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If you are looking for an unique Italian Property then this is it! It’s absolutely stunningly beautiful. Frances Mayes wrote about this Borgo in her book “Bringing Tuscany Home”. Tour this stunning Italian Property For Sale with Nick Ferrand.

Borgo Sogna is a hamlet, originally dating back to the 11th century, which lay abandoned for more than three decades until it was completely restored with intricate attention to detail by a renowned architect some 20 years ago.

Sogna Piccola, one of the twenty properties on this 12-hectare estate, is on two floors and measures approximately 88 m2. With two bedrooms and one bathroom it is beautifully restored and maintained by the current owners who purchased it in 2003.

One enters the property by means of external stone steps to the front door which opens on to the reception room with fireplace. The kitchen and dining area are adjacent. A large spiral staircase from the reception room leads to the second floor where there are two bedrooms and a bathroom.

The hamlet, which is 420 sqm above sea-level, consists of several stone properties and is set on a gentle slope with the old church and ruins of a castle at the top of the village. The various apartments, of which there are 20, share a tennis court, a sauna and an attractive swimming pool, the latter having been designed to fit into the natural shape of the landscape. A short drive from the towns of Ambra (4 kms) and Bucine (12 kms), with various services and bars/restaurants etc., and only 15 minutes from the motorway. Arezzo and Siena are both 35 kilometres and Florence 65.

The estate is surrounded by 12 hectares of land, mainly the wooded hills typical of the area, and there are 700 olive trees. Each property owner has a proportional share of the land. The condominium charge for this particular property is circa €2,000 pa and this includes the maintenance of the grounds, olive grove and common areas including the pool and tennis court.

Frances Mayes, Bringing Tuscany Home, ©2004

‘Sogna, instead, looks as if time rolled back, showing the village as it once was. No wires, no shiny bricks, no kitsch, no artificial landscaping. Here is the dignity of simplicity.”

“Over the valley, down the Siena road, a right turn on to a white road, and then through pastoral countryside, we came on a most amazing sight; the Borgo Sogna, brought back from ruin. This idyllic village dosing in the sun …..”

Asking Price: 199,000 Euros.

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Nick.

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Good morning good afternoon and good evening to you all wherever you are in the world my name is Nick frand and these my Italian one take property tours today I am in a 11th century Borgore anybody who saw last week’s property tour I really hope you had a

Just Sublime Christmas but now we’re moving to New Year’s and I wanted to show you this house because if you haven’t bought last week’s property you should be buying this one now just to tell you something about last week’s property I mentioned that Sienna was 40 minutes but I’ve been corrected and it’s

Only 25 minutes away this Borgore has only 20 houses it was originally built over a thousand years ago the houses which will being sold within this Borgo are freeold properties you can come and go when you want Florence is within an hour monaki is probably 25 minutes away it is

And it has been restored by a wonderful architect an award-winning architect and I would say to you it is absolutely gorgeous if you want a home in Italy which you can come to where your friends could come where you can live in this gorgeous surroundings of unmolested

Beauty this is probably it are you ready let’s go now as I mentioned that we are in a small 11th century borle and it was restored in the 1990s and if I pull around oh look at the Cyprus trees and I show you the house itself this stone workor is

Phenomenal now it’s the property with the door open isn’t that just the most amazing thing look at this light at the end of the day glistening on top of the stonework now you’ve got a unofficial seating area outside and this property is 88 square m it is gorgeous come on Ma

Now one of the things that you do have which you can use and utilize oh is this original fireplace right outside so if you wanted to have a barbecue with your friends this is where you would come yeah so you don’t have to smoke your house out what a really good

Idea I’m just going to pull back back up now this entire Borgo has kept almost all its original features and as I mentioned to you the architect has made sure that basically there are no electric cables anywhere I’m going to come up the stairs come on

Ma now I will be giving you the price at the end of the video I’m just going to just show you and pull over before we get inside the property the pass leading up are just wonderful there’s two park car parking spaces not car parking spaces but car parking areas there are

No cars within the borderer you get your own private house and you get to share a wonderful swimming pool and a tennis court right camera’s going to adjust absolute heaven really now if you were 6’6 this is not the property for you but I mean it’s just wonderful isn’t

It just incredible and if I come up slowly and I show you this ceiling now that piece of wood is a thousand years old I find it hard to believe sometimes it really really is just beautiful and I would have thought that little Nook that you can see where that

Nice vase is at the bottom used to be a sink area the plaster work the colors of the on the walls now this building can be purchased fully furnished key in hand off you goo central heating it just has everything it really does coming into the dining

Area and then you have a kitchen on the right hand side this one has a small dishwasher and it also has a four burner hob two sinks a refrigerator and an oven I’m just going to get back into here those cakes look nice I’m just

Going to pull around so you can see The Return of the house 88 square m not that huge big enough it’s just Charming it really is the tiling look you know beautiful absolutely beautiful now I’m just going to be careful I don’t trip over macky’s Lead and I’m going to basically just come across here and it has a really nice spar staircase I know you’re getting a little bit of flare it also has a Cantina which is below so if you wanted to rent this property it would be absolutely perfect you can put your personal possessions

