Montalto Uffugo – Cosenza. Estate agents Yes Luxury Homes srl, is offering a cottage intended for agritourism – the current owners, have turned this structure into a holiday destination of international significance, known as the first rural Italian coliving. This completely renovated early 20th century building has features currently used to welcome travellers from all over the world, to reside in the rooms and exploit the communal areas for work and development of entrepreneurial ideas. (alternative B&B destination or private residential living). Emerging from the summit of the sun-drenched hills of Valle del fiume Crati, in Montalto Uffugo (Cosenza), a breathtaking view looks out onto the Sila National Park, giving all patrons to this rural getaway a feeling of profound wonder for a well-kept, authentic, colourful and welcoming countryside, as revealed from the property’s viewpoint. Inside the house every feature tells a story: from the kitchen’s precious crystal skylight, to the hand-made chestnut wooden doors, to the kitchen, completely made to measure from the reconstruction of old local wooden timbers and stone fireplaces. The house is well-lit with valuable characteristics. Internally, the current arrangement of the rooms allow you to appreciate a spacious kitchen with an open plan living-room and fireplace, connected by a stone arch of rare beauty; wooden chestnut front door; 2 bedrooms 25m by 35m sq on the ground-floor (1 by 3 px with internal private bathroom and the other, a junior suite with 2 communal rooms, 4 px, private bathroom and independent entrance). From the stairs, finely put together in chestnut wood and cast iron, they lead up to the first floor passing by a French window to a skylight that amplifies the beauty of the valley’s scenery. From the hallway, the rooms branch off to the evening area. Awaiting travellers to this house is a single bedroom, a double room with private external bathroom and a new junior suite. Surrounding the entire property are wide balconies with panoramic views that allow you to enjoy the reserved spaces in the open air, enabling sparks of great inspiration.
Outside the house, the tiled patio and swimming pool with panoramic view, allows you to fully enjoy the place’s tranquil rural setting. The garden is complemented by an old wooden oven from the year 1900, still usable and renovated in accordance to its original construction. The wooden oven brings the rustic kitchen to life, entirely made by hand in chestnut wood, allowing the possibility to enjoy this charming summer setting when preparing: lunches, dinners, barbecues, aperitifs and breakfast alfresco. When lording it in the garden, one finds a newly paved olive wood patio, ancient Seville oranges and regional lime growth — trees inserted into the regional encyclopedia of rare plants. Walking around the property, you arrive at a panoramic terrace of 100m sq surrounded by plants from centuries-old olive and tangerine growths, loaded with extraordinary fruit in winter seasons. On the terrace sits an independent one room building with a cooking corner inside and traditional cellar where precious wines are found from the region of Calabria, along with short supply chain hams and cheeses. A tasting area, fresh in summer and hot in the winter, gathers the souls around for good wine and warm company. In the basement, is the area that guests the motor for the swimming pool and wide storage for household equipment. Going down into the countryside you arrive at the building’s private car park, the garage/workshop and the woodshed that keeps the fuel for the household’s fireplace. An entirely sloping terrain, recovered thanks to heroic agriculture via the creation of terracing with dry walls and chestnut wood pickets. The countryside, extending one hectare of land, is immersed in an olive growth of 140 centuries-old plants. On the terraces, an agricultural system emerges, entirely put together for the importance of collecting rainwater. Also supporting the property is a well, 75 metres deep with drinkable water. The country presents white fig plants (Regional PDO), native rare figs, apples, pears, prunes, apricots, regional nuts, chestnuts, oaks, ash trees, 1 rowan and 1 carob (rare plants) and local random medicinal herbs. The property currently produces grapes from 150 grapevines (3 years lifespan). All the rainwater is gathered in a separate pipeline that ends up in the communal one. Around the property grow: green crops, pumpkin, garlic, chickpeas, zucchini, aubergines, tomatoes and winter vegetables.
Going back inside, one can move into the household’s main room: an open space of 100m sq, holds an impressive fireplace, making for an emotional centrepiece. The space, that lends itself to numerous uses, is also equipped with a private office (that can be adapted into a household gym), hygienic services (2), professional kitchen with annex laundry, dishwasher and bathing service. The room is enriched by a marvellous wooden timber roof, framing the space’s lively colours and light that comes from the wide windows, facing out onto the countryside and the valley below.
CHARACTERISTICS IN BRIEF:
Turn of the century cottage completely renovated and comprised as so:
– ground floor:
• open space kitchen/dining room equipped with pellet stove
• living room with fireplace
• 1 four bed family room composed of 2 communal rooms and private bathroom, including it’s own entrance, balcony and fireplace
• triple bed room with a private on-suite and balcony
– first floor:
• 1 single bedroom
• 1 double room with balcony and fireplace
• 1 communal bathroom
• 1 double room with vestibule, balcony and private bathroom
– first floor 2 (found at a different height to the previous)
• 1 single room with internal cooking area and private bathroom
• 1 wine cellar with tables for tasting
• 1 local cistern and storage
Externally:
•Garden with swimming pool alongside the house
•Wood fired oven with rustic kitchenette
•External pool-side bathroom
• Panoramic paved terrace of 100m sq
around the property:
• uncovered car parking
• garage
• woodshed
Dining hall:
• 100m sq open space with fireplace
• professional kitchen
• laundry
• toilette
• secondary toilet for the public
• private office
DISTANCES
Closest neighbours: 1,3 km
Central Cosenza: 30 km
Castiglione Cosentino station: 22 km
Airport Lamezia Terme: 96 km
Ionian and Tyrrhenian sea: 32-35 km
Sila National Park: 63 km
Pollino National Park: 64 km
