At Granny's in Sardinia

Where is it ?

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Look at the map [+/-] and discover...

- the best route from Cagliari,
- the exact Granny's location,
- the village streets,
- an abandoned old mine site,
- and the nearest beaches...

Interested ?
Then drop me a line
in the comment box
or send a mail to :
gattogiallo at gmail dot com.

The Granny's old items' SALE aka BROCANTE or SVENDITA
held in the afternoon of September 10 and 11 2011...
has been a success story!

Old Granny's Property seeks an Investor
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Take a proximity walk with Google Streetview...

* Organize your virtual visit :
click on the thumbnail pics below
... or meet G@tto next summer for a real visit.
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(Click on)
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Check out the "Bando Biddas" [it] :
the Region Sardinia financial aid for the protection
and enhancement of the historic centers of the Island.
[click on # 21 Unione dei Comuni del Sarrabus+Burcei
to download the PDF info doc].
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- Buying property abroad : Italy

Welcome to the home of Property Investment discussion.
Share your knowledge & experiences in Property Investment... go !
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House Purchasing Procedure in Sardinia
Check out pages # 7, 8, 9 and 10...
- Preliminary Contract and Deposit
- Content of the Preliminary Contract
- The Final Deed before the Notary
- Tax Level To Property Purchase
- Residency Law,
- 'Codice Fiscale'
- House Insurance.
(Thanks to Novella Sardinia UK)
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To the House...

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You'll probably arrive from Cagliari or its Elmas-airport.
Using GoogleMaps, find and follow the Strada Statale 125 for Muravera.
Cross the village and you'll find the SS 387 and the road sign for San Vito.
Next, drive and let yourself be guided by these pictures...

That's it, you're already in SV, you just took a right turn
and you are crossing now an old stone bridge,
go straight ahead...

See the plastic red chairs outside that bar ?

The via Galilei is now in front of you...

On your right hand, the main street, via Nazionale,

in front of you, via Galilei, it's the good one.

# 1 is just up the street on the right side...

Is there a parking space ?

Alas, if you look today for all this lush green thing...
it's all over now ! - "Some like it concrete"
You should have bought that land last year, folks !

Here you are in the old SV area, at 1, via Galiei.

in front of you is the old property's main door...
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Entry and garden.

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Once inside the property, the house is on the left, around the garden.

(On the right hand, the old mill, closed since 1965, and its courtyard).

Step up to the garden...

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The House - #1, the oldest part

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This is #1 because it is the oldest part of the property (and my preferred one) - say it was
probably built around mid-1800.
Transformed and refurbished several times, it was originally composed of two
arcade wings (loggiato) at a right angle, with a well in the corner.

The old home's right wing (right hand in the picture) has unfortunately been
demolished in 1974 and replaced by a modern house (see #3), according to
the unalterable will of that time owner (Aunty).

In the eighties, the loggiato, or what was left of it, was closed to become
a living room in winter and one end was transformed into a kitchen.

Both roofs of the porch and of the attic have been rebuilt in the mid-eighties.

View of the oldest house from the street - here, via Municipio (the city hall), with
the two windows of the attic and the one of the ground floor bedroom.

Let's go inside, now...

The loggiato, originally open, was used for certain activities in the warm
season or simply as a corridor between the different parts of the house.

Behind the green curtain (above) there is one bedroom (below)...

... with a small window opening on the via Municipio.

The bathroom and another bedroom are located between the entrance and
the library. (In fact this room is part of the granite building, see #2).

The kitchenette opens on the pantry - unchanged, and leads to the attic's
stairway.

In this room Granny used to store the wheels of cheese (it still smells very strong),
piles of melons and watermelons, eggs, vegetables, etc.

Here the kitchenette seen by the attic.

The stairway...

The red door, now convicted, opened on the other wing of the attic... demolished
by Aunty in 1974.

This wing of the attic (like the demolished part was) is composed of two rooms,
separated by a few steps.

. . .

SPECIFICATIONS

#1 - This is the Oldest Part
- Price Range : 100,000 € (open to discussion).
- Location : Italy, south-easthern Sardinia, San Vito (Cagliari).
- Brief description : the ground floor loggiato-livingroom has 2 entries from
the garden and opens into the bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen and pantry-
room, and the stairway to the double room attic.
- Age of property : probably mid-1800.
- Floors : 2
- Permission to build extensions : no.
- Permission to build swimming pools : not in the village.
- Development Ideas : 1) Two additional bedrooms could be located in the attic,
with a bathroom above the existing one of the loggiato. 2) The kitchen could be
installed in the pantryroom (a technical drawing on the opening of a window
already exists) in order to restore the loggiato to its original volume.
3) The ceiling heights of the loggiato (3m35/4m30) and of the attic's main room
(3m/3m65) would permit to increase the living space through the creation of some
mezzanines. 4) Recover the ancient well in the corner.
- How many people could live at the property ? 6 after renovation of the attic.
- Is any part suitable to be rented out ? Yes, it has been rented in the summer
for years.

