This property comprises two separate houses and a large barn, all set in 2 hectares (around 5 acres) of beautiful Tuscan countryside with wonderful views. Excellent potential. Perfect as a permanent home, a holiday home of for home and rental. The property is located on the edge of a beautiful Tuscan village with cobbled lanes, stone houses, a nice trattoria, a grocery shop and a coffee bar, surrounded by rolling hills and with a view over the Teatro del Silenzio close to Lajatico where the tenor, Andrea Bocelli, sings every year. Good access on a paved road.

The smaller house (60 sqm) is semi-detached and has been nicely renovated to provide excellent accommodation. It is a lovely home with living/kitchen area, two bedrooms, bathroom and small study room. It is equipped with air conditioning and a pellet stove in the living area. At the back of this house there is a large space made up of 5 rooms (80 sqm) which could be converted into another independent unit or it could be joined to the existing house to provide much larger accommodation.

The second house, which is detached (165 sqm) is in good/fair condition and would benefit from updating. It is all on one level and it is entered through a veranda into a hallway with kitchen/dining room on the right side with fireplace, large living/sitting area on the other side, two double bedrooms and a spacious bathroom and a storage room with window (could be an occasional bedroom or a study).

A very large, detached 'magazzino', storage room, and a tractor store/garage (129 sqm each) are also part of the property and subject to planning permission, these could also become habitable area. The land immediate surrounding the houses is a mostly flat area with olive trees and in the past there was also a vineyard. The location is very quiet and the views are exceptional across the Tuscan landscape. However, it is not remote as the pretty village is within an easy walk. The land is extensive at 2 hectares (around 5 acres).

The two properties can be bought together, as listed here, or individually: listed as La Ninfea Bianca at €150,000 and La Marietta at €185,000.

The house is located in Valdera in Central Tuscany between Pisa and Florence, this colourful landscape of rolling hills dotted with medieval villages, castles and lanes flanked with tall dark green cypress trees epitomise the Tuscan landscape. The area is scattered with historical towns and medieval villages, castles and country churches and a landscape with golden meadows of wheat dancing in the breeze, vineyards, olive groves and fields of sunflowers. Meandering through the countryside of Valdera you feel the vestiges of the mysterious Etruscan civilisation. Here Andrea Boccelli was born and bred and it is in the heart of Valdera in Lajatico that the famous Teatro del Silenzio (the Theatre of Silence) where natural landscape creates a breathtaking setting and in the summer months some of the biggest names in opera come for a special performance. Casciana Terme has thermal waters and spa facilities and is a pretty town with piazzas and coffee bars serving the local wine. The città d’arte (cities of art) include Volterra, San Gimignano, Palaia and Florence.

Distances: Orciatico on the doorstep, Lajatico 5 km, Volterra 15 kms, Palaia 30 km, San Gimignano 30 kms, Cecina (beaches) 45 kms, Pisa (airport) 55 kms, Lucca 60 kms, Florence 95 kms.