Brief description

A 27-ha organic farm with an agriturismo in a panoramic position immersed in nature, 5 km from Assisi. With 4 independent apartments, a guest house, a multipurpose room, and various outbuildings for a net saleable area of 1140 sq.m and 14 rooms and 14 bathrooms. Possibility of adding a swimming pool or a biolake.

Geographic position

Bio Green Farm is an agriturismo with an organic farm in a protected area on the slopes of Mount Subasio. It’s immersed in nature and surrounded by beautiful oak woods, olive groves and small streams.

This property is just 5 km from Assisi and can be reached through a private dirt road that also leads to River Tescio and Mount Subasio’s hiking trails.

This tranquil, private location is close to Umbria’s main towns. For example, Assisi and Perugia are 8 km and 30 km away, respectively. Moreover, Spello (17 km) can be reached in 20 minutes and Spoleto (43 km) in 45 minutes.

Known as Italy’s green heart, Umbria is ideal for nature lovers as it’s rich in trails for hikers, mountain bikers, cycle tourists, and horse riders. Moreover, outdoor sports enthusiasts can enjoy paragliding, hang gliding, rafting, and canyoning.

The nearest airport is Perugia (20 km), while Ancona airport is one hour and 30 minutes away (108 km).

Moreover, it takes about 2 hours to reach the airports of Florence and Rome, which are 173 km and 175 km away, respectively.

Golf lovers can play their favourite sport at Perugia’s Golf Club (36 km). This gently wavy 18-hole, par 72, 5,735-metre golf course has a central core that dates back to the late 1950s. Its clubhouse is an old lime furnace dating back to 1921 and has maintained the imposing towers that overlook the entire course hinting at a British golf course.

Description of buildings

Bio Green Farm is used as an agriturismo and includes a 27-ha plot of land. It consists of 2 residential units:

- the first unit includes the main farmhouse, developing over two floors and comprising two residential units, which can be independent or joined for an overall net saleable area of 403 sq.m, a 170 sq.m guest house, including 3 rooms with en-suite bathrooms, and a 122 sq.m multipurpose room;

- the second unit includes two additional residential portions (141 and 108 sq.m) to be renovated;

- 5 outbuildings serving the farm for a net saleable area of 196 sq.m.

Main farmhouse - 403 sq.m currently developed as follows:

Residential unit 1

12 rooms- 4 bedrooms- 5 bathrooms

Ground floor: closed portico with glass walls, airy semi-industrial kitchen, living room with a fireplace, small study, bathroom, pantry at the back of the kitchen, bedroom, additional bathroom serving the living area and the bedroom, airy bedroom with stone walls, laundry room, and private bathroom. Internal staircase leading to the first floor.

First floor: master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, veranda/panoramic living room with large glass walls, walk-in wardrobe, small sitting room/study, and bedroom with an en-suite bathroom.

Residential unit 2

4 rooms- 2 bedrooms- 2 bathrooms

First floor: Kitchen, living/dining room, and 2 bedrooms with an en-suite bathroom. The apartment is connected to the first floor of residential unit 1 and has an independent entrance through an external staircase.

Guest house - 170 sq.m (net saleable area)

5 rooms- 3 bedrooms- 3 bathrooms

The guest house has been fully reconstructed. It develops over two floors and is independent yet adjacent to the main farmhouse.

Ground floor: 3 bedrooms with a private bathroom and independent access to the garden.

The basement: large storage room with an independent entrance and a boiler room with a pellet storage area (9000 kg).

Multipurpose room - 122 sq.m (net saleable area)

2 rooms - 1 bathroom

This newly constructed independent building consists of an airy open-plan space with a mezzanine, which can be used as a study/office, a dressing room, and a bathroom.

This area is perfect for various activities (tastings, events, yoga classes, etc.).

An additional farmhouse 100 m from the 3 main buildings is to be completed. It consists of 2 independent apartments. There’s also the possibility of buying a third small apartment not included in this property*.

Apartment 1 - 141 sq.m (net saleable area)

4 rooms- 3 bedrooms- 2 bathrooms

Ground floor: a kitchen/living room with a fireplace, a storage room, and a bathroom.

First floor: 3 bedrooms and a bathroom.

Apartment 2 - 108 sq.m (net saleable area)

4 rooms- 2 bedrooms- 1 bathroom

Ground floor: spacious storage room.

First floor: kitchen/living room, 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom.

The interiors of these two residential units are to be renovated.

*Note: If you’re interested in the entire facility, you can buy the unfinished farmhouse’s remaining residential portion. This portion can also be bought with an additional 7-ha plot of land with an olive grove (90 century-old trees) and other agricultural outbuildings. The ask is €150,000 (negotiable).

Additional buildings

Technical room - 15 sq.m (net saleable area) - 1 room.

A fully restored tool shed for storing agricultural machinery - 88 sq.m (net saleable area) - 1 room.