Inside
- Number of Rooms : currently 4 (+ 2 in the attic).
- Living Room : 1.
- Dining Room : no separate space.
- Bedrooms : 1, (but 2 more possible in the attic).
- Toilets : no separate toilets.
- Bathrooms : 1.
- Kitchen : 1.
- Cantina : no basement in these old houses.

Outside
- Views sea/mountain/countryside : the village and hills around.
The nearest beaches are at 8 km.
- Garage/Parking facilities : inside (or in the street).
- Front/back Garden : central garden, approx. 100 m2.
- Outside cooking facilities : not currently.
- Outdoor plumbing/shower : two valves and a hose in the garden.

Maps and Technical Drawings
- Floorplans : yes.
- Land map : yes.
- Geometor’s site map : yes.

Communications
- Telephone : yes.
- ADSL : yes (check here).
. . .

The House - #2, the Granite Building

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[SOLD - Sept 2011]
Built in 1889, as solid as a fortress, yet it has nowadays a weakness, its roof.
Never touched since its construction, it gives under the weight of the years
... and cries for help.

The appearance of the property has changed since these pictures...
- The virginia-creeper heavy curtain and the two huge fig trees have
disappeared as the strip of land, located along the wall, has been sold,
end of 2009, to the adjoining property and everything has been torn
to the ground.

Apart from the property's main entry from via Galilei and the door opening on
via Municipio, there are two ways to go inside from the garden : from the little
entrance fitted in the loggiato and leading straight to the stairs...

or from this "garden room", where a little window opens under the entry porch
and another toward the street.

From here, beyond the stairwell, there is another room.

(Under the stairs, 2 small closets)

This room currently communicates with the loggiato and the stairs, and has
a window on via Galilei and a door opening on the piazza Municipio (below).

The stairwell, now... or where it gets nasty...

Ladies and Gents, let's visit upstairs now... hold tight.

"Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none,
Save things Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here."
[Hell, by Dante Alighieri, Cary's Translation]

Scary, uh ? Well, last summer it was worse.
No kidding, if you think this house can make you happy hurry up :
it's cheap because it needs a new roof !

Up the stairs, on the right, the main bedroom with a window on via Galilei and
a balcony on piazza Municipio.

On the left side, the corridor with another balcony, serves a smaller bedroom,
the bathroom and a big kitchen.

The bathroom, second door on the left and, in front, the kitchen/dining room.

In the last picture : back toward the stairs.

SPECIFICATIONS

#2 - This is the Granite Building
- Price Range : 65,000 € for an average 110 sq. m. (open to discussion).
- Location : Italy, south-easthern Sardinia, San Vito (Cagliari).
- Brief description : A solid, rose granite building, built as a fortress (originally
there were no windows at the ground level) - stands still, except for its roof.
Located next to City Hall in the old area, its windows and balconies open
toward east and west. Like the two other livable parts of the property, this
building can be independent, except for the garden that, being in the centre,
remains common.
- Age of property : 1889.
- Floors : 2
- Permission to build extensions : no.
- Permission to build swimming pools : not in the village.

- Development Ideas : the house first needs a new roof, new plumbing,
new electricity and to be refreshed.
[I've been told the approx quote for the demolition and reconstruction
of the roof would be around 250 €/m2 - its area is approximately 80 m2
I will check all these data in August].
- How many people could live in the house ? 4 to 6.
- Is any part suitable to be rented out ? Yes, it has been rented for more
than 20 years, until 2004, but now it urgently needs a new roof.

Inside
- Number of Rooms : currently 5.
- Kitchen/Dining Room : 1.
- Bedrooms : currently 3.
- Toilets : no separate toilets.
- Bathrooms : 1.
- Cantina : no basement in these old houses.

Outside
- Views sea/mountain/countryside : the village and hills around.
The nearest beaches are at 8 km.
- Garage/Parking facilities : inside (or in the street).
- Garden : central garden, 100 m2 approx.
- Outside cooking facilities : not currently.
- Outdoor plumbing/shower : two valves and a hose in the garden.

Maps and Technical Drawings
- Floorplans : yes.
- Land map : yes.
- Geometor’s site map : no.

Communications
- Telephone : yes.
- ADSL : yes (check here).
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The House - #3, the Newest Part

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The 3rd part of the livable area was conceived and built in 1974, in replacement
of the second wing of the loggiato house, razed to the ground by Aunty in a
sudden creative raptus !

It consists of two floors/two apartments with an external staircase.

The garden side.

Let's take a look from the back street...

This is the rue Municipio and, left, there is vicolo Municipio, a deadend...

... leading to the rear facade of part #3, where kitchens and bathrooms open.

The ground floor [or where Aunty used to live]...

Living room, kitchen and an utility room;

A bedroom, bathroom and a dressing space.

