Si tratta di a former farmhouse completely redeveloped, featuring bright rooms and an extremely peaceful hilly setting in the heart of Monferrato. The renovation integrated advanced technologies aimed at optimizing energy performance, with a resulting reduction in annual operating costs. These are the main features sought by the current owners when they decided to purchase their ideal home in Monferrato, and which they fully found in this property. The property conveys an immediate sense of calm, further enhanced by the open view over the surrounding hills. The exterior architecture faithfully recalls the typical Monferrato farmhouses with exposed brick façades, while the interiors preserve original elements such as vaulted ceilings with exposed rails.
Despite respect for traditional aesthetics, the property is equipped with state-of-the-art systems and falls within energy class A+, offering high standards of comfort and savings: photovoltaic system, underfloor heating powered by an LPG or pellet boiler, high-performance windows and doors, home automation system for managing internal and external lighting, audio distribution, motorized shutters, heating control, as well as a perimeter and volumetric security system with video surveillance, monitor and remote access. The amenities are completed by a centralized vacuum system and two ducted fireplaces, one of which is pellet-fired. The internal layout is arranged over two levels: on the ground floor, the entrance, the large former stable now converted into a bright living area, the dining room connected to the kitchen with island, bathroom, laundry room and utility room. The first floor offers two double bedrooms with walk-in closets, two bathrooms and a third room currently used as a study. The two large covered terraces, accessible from the bedrooms, offer a particularly striking panorama. The property is completed by a double garage, a large porch adjacent to the barbecue area and a garden of about 2,500 sq m, ideal for installing a swimming pool.
We are in the Municipality of Quargnento, yet at the same time not far from other distinctive towns such as Vignale Monferrato, Lu and Cuccaro Monferrato, and Altavilla. This area, in the heart of the 50th Italian UNESCO Site “Langhe-Roero and Monferrato Vineyard Landscapes, World Heritage of Humanity”, is about 20 kilometres from Casale Monferrato and Asti, 10 kilometres from Alessandria, and about an hour’s drive from the airports of the main cities of Northern Italy, such as Milan, Turin and Genoa. Also known as the Lower Monferrato, this area is characterised by its gentle hills rich in vineyards which, with the exception of the Sacred Mount of Crea (455 m), never reach elevations above 400 metres. In recent years, the number of Italian and foreign visitors attracted by the beauty of the area—its routes through the vineyards—and by the food-and-wine offering has been steadily increasing; thanks to the many wineries, restaurants and agritourism farms, it ensures the opportunity to taste Monferrato’s typical delicacies throughout the year. There are countless festivals and markets held in all the towns in this area; noteworthy is the White Truffle Fair in nearby Moncalvo. In addition, Quargnento is close to the area of the 14 villages of the Infernot Circuit, a hill route suitable for everyone of about 47 kilometres, also rideable by mountain bike, which makes it possible to discover the beauty of all these underground places built by farmers by hand and usually used as a cellar or pantry. Quargnento, as well as the nearby towns of Lu and Fubine, provides all essential services such as grocery shops, a post office and a pharmacy. This area is also known for the presence of a Golf Club and a prestigious Riding School.