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Country Houses - to Restore (House) for sale in Lucca Hills, Tuscany, Tuscany Italy
Vecchia Dogana, Old Customs House
Country Houses - to Restore in Lucca Hills
Size of real estate:
Property: 1400 sq.mLand: 1500 sq.m
Location:
Lucca Hills in Tuscany
Pool:
Room to build
Vecchia Dogana: Old customs house, large villa in classic style with land and views.
This is a unique opportunity to buy a piece of Italian history. Before the unification of Italy in 1860, Lucca was its own city state and levied taxes on goods being transported across her borders. This old customs house is built to a pattern that you can see across Italy. There is a similar building on the Via Aurelia at the old border between Tuscany and Lazio.
The villa is in classic style with a large loggia out front. The ground floor has a high ceiling and any carriages or wagons unlucky enough to be stopped would have been diverted inside. Otherwise, and this is the main disadvantage, they would have been diverted round and to the front of the building , and that is where the road runs today. The road is a quiet country road with little traffic. Nonetheless, you would come out of your grand front door, and need to look both ways, before crossing over to the garden. The garden, however, is a good piece of flat garden, on a promontory and with fabulous views down the valley and ample space for a large pool.
The building is in need of a total restoration. Hence the bargain price for what will restore into a beautiful large villa. And once restored, in spite of the issue with the road, there are lots of uses to which this property could be put; a wonderful family home, holiday apartments, regular apartments, condominium with shared pool complex opposite. The possibilities are endless.
Final comment, there are currently some issues as to the ownership of part of the property which will need to be resolved before the title can be successfully transfered. We can keep you informed as to progress with this as we receive further clarification.
Price: EUR90000
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