The mill is certainly the most interesting part of the property...
maybe because it is the only one that escaped to Aunty's modernizing fury.
The inside surface is 150 sqm - 4 to 6 meters high - courtyard around 180sqm.
Since September 2009, when the neighbour bought the land strip along the wall,
the courtyard has lost what I called the "forest" - (still visible in the slideshow).
the courtyard has lost what I called the "forest" - (still visible in the slideshow).
The oldest grinding machine. Originally they were two on the same platform,
still resting on cast iron fluted columns.
This door, closed since the 60s, allowed the customers coming on foot from the back
street to have their wheat grinded in order to make their weekly bread at home.
street to have their wheat grinded in order to make their weekly bread at home.
This is what the 'wild forest' looked like, before it was destroyed and replaced by, well... concrete!
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Specifications :- Price Range : 110,000 € courtyard included.
- Location : Italy, south-easthern Sardinia, San Vito (Cagliari).
- Age of the building : probably early 1800.
- Floors : ground floor, double access (via Galilei and vicolo Municipio).
Inside - An open space of 150 sq. m. including a room of 15 sq. m.
Ceiling 5 to 6 meters high. No basement in these old houses.
The original mechanical and electrical machinery could still be called
into action.
Outside - A 180 sq. m. courtyard. (No permission for extensions or
swimming pool).
Development Ideas :The old mill (150 sqm) and its courtyard (180sqm) can be easily
separated from the main house but, whatever your goal is, the restoration won't be a joke.
- If the old machinery scares you, then you can sell it or throw it away in order to obtain
a large open space for your holidays. Opening a restaurant would be another possibility,
especially because the village only offers one!
- Otherwise, consider you could buy the mill, rescue the machineryand create a museum out of it. The Region Sardinia may allocate
grant money to enhance such a cultural structure that could be a
strategic move to develop tourism in this area.
Loans - Prêts - Finanziamenti
The Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
2 comments:
wow, the mill is part of the house? Can't imagine what that must have been like back in the day.
Nous serons en Sardaigne au mois d'août, c'est le moulin qui nous intéresse, nous avons déjà retapé une vieille maison dans le sud de la France. On aime ça !
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