2 Bed House for sale
Oria, Brindisi, Apulia, Italy
Full Description
In the old town of Oria, a short walk from Piazza Manfredi, this 85 m² (about 915 sq ft) apartment occupies part of a building from 1740 that has been fully restored. With two bedrooms, each with its own shower room, and two roof terraces looking onto the cathedral's tiled dome, it works both as a Puglia home for long stays and as a holiday let for the months you're away.
You climb a few stone steps from the street and pass through a carved stone doorway with an arched door, straight into the open-plan kitchen, dining and living room. The vaulted ceiling rises to 5.4 metres (almost 18 ft), and at its centre sits a small 18th-century frieze carved in carparo, the local stone, a quiet reminder of the building's age. The kitchen runs along one wall with an induction hob and a built-in oven, while on the far side of the room a staircase leads up to one of the terraces.
From the living area you step into the first bedroom, also vaulted, with its own shower room. Beyond it, a stairwell with a separate front door onto the street sits between the two bedrooms, which means the second bedroom and its shower room can run as a self-contained suite, whether for friends who like their independence or for letting while you live in the rest of the apartment. A staircase from this room leads to the other terrace.
The two terraces sit side by side, paved in stone, above the rooftops of the old town. The cathedral is very close: from the first you see its stone flank and multicoloured majolica dome in detail, while the second, reached from the living room, has the same view and space for an outdoor kitchen or a long table for summer evenings with friends.
The renovation was done to a high standard, and it shows in the details. Wooden parquet runs throughout, the high-performance windows have interior wooden shutters, and the air conditioning, which heats as well as cools, is fully built into the walls so that nothing is visible. The property is sold freehold; the furniture in the photos is not included.
For holiday lets, the layout is a real advantage: two en-suite bedrooms suit two couples travelling together, and the independent entrance lets you rent the second suite on its own.
Oria stands on three hills between Brindisi and Taranto, watched over by its Swabian castle and cathedral. Brindisi airport is about 35 minutes away by car and Bari airport about 1 hour 40; the Ionian beaches at Campomarino di Maruggio take around 35 minutes, Ceglie Messapica 25, Ostuni 40, and the baroque centre of Lecce under an hour. Oria's railway station, on the Taranto–Brindisi line, is about 1 km from the old town. Get in touch through this listing to arrange a viewing.
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