We booked Enrico's house for a summer trip over to Lucca and it looked so amazing, and had such a lot of outdoor space we had to ask whether it was all private or shared because we couldn't quite believe it.
The property is an old smallholding with a farm building that has been completely overhauled so it feels more like a luxury hotel in Greece (beautiful concrete floors, lovely decor). The land is about 100m x 40m (so absolutely massive) and has been so amazingly landscaped we were taking tips - there's a bunch of different areas:
- a sunbathing area with 2 beanbag loungers and a small table and BBQ
- a shady pergola area with a huge table that can seat about 16 people (we were commenting it would be great for a party) and has lovely hanging outdoor chandeliers
- a hot tub area that you can pull the curtain across on to make it fully private that also has a dressing shed, outdoor showers and candelabra!
- a covered fussball table!
Enrico was also lovely and extremely helpful. This is a throwback to the early days of home rentals when you were actually staying in someone's loved property that they'd made for themselves - this is one of the coolest properties I've ever seen and also great for hot summer days because there's so many shade trees.
We loved it! (PS - this is an actual review, not a dodgy planted review :-))