Country house, excellent condition, 100 m², Centro, Marliana

Traditional stone 2 storey house, located near Marliana, in the Pistoia province of Tuscany and built about 225 years ago.
The house enjoys a private location and has 2 separate mature gardens with flat and easy access from a small parking piazza.
Marliana is less than 1.5 km and has a grocer’s, pizzeria and post office.
The house is entered from the south-facing terrace into the entrance/dining room.
The double aspect kitchen is fully modernised with luxury deep cherry red lacquered integrated appliances & solid grey stone worktops & sink.
Floors are cotto-tiled and there are the traditional Tuscan beam and cotto tile ceilings.
The living room is a generous room with double aspect windows and a fireplace. The floors are white ceramic tiles and there is a feature wall in stone and off-white walls with Tuscan beam and cotto tile ceiling. A fine quality, light honey coloured leather suite, is part of the sale.
From the entrance terrace which has a beamed cotto-roofed entrance pergola, access is into a fully fitted laundry/utility room leading to a cloakroom with fitted mirrored basin unit.
A solid antique stone staircase leads up to the first floor landing/study area which could also be used as a bedroom, with south-facing window & large Velux roof window.
The main bedroom with the benefit of dual aspect windows and pitched cotto-tiled ceiling with central beam, it is fully air-conditioned.
A contemporary fitted white wardrobe with mirrored door, contrasting with the antique walnut bedroom suite & double bed, is included in the sale.
A chestnut door leads to an ensuite shower room with fitted dark wood wall store shelf unit.
The second double aspect bedroom is a pretty room decorated in light traditional Tuscan style with feature headboard, cotton lace wall & ceiling drapes. Twin modern single beds, a white cupboard unit & drawer unit and a cotto-tiled pitched ceiling with central beam completes this room.
A fully tiled and fitted shower room is accessed from a small lobby to the 2nd bedroom.
The house offers about 100 sqm of floor area. It was completely restored inside & out in 2005/2006 to international designers plans & specifications.
The antique cotto tiled roof was reconstructed with additional insulation & earthquake structural protection.
The lawned garden is Mediterranean in style with an elevated gazebo terrace to the end. A wisteria-clad dining terrace is built off the west side of the house with access from the kitchen/dining room.
A separate garden is found across the private grass lane and accessed by wrought iron gates. This lawned garden also has a large paved terrace area stepping down to an above ground swimming pool. A timber structure changing room is located at the end of the terrace.
Distances: Marliana (restaurant, grocer’s, post office) 1.5 km, Montecatini Terme (many shops, restaurants and services, train station) 10 km, Pisa 52 km, Florence 58 km.