Away and then you could rent it but I’m going to just let the camera adjust for a moment and give you this view it’s a dream isn’t it absolute dream right come on Mac are you going to be okay on the stairs yeah of course you are right up we

Go I really like it it’s steel right as we come up the stairs on the left hand side you’ve got the boiler come on Macky look I don’t know if I can show you that look ma [Laughter] ma oh God hang on a b right sorry about

That M got a bit tied up there okay so we come in and it’s just beautiful isn’t it it really is it’s got a beautiful bed the lighting is wonderful if I lift up the stone work the Terracotta tiling the ceiling it’s had a new roof it’s

Stylish now this has a Jack and Jill bathroom and you come into the bathroom you’ve got a nice Basin toilet bday and a shower there is gas central heating throughout and then you come across and you go into the half bedroom beautiful wardrobe and a single bed and a

Beautiful window for you to lie on your bed and watch the sun set it’s stunning absolutely stunning the whole thing about it is just beautiful just coming around for the return so you can see the spiral staircase and that is one of the nicest spiral staircases I have seen

Paradise your own 11th century Borgo your little bit of Heaven in Italy now it’s the third week of December good boy and I’m in a t-shirt there is not a cloud in the sky really this is really a jewel an absolute Jewel Macky come here right let’s have a look see what we’ve

Got as I mentioned it’s a 11th century borle that means it’s a small Hamlet there are some it’s a castle which is at the top which is in a ruined State at the moment with the castle walls with there’s some evidence if you watched last week’s video you will be able to

See at the end of the video I do a shot of the walls and really it’s unbelievable it was restored in the 1990s by an awardwinning architect and I can understand why it’s just got absolutely everything that you want as I mentioned in the video no cables there are 20

Buildings or apartments in total um it’s it’s got a swimming pool that communally you can use I don’t expect every house is going to be filled with 20 people or the or the 20 owners all the time but it’s fenced gated it’s wonderful there’s a tennis court for everybody parking is

Below and above and that is free as well the service charges of this unique apartment are €2,000 a year about 40 a week it’s just really you’ve got fig trees you can sit out there in the summer and just basically pick your figs there are plums there’s 700 olive trees

And if you help with the Harvest you are allocated 20% more your own olive oil what could be better as a Christmas present to somebody and I hope each and every one of you had a fantastic holiday I just think it’s one of the nicest things in a fantastic area in tuskan

In Italy which accessible to all the major cities and it’s just incredible you can buy this key in hand walk in there’s a couple of pieces that the owners want or they may negotiate having this is a dream isn’t it it’s an absolute dream and the price the price of this property is

199,000 now if you wanted a little bit of itory and you wanted a swimming pool and a tennis court and to be in Tuscany and to have your interior designed house this might be it my name is Nick brand and these are my Italian one take property tours I’m

Going to have to get away from the fire because it’s absolutely boiling I want to wish everybody a wonderful 2024 and also to thank every one of you so for subscribing to my channel let’s make 2024 an even better year thank you so much and I will see you very soon oh

By the way if you would like to do something for me please just push those buttons and that would help me so I can help you take care have a great New Year’s Eve and I’ll see you in 2024 take care ciao

21 Comments

  1. Wishing you continued success, health and happiness for 2024 Nick… another great house/ apartment to add to a brilliant year. Have a little tipple and celebrate all you’ve achieved… so far… more I’m sure to come ! ❤️👍🇦🇺

  2. Happy New Year to you and yours, and thank you for sharing all last year's wonderful treasures with us, along with your own project.
    Here's looking forward to another year of breathtaking and stunning properties to view together.

  3. This borgo is really special. Showing this second property demonstrates that the first one wasn't a fluke. This architect truly knows his stuff. Nick, thanks for another year of fabulous property tours and some laughs. Buon Anno to you and your family!

  4. excellent price for a wonderful property! thanks for sharing. happy new year to you and Mack.

  5. Hi my husband and I are thinking about moving to Italy. We have dogs. If you ever leave town to go on a long vacation is there places or people to watch your dogs. Sorry this is not a Real Estate question.

  6. Happy New Year Nick & Victoria 🍾🇮🇹🎉 excited for 2024. Thank you for closing out the year with another fabulous property.

  7. Nick,I discovered your channel today, so watched several videos. I hope some day you can do some tours of apartments or small villas in the Torino area, where I am also interested. The photography is well paced moving through a house, clearly you have that photographer's background for these videos!

  8. Lovely but didnt see one storage cupboard or chest of draws, other than kitchen. Its a museum piece only im afraid.

  9. Hi Nick, what’s the deal with being able to purchase properties in Italy as a foreigner? If we have the cash, is it a relatively painless process?

  10. Oh my goodness Nick, this one is an absolute gem !! Every single thing about it is perfect … I could see my husband and I living here, I really could. You’ve done us proud over the past year, and we are so very grateful to you. Hope you had a fantastic Christmas break, and we wish you and your family a Happy New Year !! With best wishes, Shirley & Al .. Canada ❤

  11. Nick hope all is well with you…can’t believe you did not make a video this week..it was truly missed by me and I’m sure thousands of others…Janet from Connecticut USA

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