Farm business

THE HOME AND ITS SETTING

A closer look.

This farm estate is in Siena province, a 15-minute drive from San Gimignano, whose medieval historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Despite some nineteenth- and twentieth-century restoration, the town largely retains its thirteenth- and fourteenth-century appearance and is an important example of medieval urban organisation. It was granted city status by Royal Decree on 29 April 1936. The estate is in Pugiano, reached by a usable unpaved road running less than two kilometres from the main road to the property. The route crosses cultivated land, olive groves and woodland where local pigs graze among the trees. A Tuscan farmhouse of approximately 300 m² forms the centre of the estate, with further rural buildings classified as F2 in the Italian property register and requiring restoration, potentially for guest accommodation. The holding covers approximately 65 hectares of woodland, arable land and olive groves. A spring supplies the crops and buildings. This property is particularly suited to someone interested in an agricultural business in Tuscany rather than simply a country home. Adjoining properties may be available to purchase, bringing the usable holding to approximately 120–130 hectares.