Luxury stone house, 4 BDRs, 12x5m private pool, large patio, garden, bbq area

CIS CODE LE7503091000040498. Frangipani is a luxury and rather unique construction. It was built in 2015, designed by an architect in the style of Salento’s traditional "pajara houses".

The exterior resembles an old stone house, which respects the typical architecture and landscape of the area. Nevertheless, it was built in compliance with "A-class” energetic/insulation/ecological standards.

There are two constructions in the property: Frangipani Main Villa and The Depandance (a detached small house, which is located around 100 meters away from the main villa in the olive tree grove. The Dependance is usually not made available for rent by the owners).

The property is located in the countryside just 1 Kms away from Sannicola village (with small shops, supermarkets, petrol stations and restaurants/Pizzerie). It is also just minutes away from the touristic port and old town of Gallipoli and Salento’s most beautiful coastline and cultural attractions. These include the Italian baroque capital, Lecce, that is 27 Kms away and the old towns of Nardò and Galatina, where Santa Caterina is renown to be the second church in Italy by number of frescos and wall-paintings, all around 12 Kms away).

Frangipani is used by the owners as a holiday escape and is only occasionally rented to selected tenants: the owners categorically do not rent to "group of friends" but to referenced families only.

Interior:
a single floor and elegantly furnished stone villa with a combination of antiques and modern design furniture.

Villa Frangipani consists of a large living-room (>50 sqm) including an open kitchen, a dining area with an old wooden dining table with Kartell Plexiglas chairs, two white sofas, satellite TV, fireplace and large windows, one giving a picturesque view of the olive grove and the other leading to a large patio and the pool. The living room gives access to a nicely decorated toilette/washing room and a storage room (incl. washing machine, microwave and an extra fridge).

The living-room leads to the large front patio (a 90 sqm covered area) equipped with a furtrher additional external kitchen, a large sofa, wooden Adirondack chairs, and a large dining table for up to 14 people).

From the living room a glass door leads to a corridor, then to four double bedrooms (two of them with direct access to a further rear 20sqm covered patio) and two other bathrooms (one en-suite to the master bedroom the other serving the other three rooms).

All windows are double glazed and equipped with mosquito nets.

The villa is equipped with top quality appliances, including dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, fridge and freezers, toaster, kettle and air conditioning

Exterior/garden/pool:
The villa’s front patio leads to the garden and the beautiful sand color 12x5 mt private pool (including a 2x5 mt low-water beach to sun-tan). The pool has a diamond shaped floor (depth 120 to 270 cm) and is equipped with a diving-board on one side. It is surrounded by a natural white stone flooring with a generous space for long-chairs to sun-bath. The pool area was recently equipped with a beautiful stone made waterfall shower.

Frangipani is included in a old olive trees grove. The property is surrounded by a beautiful hand built stone-wall, made by local carpenters with an old technique and high standards to respect the area’s characteristic landscape.

The villa is also equipped with a large external cooking area with separate one-fire boost cooker, a large basin, a barbecue and also a professional round 120 cms diameter pizza oven. Use of the pizza oven is possible but instructions/guidance from the housekeeper is needed.

Location:
The property is located in an olive grove in the countryside between the villages of Galatone and Sannicola (actually closer to the latter). There you can find all shops one may need, a post offices, two banks and supermarkets for groceries.

Guests can very easily reach both sandy beaches and rocky coastline, North and South of Gallipoli within about 10 minutes driving.

For a drink, shopping, etc guests may want to drive to Gallipoli, Nardo', Galatone, Galatina (all within 10 minutes) or even Lecce (25 mins driving), a pearl for the lovers of the baroque architecture, where they will likely return many many times, to take advantage of a great nightlife, shopping, culture, food opportunities.

Other info:
Frangipani is looked after by Livio, a trusted housekeeper who lives in the proximities.

Livio is the 'master of the garden' and will provide guests with the fresh available garden vegetables from the villa's very own vegetable garden. He also takes care of general maintenance and cleans the pool once a week (included in the rates, in the periods when the pool is open). Livio’s wife, Carmela, may be able upon request to prepare unbelievably good typical local dishes for the guests upon request and reimbursement of the costs incurred (this has to be agreed and settled directly with her).