Stable - 45 sq.m (net saleable area) - 1 room.

Henhouse - 15 sq.m (net saleable area).

Pigsty - 33 sq.m (net saleable area).

The area is calculated on the basis of the net floor area including interior partitions and increased by 10% for load-bearing walls. 

State and finishing

Between 2018 and 2020, the main farmhouse underwent a significant redevelopment. Thermal insulation was added to the new roof and the façade, and the porticos were transformed into residential areas by installing wooden windows and doors with high thermal resistance. In addition, the master bedroom’s veranda features exposed wooden ceilings and Bauwerk light-resistant wooden floors.

Even the farmhouses, including the guest house and the multipurpose room, were renovated between 2019 and 2020.

All three buildings are thermally insulated and feature energy-saving doors and windows. In addition, the multipurpose room features Karelia birch wood floors.

A 6 kW photovoltaic system (GSE contract) has been installed on the main farmhouse, which also has a 32 Kw state-of-the-art ETA pellet boiler with a 9000 kg pellet storage compartment (directly filled via a road tanker) to heat the whole facility and supply hot water.

The home automation heating system with floor coils and radiators can be controlled remotely via a smartphone or PC.

All kitchens have LPG stoves and a 2000 l LPG tank.

In addition, the multipurpose room and the guest house are heated with convector heaters and radiators, respectively.

The farmhouse housing the other residential portions was rebuilt in 1997 and is still unfinished.

The tool shed was built in 2021.

External areas

A 27-ha plot of land surrounds the farm: 1 ha is occupied by an organic olive grove with about 250 young trees and 40 old ones, a fruit orchard with 70 trees of old non-GMO varieties, two organic vegetable gardens (a boxed one in front of the main farmhouse) with scheduled drip irrigation, gardens with a variety of ornamental plants and flowers (with automatic irrigation), and parking areas.

Moreover, the garden in front of the farmhouse includes a pink Assisi stone and quartz fountain by Matteo Peducci, a visionary sculptor from Affiliati (www.affiliatiart.com).

Woods and cultivations of grains and legumes occupy the remaining plot of land.

Bio Green Farm has been certified as an organic farm for over 20 years. It produces and markets pasta, flour, legumes, and organic oil under its brand name.

A swimming pool or biolake can be built on the land after applying for the necessary permits. Authorisation for the biolake has already been obtained. However, the procedure must be repeated since a new project is needed.

Use and potential uses

Bio Green Farm is an agriturismo and is sold as such with all the related tax advantages.

Its strategic position (5 km from Assisi and less than one hour from other Umbria’s historical towns) makes it ideal for an accommodation business, a yoga or meditation retreat centre, or for other niche events. This property is immersed in the peace and quiet of untouched nature in one of Italy’s most popular tourist and spiritual destinations.

Distances and location

Umbria - Italy

Neighboring regions: Toscany, Lazio, Marche

Main centers: Perugia, Assisi, Spoleto, Todi, Orvieto, Gubbio, Spello

 

Characteristics: is the sister of Tuscany region, green and hilly territory with olive groves and vineyards, rich in art cities and quaint towns.

Placed in Central Italy between Rome and Florence, Umbria is a region rich in history and culture, from the hilly landscape with olive groves and vineyards, and dotted with historic villages and artistic cities such as Perugia (important international University Centre), Spoleto, Orvieto, Todi, Assisi, Spello and others.

15 minutes from Perugia is located Lake Trasimeno, the largest Italian lake after that of Como.

The climate is mild with temperatures in winter rarely fall below zero degrees and summer temperatures around 25 degrees.

The region is the scene of major cultural events throughout the year (such as the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto and Umbria Jazz) and many other folk events which, especially in summer, enliven small and large centers of the entire territory.

 

Property offer: Umbria, with its Green and hilly territory is particularly required for purchasing original characteristic stone farmhouses, very similar to those of Tuscany, in the countryside around the major cities of art such as Todi, Spoleto, Orvieto, Perugia, Assisi or in the popular area of Valley of Niccone or of Trasimeno.  These are often finely renovated farmhouses with park and pool, which are well suited to use for vacation but also for investment with the ability to put them in the lease through touristicrental. Umbria has a strategic position being located half an hour from Rome and two hours from Florence. The region, rich in history, offers you the chance to buy real estate like castles, vintage villas, villages and monasteries. Very popular are also the apartments within historical centers or small rural managed complexes, rich in original farmhouses of stone structure, particularly are requested those places in the countryside around the town of Todi, Spoleto, Assisi, Perugia and Orvieto, but also in the areas and Niccone Valley and Lake Trasimeno. Frequently also the historic buildings, ancient villas, castles and apartments in historic towns such as Perugia, Orvieto, Spoleto, Assisi, Spello, Trevi, or in small villages renovated and preserved.