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Casa di Pietra

renovating our farmhouse

Let the fun begin..... ;-)


Doesn't it all look so easy on the telly?
In fact although we didn't know at the time of looking at the house, the property has actually been featured on the tv programme  'A Place in the Sun, Home or Away'.

We must have been up there with the butterflies somewhere in the Sibilllini range on cloud paradiso when we envisaged the project to take the maximum of a year (I mean just think what you can achieve in a WHOLE year!)
A 'couple' of years down the line and we have done it!
We are still loving living here but have maybe had to become more patient? realistic? or shall we say just wiser about renovating. But it has been great fun!

History of the house? We know the stonehouse was a farm with cows and pigs,
but we are not sure of the date of the building. The sheep were kept in a separate building, a capanna, on whose footprint our house was built.

Below some  pictures of our renovation journey (more to follow soon) :-


Neglected but full of potential!
The cow stall with the troughs
The old roof
First floor - lots to do then
Starting to remove the old roof
Pianelli on the old roof
One side of the old roof removed
The new roof - chestnut beams arriving
A roof with a view - new beams in situ
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The contents of the old waste pipes!
A new alphorn to be installed!
The old cowshed = the new lounge
Widening the doorway kitchen/lounge
Looking from the lounge to the kitchen
Digging up the old floor
Still digging!
The new insulated floor
Slowly taking shape, lounge to kitchen view
Peeking thru the new patio door
From the kitchen to the lounge
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