History

The house was built around 1883 by two brothers to be shared by their two families. As it was passed down the family line at some point it became divided into two self-contained units.

Until the 1990s two relatives of that family lived here, one in each half. After the death of one, the right-hand half of the house was renovated and we bought it in 1998 (on our wedding anniversary).

In 2008, following the death of our neighbour Signorina Rina, we were able to buy the other half.

Renovation

The two photos show before and after.

In 2009 we completely renovated the entire house to unify the two halves and create a wonderfully spacious, comfortable house, fully complying with the latest energy-efficiency requirements.
This involved reducing the house to the shell of the external walls, demolishing interior walls, installing new floors throughout with proper insulation and underfloor heating, complete re-wiring and new plumbing, solar panels, a new fireplace, an enlarged kitchen, a loggia and a new roof.

The builders

We were very fortunate to be recommended a small local building firm, led by Pino Fasuolo and his son Mauro. They were reliable and always met the agreed deadlines.
The success of the entire project, particularly when we were so often not there, is in large part due to their excellent work.
Mille grazie!

The architect

Similarly we were fortunate in finding the architect Mario Rossi, who brought his creative inspiration to show us what we could achieve and to supervise that we were actually achieving it.
Mille grazie, Mario!
Download the architect's plans.

Parking

A further welcome change is that our garden now extends on the other side of our guest house to the small road, Via Antica della Croce. We now have a drive from the road to the house, with parking space for several cars on our own property - a rare privilege in this part of Liguria.

Please use this entrance and park by our guest house.

Picture gallery of the renovation

• Page 1 - April
• Page 2 - May
• Page 3 - June
• Page 4 - August
• Page 5 - Late August
• Page 6 - Mid-September
• Page 7 - Mid-October
• Page 8 - Late November