Today we had an appointment to re-visit the house with all the floors in Umbertide Centro Storico.

We had our cappuccino in Bar Mary and met up with Jim. We first went to the place we saw before. It wasn’t quite how I had remembered it but it still had plenty of potential.

Jim had found a number of properties other than this one all within walking distance of there.  The first place was just outside the Centro and was nice with a big private garden inside of a gate. The house was warm and well insulated. It had a heat pump! With AC and heat. It had a big roof terrace. Nice kitchen, 2 bedrooms and 2 baths and an extra room for an office. Lots of out buildings and storage. Nice but didn’t ring my chimes mainly because it was surrounded by taller ugly newer buildings. Luther said he could imagine us outside with friends being overlooked by all the neighbors. And those little old ladies in Italy do like to snoop!

Next we walked back into the Centro Storico and saw an apartment above the apartment we saw a couple of days ago with the big Cantine and garden. This one was the top floor. It was really beautiful. It had a large living room with cathedral terra cotta ceiling (picture below) with a big sectional and a big table with a big picture window looking out on the river. In that room was a pellet fireplace. The ceiling was new because the house had been bombed in the war. The rest of the house had beautiful stone barrel ceilings that were original and old (see below). There were also 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. There was a lovely terrace bigger than the others we’d seen overlooking the river (see below). There were built in closets. The downside was the kitchen. It was a little tiny space over in a corner through a 3 foot thick wall. It was well appointed but small. It was entered out of a large room with fireplace and the refrigerator was in this room (!). I am thinking that room could possibly be made into the kitchen. It is a dining room now but the big table in the living room could be dining space. The kitchen would be very big with the fireplace if we could pull it off.

OK I guess you know that this place has pulled ahead. Luther and I both like it and we plan to make an offer. We did see one more new built place about 10 minutes walk from the Centro. It was big with an underground garage and storage space. It would be finished to  our specifications. This also didn’t ring our chimes although it sat right on the river next the park. It was quite nice.

We rang Jim and tomorrow we will revisit the house we liked. If we still like it we will enter into the negotiations. It can be sold furnished which would be our wish. The lady who owns it said sadly she did not want to sell but her husband did.

Cross your fingers for us!!