The 1st floor [or "Ely's flat"]...
[My little cousin inherited this one in 2003 and she rents it during the summer,
She doesn't sell it for the moment].

[There are 2 bedrooms, but I couldn't find a pic of the second one].

Up to the terrace, now...

See and to be seen... below, the whole property from a neighbour's balcony...

SPECIFICATIONS

#3 - This is the Newest Part
- Price Range : 130,000 € > 2 flats, 60 m2 each.
- Location : Italy, south-easthern Sardinia, San Vito (Cagliari).
- Brief description : 2 floors - 2 apartments. Let's call them A and B.
Apt. A is on ground floor and it could be associated to the old loggiato if someone
wants a bigger space. Apt. B, on first floor and accessible via an external stairway,
belongs to a cousin who, for now, rents it in summer (Contact her).
- Age of property : 1974.
- Floors : 2.
- Permission to build swimming pools : not in the village.
- Development Ideas : ... recovering the original appearence, the ancient well
included !
- How many people could live in the house ? Apt A: 2, apt B: 4.
- Is any part suitable to be rented out ? Yes, if you can buy both flats.

Inside
- Number of Rooms : A+B > 6.
- Living Room : A+B > 2.
- Kitchen : A+B > 2.
- Bedrooms : A+B > 3
- Toilets : no separate toilets.
- Bathrooms : A+B > 2.
- Cantina : no basement.

Outside
- Views : the village and the hills around.
The nearest beaches are at 8 km.
- Garage/Parking facilities : inside (or in the street).
- Garden : central garden, approx. 100 m2.
- Outside cooking facilities : not currently.
- Outdoor plumbing/shower : two taps and a hose in the garden,
one tap on the terrace.

Maps and Technical Drawings
- Floorplans : yes.
- Land map : yes.
- Geometor’s site map : yes.

Communications
- Telephone : yes.
- ADSL : possible (check here).
. . .

October 2010 UPDATE : This part goes on sale later.

The ground floor apartment will be my headquarters (in summer) until the sale
of other parts of the property and when the first floor (which belongs to the cousin)
will also be sold. This way, the whole building will be sold in its entirety to a single
buyer.
. . .

Grain Mill & Courtyard

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The mill is certainly the most interesting part of the property...
maybe because it is the only one that escaped to Aunty's modernizing fury.

The inside surface is 150 sqm - 4 to 6 meters high - courtyard around 180sqm.

Since September 2009, when the neighbour bought the land strip along the wall,
the courtyard has lost what I called the "forest" - (still visible in the slideshow).

The oldest grinding machine. Originally they were two on the same platform,
still resting on cast iron fluted columns.

This door, closed since the 60s, allowed the customers coming on foot from the back
street to have their wheat grinded in order to make their weekly bread at home.

[I'll be back soon - I have to collect some info on the mill "history"].

Specifications :

- Price Range : 110,000 € courtyard included.
- Location : Italy, south-easthern Sardinia, San Vito (Cagliari).
- Age of the building : probably early 1800.
- Floors : ground floor, double access (via Galilei and vicolo Municipio).

Inside - An open space of 150 sq. m. including a room of 15 sq. m.
Ceiling 5 to 6 meters high. No basement in these old houses.
The original mechanical and electrical machinery could still be called
into action.

Outside - A 180 sq. m. courtyard. (No permission for extensions or
swimming pool).

Development Ideas :
The old mill (150 sqm) and its courtyard (180sqm) can be easily separated
from the main house but, whatever your goal is, the restoration won't be a joke.

- If the old machinery scares you, then you can sell it or throw it away in order
to obtain a large open space for your holidays.
- opening a restaurant would be another possibility, especially now that to find
one, you have to go to Muravera or Villaputzu, or by the sea.

- Otherwise, consider you could buy the mill, rescue the machinery
and create a museum out of it. The Region Sardinia may allocate
grant money to enhance such a cultural structure that could be
strategic to develop tourism in this area.

Loans - Prêts - Finanziamenti

The Society for the Preservation of Old Mills

A Few Maps...

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The livable area is composed of 3 buildings :
#1 (110 sqm), #2 (100 sqm), and #3 (60+60 sqm),
around the central garden.

The old mill (150 sqm/75000€) and its courtyard (180sqm/30000€)
can be easily separated from the main house.
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- From the left :
- the granite building,
- the oldest part [loggiato],
- and the newest part - (the 1st floor apartment is not for sale, for the moment).
- Available area : 260 sq meters.

- Price per sq m. > from 550 to 1000 €.
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SV Streets' Slideshow

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(G@ttoGiallo)

Old Granny's Items for Sale

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In vendita durante il week end del 10 e 11 settembre, al # 1, via Galilei
- nel pomeriggio - in San Vito [GoogleMap].

Cabina telefonica larice rosso 1900 - 400€

Bauli 1900, da restaurare - 180€

Tavolo destinato alla preparazione del pane - 200€

... e tanti altri oggetti da scoprire.

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