Vacation Home or Historical Retreat for Sale in Via Di Gugena, San Godenzo, Firenze, Italy

Historical Renovated Farm House with Breathtaking View

“Gugena” is actually the name of a cluster of 7-8 houses located about 50 kilometers NE of Florence on the side of the Apennines in the Upper Mugello Valley off the SS67 (Tuscan-Romagna Highway) between the towns of Dicomano and San Godenzo.

This one is a multilevel 200+ year old stone built farm house (the walls are 80 cm. / 30 in. thick):
- On the main level a living room, a kitchen/dining room, 1 bathroom, utility room, outside storage room.
- 3 bedrooms on the second floor.
- Potential basement (unused stall) at lower level
- Private driveway in front of the house, with terraced garden area
- Behind the house is a large terraced garden. The house is built into the side of a mountain affording views of the surrounding Apennines and the Mugello Valley that are nothing less than spectacular.

Improvements to the property include:
- Retaining walls of reinforced cement constructed above and below the driveway;
- A new terracotta tiled roof;
- Solid oak beams and braces for the roof and 2nd floor.
- New Terracotta floors
- Renovated bathroom;
- Double cement waterproofing wall system around the house to protect foundations from any possible moisture;
- A new septic tank.
- Outdoor shade trellis

Property measurements:
- Estimated Total property: 220M2 in the house. 550M2 total property. Consists of:
- Garden/Driveway in front of house
- Garden in back of house:
- House – 1st floor (main)
- House – 2nd Floor
- House – Stall (basement)

"Borgo di Gugena" is situated 7 km from Dicomano, 5 km from the centre of San Godenzo, 30 km from the centre of Lago di Bilancino, 40 km from the centre of Firenze (Florence), in a secluded, quiet, sunny, elevated position on top of a hill, approx. 450 m above sea level, in the National Park Foreste Casentinesi, in an unaffected area where it is still possible to see mountain goats, deer and foxes. This is a typical Tuscan stone built historical home. Motor access to the house (1.5 km via unmade road). Parking in the grounds. Shop 3 km, grocers 1.5 km, supermarket 7 km, restaurant 3 km, railway station "Dicomano" 7 km, riding stables 7 km, golf course 30 km.

Dicomano is located at the foothills of the Appenninos, in the Mugello valley where the Sieve and Comano rivers meet. Worth seeing: the church of S. Maria in the neighborhood of the archaeological site of Frascole. Resort with 5'000 inhabitants, in the north-eastern part of the region, in a valley, 35 km north-east from Firenze. All shops, restaurants etc. Available. Access: motorway A1 Firenze - Roma, exit number "Incisa". Then road SS67 Pontassieve - Dicomano - (Forlì). Railway station in the resort. For arrivals by plane: airport Firenze (FLR) 50 km.