Detached five bedroom farmhouse with garden and private courtyard, in the pretty village of Casciana Alta. The property will require some work to modernise it and offers excellent potential to create a comfortable home in Tuscany. There is easy access, garage and parking.

On the ground floor of the house are the four large 'fondi', storerooms, one of which is the old kitchen. But the main accommodation is upstairs on the first floor. Here there is an entrance hall, a large kitchen diner which is very bright with two windows overlooking the hills, and there is also a fireplace; from the kitchen is the living room. The living rooms is smallish for the size of the house, but currently off the living room is a bedroom and it would be easy to knock this out to make a much larger, more comfortable living space. From the living area there is a large hallway leading to four bedrooms and a bathroom. Some of the rooms have beamed ceilings.

The house will need some maintenance work on the plumbing and electrics, as well as some re-modelling to make better use of the space, but the roof was refitted seven years ago. The large, sunny garden is on two sides of the house, and it is raised above the street level. Great potential.

The surrounding area is beautiful and a perfect base from which to explore Tuscany. The villa is on the edge of the village of Casciana Alta where there are bars, a grocery store, and restaurants all within walking distance and close to pretty Lari, with a castle at the centre. Only five minutes away is the beautiful town of Casciana Terme, famous for its thermal waters and with a newly renovated spa which is a perfect place to spend a day relaxing, with indoor and outdoor pools. Casciana is dominated by a castle, with a beautiful central piazza and since Roman times it has been famous for the curative warm thermal waters. Today it is a bustling town with a busy weekly market and great shops and restaurant and a famous theatre. It is halfway between the famous hilltop village of Volterra and Pisa. There are so many great places within easy reach - it really is a great spot from which to explore the whole of Tuscany.

The towns of Castiglioncello and Cecina on the coast, the golf courses of Pisa and Castelfalfi, and the historic towns of Volterra and San Gimignano are all close by, and each make a wonderful day out. The old town of Livorno is close too, from where it is possible to hop of the ferry to the magnificent island of Elba, just off the coast.The town is located in Valdera in Central Tuscany between Pisa and Florence. This colourful landscape of rolling hills is dotted with medieval villages, castles and lanes flanked with tall dark green cypress trees, all of which epitomizes the Tuscan landscape. The nearby città d’arte (cities of art) include Volterra, San Gimignano, Palaia and Florence, each offering splendid art and architecture to admire. In Lajatico, Andrea Bocelli, the famous tenor, was born and it is in the heart of Valdera that his Teatro del Silenzio (the Theatre of Silence) draws some of the biggest international names in opera, when he hosts a summer festival each year in July.

Distances: Casciana Alta on the doorstep, Casciana Terme 5 km, Pontedera (trains, supermarkets) 20 km, Castelfalfi (Golf and Spa Resort) 30 km, Pisa (airport) 35 km, Beaches 30 km, Volterra 40 km, San Gimignano 50 km, Lucca 70 km, Florence 80 km.