Spacious country house, Montemagno near Asti
Property Ref: HIP185
Price: €395.000
We are in the historic village of Montemagno with its distinctive triangular shape, intersected by 12 narrow lanes each boosting with history and marked with a Roman numeral. Here you also find the impressive Baroque staircase leading to the entrance of the Church of Santi Martino e Stefano and not to mention the century old Castle of the Counts Calvi di Bergolo.
Situated in the heart of this historic setting, we are pleased to present for sale a spacious country house that has been elegantly transformed into a private residence, complemented by three fully refurbished holiday apartments. While the majority of the property is ready for immediate occupancy, portions of the building remain unconverted, offering exceptional opportunities for further development—whether to expand the private living quarters or to create additional rental units.
While the entire building is centred around a private courtyard with both a vegetable as well as a more formal garden from which you have charming south westerly views, the building is best described in 3 zones: 1) the Private residence, 2) the three additional One-bedroom rental units and finally 3) the Partly unconverted zone.
Once through the historic wooden gate and parked under the eaves of a double high space, you have direct access to a fully modernised area currently used by the owner. This area is laid out over three levels with an entrance hall and a large farmhouse style kitchen at the ground level. From the kitchen you have access to three large, interconnected living rooms. One of these rooms has double vaulted exposed brick ceilings, original terracotta tiles and views of the courtyard. The second room could also be part of a quieter living area whereas the third room would be ideal as a games room, a TV/cinema room or perhaps as a library/reading room.
Collectively the farmhouse kitchen, and the three living rooms would create a simply amazing “owner area” with large spacious rooms, high ceilings, open fireplaces and a truly historical feel.
Beneath the ground floor are two spacious, century-old double-vaulted cantinas built from original bricks. Currently unused, these rooms still have barrels and wine presses, making them ideal for renovation into an authentic tasting room and storage space for a notable wine collection. On the first floor you find two large bedrooms, one with a balcony, a bathroom with a shower as well as a smaller office.
Under the entire ground floor you find two large century old double vaulted cantinas build in original bricks. At current these cantinas are unused but with some of the original barrels, and vine presses still in place these could be renovated to become a truly authentic tasting room and storage area for an impressive vine collection.
The current owner has just completed a total renovation of large parts of the side building converting this to three charming fully furnished and fully equipped one-bedroom holiday rental units. The renovation was completed in 2025 and once the cleaned after the work they will be immediately ready to rental and income generation.
In general, each unit consists of a large kitchen / living room with a TV / relaxation area. A large bedroom, two with a private balcony overlooking the courtyard, and a modern bathroom with washing machine complete the design. Each of the units have a private entrance accessed from a small side street ensuring that both guests and the new owner remain undisturbed from coming and going.
This spacious area next to the rental units features a double garage with a adjacent “Tavern”-style kitchen and communal room on the ground floor, plus an open hayloft with exposed beams upstairs. It could be used as an atelier, studio, office, or converted into two or three more rental units. The opportunities are endless and can be undertaken as time and financial possibilities arises.
Completing the property is the large private courtyard which have space both for parking but more importantly it serves as tranquil green centrepiece with is small lawns, old trees and winding pergolas. Here you can always find a sunny spot for a cool drink or a shaded place to read to good book.
The building has been modernised over several stages and most recently by the current owner. Overall, the building is well maintained and in a good structural condition regarding walls and roofs, and further benefits from a mix of single- and double-glazed windows with good shutters.
The property is connected to communal water, wastewater, gas supply as well as the public electricity grid. Also high-speed internet is already installed. Central heating is provided via completely new gas boiler connected to communal gas supply.
This is one of those properties which rarely ever comes up for sale, so please contact me for a viewing as soon as possible.
Towns:
Asti 18 km / 26 minutes
Alessandria 29 km / 30 minutes
Torino 75 km / 70 minutes
Airports:
Torino 100 km / 80 minutes
Milan Malpensa 125 km / 80 minutes
Milan Linate 135 km / 100 minutes
Closest Supermarket:
Montemagno 1 km / 2 minutes
Closest Ski Slopes:
Bardonecchia 160 km / 105 minutes
Closest Golf Resort:
Asti 25 km / 30 minutes
Vicki is Maltese and a certified estate agent in Italy, registered at the Chamber of Commerce in Asti.
Speaks: English, Italian and Danish.
P. IVA: 01660010057 | REA: 133147
P. IVA: IT01660010057
REA: AT-133147
registered office:
14049 Nizza Monferrato (AT)