€500,000

Apartment in Lucca Centro Storico, Tuscany, Italy

2 bed luxury apartment - historical centre

Luxury two bedroom first floor apartment renovated to a high standard back in 2000. The apartment is situated in a sixteenth century palace called 'Palazzo Arnolfini' referred to after its completed restoration into apartments, as 'Villa Arnolfini'. The building is situated within the historic walls of Lucca on the north west side, less than three minutes walk to the medieval walls and the beautiful Botanical Gardens of Lucca and a seven minute walk to Lucca Train Station located outside the walls in Lucca town.

All apartments in the villa face an internal square traditional Italian grassed garden, along the surrounding wall of which horses were kept back in medieval times. All owners of the apartment have use and access to this garden which together with the outer corridors, internal communal areas, staircases , lifts and garage maintained to a high standard for a monthly condominium fee of approximately 100 euros. The apartment also benefits from a lift to the apartment along with an underground designated parking space. The stair cases and internal communal areas have marble floors and well painted walls.

The centrally heated apartment is floored and skirted with genuine mosaic floors and marble skirting. It consists of one very large sitting/dining room/study area (60 Sq M) with two windows facing onto the walled garden. This room benefits from very high ceilings with the original wooden beams. The height is such that any future owner could consider adding a mezzanine level to this room. This room also has air conditioning unit which additionally serves as an additional heater during the winter months. The apartment has two double bedrooms; the master bedroom benefits from an en suite marble bathroom with large double walk in shower (21 Sq M) with a window that looks into a courtyard. The second double bedroom (15 Sq M) overlooks the walled garden and has direct access across the corridor to another marble bathroom with shower. There is a separate large kitchen (16 Sq M) off the sitting room with plenty of standing and wall-mounted cupboard space and all mod cons, including smeg fridge freezer, smeg oven with built-in microwave, gas hob, dishwasher, double sink unit and washing machine. The kitchen has a dining area that comfortably seats four persons and also over looks the walled garden.

The price includes all furniture , floor coverings (rugs) and curtains but excludes any paintings shown on the photographs, but excluding two large carpets in the large sitting/ dining room. Some of the paintings may be purchased if desired buy the prospective buyers
If you desire any further information we will be happy to provide. We will also be adding the actual room sizes in due course.