Description
In the quiet setting of Novara's pedestrian center, this attractive corner building features bright colors and a neat presentation.
After the roof and facade were redone in 2022, the upper floors are home to a 350-square-meter luxury apartment, spread over three living levels plus cellars, with a private entrance and elevator, despite being part of a small condominium complex. From the ground-floor entrance, via the private staircase or convenient elevator, there is access to a large open loft that floats under high ceilings with original exposed wood beams that, in turn, flirt with a loft now used as a billiard room with parquet flooring, as does the entire living room below. Making a nod to a ceramic-floored terrace adjacent to the loft and passing through the rear laundry room overlooking the dining room, one ascends to the quaint rooftop terrace to take in the striking Novara skyline. In fact, the building is built on the highest point of the city, once a hill about 150 meters above the Po Valley, and one is enchanted by the breathtaking view of the Sforza castle, the cathedral and the Antonellian cathedral, framed, on a clear day, by the entire snow-capped Alpine arc-a true feast for the eyes that the owner expertly designed when he first renovated the building in 1992. The sunken living space is composed of several areas around the large living room, which seems designed for parties and dances, with a large, fully functioning fireplace, a 14th-century column, and four large windows that allow light to flood the space during the day and the quiet darkness of the top floor to lull the night away. A large fully equipped kitchen, two convenient storage rooms, a vestibule, a generous dining room with a checkerboard marble floor, and a guest bathroom complete the second floor. The lower floor includes a master bedroom with a 14th-century coffered ceiling, a mahogany feather dressing room and an en suite bathroom with a large whirlpool tub; a second double guest bedroom with an en suite bathroom with a shower; and an almost secluded wing with a separate entrance, consisting of a sitting room that opens onto a small courtyard and a hallway that, after a third bathroom also with a shower, ends in a third large bedroom. The apartment is equipped with an independent heating system, a perimeter alarm with internal cameras in all rooms, on the elevator, and on the entrance from the street, air conditioning in almost every room, and three armored security doors. The billiard table, the very long 10-seat dining table and some interior artwork will be sold by the owner only separately at the express request of the buyer.
