Swimming pool

Farmhouse

Large sitting room

Large kitchen

Prices Currency Conversion

Rental periods	1 bedroom (per person)	2 bedroom (per person)	3 bedroom (per person)	4 bedroom (per person)
Special offer 30% off 1 March - 6 April	£140	£175	£175	£175
7 April - 30 September	£200	£250	£250	£250
1 October - 20 December	£140	£175	£175	£175

Notes on prices
We charge by the person, rather than the size of accommodation. Rates do vary accordingly to number in party, length of stay and to an extent, time of year. The upper price is £250 per person per week and includes all usage of gas, electricity, sheets and towels (except swimming), the cleaning of the house before and after.

Changeover day
We don’t mind midweek bookings, also short stays (min 3 nights). We also can arrange for long autumn, winter and spring stays.

Large part of Farmhouse (4 Bedrooms, Sleeps 9)

A huge sitting room, some 22ft square with a large Tuscan fireplace, comfy sofas, including a four seater sofa bed. There is also a quarter sized snooker table and a cupboard filled with books, information, games, CD player etc. This room leads onto a large terrace. The spacious 22ft long kitchen is fully fitted in chestnut with granite worktops, with double sink, hob, oven, fridge/freezer, extractor hood, dishwasher, microwave and a 12ft long antique mahogany dining table with fourteen matching chestnut chairs. All cutlery, utensils, crockery, glasses etc are provided. This room leads onto two large terraces. Four large bedrooms, two of which have double beds, one with three single 3ft beds and one with two 3ft beds. The bedroom furniture comprises chests of drawers, bedside cabinets, chairs and hanging rails. Two tiled bathrooms, with one having a bath with shower over, bidet, WC and wash basin and the other having shower cubicle, WC and wash basin.

Smaller part of Farmhouse (2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6)

A large kitchen/dining room, fully fitted in oak, with double sink, hob, oven, fridge/freezer, extractor hood, dining table and chairs. All cutlery, utensils, crockery, glasses etc are provided. This room leads onto a large terrace. Two spacious bedrooms, one with a double bed and the other with a pair of 3ft single beds, which can be made up together as a double when required. The bedroom furniture comprises chests of drawers, bedside cabinets, chairs and hanging rails. A 22ft long sitting room with corner Tuscan open fireplace, king size sofa bed, another sofa, chairs, tables etc. This room leads onto a large terrace. The tiled bathroom has shower, WC, basin and bidet.

The Villa (3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6)

In 2005/6, we completely rebuilt a ruined property, some 100 metres away from the main house. This accommodation comprises: Ground Floor: Three double bedrooms, one with double bed and two with 3ft twin beds, complete with chest of drawers, bedside tables and hanging space and two bathrooms, one of which is en suite, containing a shower, basin, bidet and WC each. First Floor: A large sitting/kitchen/dining room with wood burning stove, two 3 seater sofas, one 2 seater sofa, marble coffee table, 8ft dining table and 8 chairs, fully fitted kitchen with chestnut wall and floor units, hob, oven, fridge/freezer, washing machine and extractor hood. All cutlery, utensils, crockery, glasses etc are provided. This room leads onto large terrace, with further access down to ground floor terracing. Outside: 3 paved sun terraces, plus a large garden store which houses the sunbeds, patio table and chairs, umbrellas and stands, barbeque etc. There is a private car park for this house.

The Metato (1 Bedroom, Sleeps 2)

This little oast house is a self-contained unit on two floors that sleeps two people. It is well equipped and compact with underfloor heating plus a wood burning stove. The sitting room/kitchen opens onto the main terrace, while a stable door from the bedroom and bathroom at first floor level leads out onto a private terrace above the pool. The fully fitted oak kitchen has double sink, gas hob, extractor hood, fridge/freezer, dining table and chairs, plus sofa. All cutlery, utensils, crockery, glasses etc are provided. The wooden floored bedroom has a double bed, chest of drawers, bedside cabinets and chairs, hanging rails for clothes. The tiled bathroom is a shower wet-room, plus WC and wash basin.

