Lombardy, Como, Griante, Italy

Located less than 500 metres from the lake and all amenities we offer this stunning 6 bedroom detached period villa built in the early 1900’s with 1 bedroom caretakers apartment and 500m2 garden, in the village of Griante, some 3km south of Menaggio and just over the hour from Milan airports. The villa provides around 600m2 of accommodation over 4 floors. The lower ground floor consists of 2 cantina, 2 storage rooms, a boiler room and larder. Internal stairs lead to the raised ground floor which also has the main entrance via an external stone staircase and through a lovely covered portico. The main entrance leads into a long hallway with to the right a doorway leading into a lounge, separate dining room and kitchen, whilst on the left there is a further lounge, a separate sitting room and at the end a small bathroom. Stairs lead to the first floor where along the landing you will find a master bedroom with balcony with lake view, 2 further large bedrooms, exit onto the covered portico again with lovely views of the lake, a further lounge, bathroom and exit onto a large terrace with magnificent views over both the lake and the mountains. Further stairs lead to the loft area where we find a further 3 bedrooms (one of which has lovely lake views) and the others have lesser views and views over the surrounding hills, a storage room, loft area and bathroom. Accessed by a corridor on the lower ground floor as well as an external door, we then find a self-contained apartment of some 80m2 historically for caretakers which consists of a large living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. The property sits in about 500m2 of private garden with a few outbuildings for garden tools and ample parking, is easily accessible with its own private gated entrance and just a few hundred metres from the lake. The villa would benefit from some modernization but maintains all of the original features of such a period villa. Excellent opportunity.

Casa Travella was founded in 1987 when Linda & Pietro Travella saw an opportunity to offer Italian property for sale. At this time there were very few companies that offered any property for sale in Italy. Now years later read some of their story.

The company is fronted by Linda Travella and Casa Travella started selling property on Lake Como, where Pietro was born and Linda has worked and lived. The company were able to offer advice on numerous properties and ongoing help with all aspects of the buying process. If a client wants to restore a property, then Casa Travella can source tradesmen and professionals in the area and help with every aspect of the transaction.

When the BBC were looking for someone to speak on BBC Breakfast News about European property Linda was chosen to appear live on the programme. Other TV and radio programmes followed including Radio 5 Live, and ‘I want that House’ with Mark Simpkins, where Linda appeared in 6 episodes, the last one being a live programme from Florida, where an Italian apartment was given away as a prize. Linda appeared for RTE, Irish TV and for Channel 4‘s ‘A Place in the Sun’, where she accompanied Amanda Lamb along the shores of Lake Como by boat, to show her some of the stunning villas, including the one owned by George Clooney.

The Casa Travella team are always pleased to help when clients want to buy or sell a property in Italy. The office is multilingual with English, Italian and Spanish being spoken.

Linda says: ‘I feel proud that we can offer property for sale in many areas of Italy and we are able to give clients independent and professional advice on areas and types of property to suit their budget and needs.’

The Casa Travella team look forward to helping you buy or sell your Italian home.

Casa Travella selling Italian Dream since 1987