horse people, alpine climbers, via ferrata mountaineering, ... The many hiking trails and the pilgrimage route (Sentiero Matilde) mainly attract people on foot, on horseback or by mountain bike, while the winding mountain roads are a temptation for cycling tourists who come to marvel at the ever-changing mountain views. But other than cyclers also motorbikers and trikes love to cruise the curling streets to discover beautiful sights from one mountain top to another.
The nearest airports are Bologna at 90km (1h 15min drive) and Parma at 104km (1h 26min drive) which offer cheap flights from UK, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, ...
You can make very nice city trips to discover Modena (50km), and Reggio Emilia (55km), to name the biggest ones, all accessible in about 1 hour. Or one can visit the castle ruins of Carpineti (visible from the living room) or some smaller interesting towns like Carpi (62km) or Maranello (44km) renowned for the Ferrari cars. These legendary cars and their competitive brands can be seen regularly on the way home and they can all be tested in their home town!
In short, this is a fantastic estate that has recently been renovated with love and top materials to obtain a very ecologically sound property. It offers a wealth of possibilities, from an exceptionally large family home (two families can comfortably live in the house) to agro-tourism as the size, locality, renovation and structure lend itself perfectly for use as a B&B, guest-house, camping/glamping etc.
Note that the vast majority of the furniture can also be taken over so that one can start up very quickly.
Contact the Belgian owners `Anne Marie` on FB, they can help you with all the necessary steps to take in the realisation of your Italian dream.
Selling price for the total property : 492.300 euro
Rent-to-buy formulas can be considered.
Viewings can be done life or via skype or whatsapp.
Magnificent renovated +270m2 farmhouse with panoramic view over its 3,7HA land and rolling hills on the northern border with Tuscany
Having travelled a significant part of the world, Jan (Gianni) found his piece of paradise on top of Montecroce in Corneto di Toano, in the heart of the legendary Parmigiano Reggiano cheese region. He wanted to...
Having travelled a significant part of the world, Jan (Gianni) found his piece of paradise on top of Montecroce in Corneto di Toano, in the heart of the legendary Parmigiano Reggiano cheese region. He wanted to...
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