Notes on accommodation
All the floors (except the first floor in the metato) are tiled, with underfloor heating throughout. The walls are white rendered and the ceilings traditional chestnut beams and terracotta tiles. All doors and windows are in planed and polished chestnut with wooden shutters and retractable insect mesh screens.
There is a boules court near the swimming pool and a snooker table in the larger part of the main house.
Our caretaker lives in the next house to us, a quarter of a mile away, should you have need of anything.

Accessibility
Although set in wooded hills which are terraced, we have built a long access ramp so that wheelchair users can stay in the smaller part of the main farmhouse, where the bedrooms, bathroom and dining kitchen are all on the sun terrace level.
Babies are welcome, we have a cot, high chair and playpen available.

Outside
At the back of the house is the utility room, complete with a washing machine, double sink unit and the boiler. There are tiled terraces leading from the large car park, in front of and behind the main house, and on to the Metato and the swimming pool where there are further tiled sun terraces. Sun beds, sun umbrellas, tables and chairs are all at the property.
The pool is 40 feet long by 20 feet wide, is partially heated by a solar panel and is 1.5m deep throughout. It is shared between the guests of our houses only.
Our land covers about 30 acres, all wooded and terraced. The views from all points are superb, and you can even watch buzzard hunting in the valley below you when on the terraces.
There is a full time gardener, who cuts the grass and waters the flowers in this very verdant part of the world.

Travel
Airports: Pisa is 60 km and takes 50 mins. Genoa is approx. 2hrs.
Train Station is Pescia, (about 15 mins) on the main line from Florence to Lucca/Viareggio.
The A11 motorway (Florence – Lucca – Viareggio)is just 20 minutes from Ferchia.. Our exit can be Capannori or Altopascio or Chiesina Uzzanese.
Car hire is necessary.

Distances
Due to the proximity of the motorway, sightseeing and daytrips are easy. This area is the genuine and traditional Tuscany, Lucca is just 28km away (some 40 minutes); Pescia 10km, Florence can be reached in an hour, Siena and southern Tuscany take about 2 hours. Cinque Terra is just over an hour, Barga 40 mins, Pistoia 35 mins and many, many more. The village of Collodi, where Pinocchio was written and which has famous gardens, is just 10 mins away.

Further details
For shopping, there is everything from the local shops, to excellent supermarkets, to the designer shops of Lucca and Florence.
Eating out. This, in our experience, is universally good and inexpensive in our uncommercial area, we have never really had a bad meal and never had anything but excellent local red wine. Prices obviously differ, and beware fish and steak which is sold by the etto (500 grams), sometimes there is a fright when you get the bill. On the whole, though, prices are far less than the UK and after a couple of weeks eating the genuine fare, you’ll never want to eat an Italian meal in the UK again!!
Our notice boards have cards from many of the local restaurants, with a note of which day they are closed.
The wine trail. The local wine, which is universally drunk in all the local eateries comes from Montecarlo. It is seriously good and is mentioned as one of the wines to ‘sup’ in Hugh Johnson’s guide to Italian wines. There are lots of wineries around here, who are only too pleased to invite you in to taste their wines. Another good day out!
Wildlife
There are wild boar in the woods around us and also porcupine. Plus the usual deer, fox, pine martins. On the house walls (outside) lots of different shades of lizard, three toed skink, lovely butterflies and all sorts of other wonderments for the natural history observers. Now that the hunters have mostly stopped shooting the song birds in our locality, the bird song and especially the dawn chorus is extensive.

Booking notes
We ask for a deposit of 25% of the agreed fee and then the remainder one month before the start of the holiday. Plus a returnable damage deposit.

Guest comments
“You've done a fantastic job creating an extremely comfortable house, which is just the right environment for a relaxing holiday and for visiting the attractions of Tuscany.”

"A truly lovely week in an amazing part of Tuscany. You have done everything to such a high standard, super comfy beds".

"Got back yesterday to black skies and rain and all the usual stuff! Just wanted to say a big thank-you for letting us all stay at your wonderful house. It is amazing and far exceeded any expectation that I had. So now faced with the prospect of "real life". I will hold on to the lovely memories that I have from the holiday. Thank you so much".

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