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Originally Posted by numerouno
Hi GP.
Well done and the best of luck to you both.
I'm 99.9% certain I've seen your Mulino on telly.......in 'A Place in the Sun'
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Thanks again for your message. I do not know whether this particular property was in that program. There is another watermill for sale in the area; however, I believe that it needs more restoration work that ours. Our watermill was sympathetically restored in 2000 (at least they did not cover the walls with tiles of different patterns and colours!!!!) and divided into two apartments. It was rented out for a while and then the owner had "the tennants from hell" in his property and, after they were evicted, he did not want to rent it anymore, gave it a coat of paint (very bad job) and decided to put it for sale. Fortunately, I happened to see the add from the agent, who also advertises through this site. Lovely people! We had been in touch with them before and we inspected several properties, but... there was always something wrong with them, something that did not fit our requirements.... until the "mulino" appeared. We organised a quick trip to Italy, actually, we even made an offer before seeing it.... (which is something I do not recommend generally), anyway, we arrived, inspected it, had the geometra looking at several things, the pest control people verifying that termites were not going to destroy it..., made a lower offer than the original one as we found out that there were more things to fix than anticipated and that we were not going to be able to use one of the cantine as a room because of the high level of humidity... and the seller accepted it following advice from his own geometra. And now, it is officially ours.
We are not going to use it as two separate apartments. The second apartment, which is smaller, can be used as additional guest quarters when our daughters bring in friends from overseas.
It has been all rush and lots of excitement. We are going there in two weeks time to have the locks changed... just in case the "tennants from hell" decide to reappear.
Cheers!