Bosc Formentera. Photography: courtesy of The Sibarist.
Welcome to our weekly property digest, where we bring together the best homes for sale and rent across the world. This week, we have a monochrome villa in Puglia and a renovated 1840s house in New York’s Catskills among our discoveries.
A renovated farmhouse in Puglia, Italy
4 bedrooms; €600,000 direct
Studio Toff renovated a dilapidated farmhouse to create Villa Puglia which is set amongst the olive groves in the southern Italian countryside. The Valle d’Itria property’s doors and windows overlook the garden and swimming pool, and there’s an alfresco dining area and outdoor kitchen off the monochrome home. See more.
The Catskill Milliner in New York, US
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4 bedrooms; $650,000 via Select Sotheby’s International Realty
The Catskills Milliner is an 1840s Queen Anne property in New York that has been renovated by its current owners, artist Charlotta Janssen and photographer Shannon Greer. The historic home has been designed for entertaining with open-plan living spaces and 20 new windows installed to allow a steady stream of natural light. Restored features include exposed beamed ceilings and timber floors. Try before you buy – the Catskills property is listed on Airbnb.
Bosc Formentera, Spain
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Available for shoots; POA via The Sibarist
Glass and timber Spanish villa Bosc Formentera beds into the rocky terrain and is inspired by a traditional fishing boathouse on the southern coast of Formentera. The contemporary island home has sea views and a series of connecting walkways and courtyards and is being offered as a film and photography location. Join our Location Hunters group on Facebook for more like this.
A restored 1930s property with a 70-ft garden in London, UK
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3 bedrooms; £2.3m via The Modern House
This London property by Ian Hay Architects has a library mezzanine, double-height ceilings, and walls of glass that open onto a sun terrace and 70-ft garden planted with wildflowers, trees, and a pond. The Highbury property was built in 1934 on Aberdeen Park, now a conservation area, and offers 2,200-sq-ft of living space.
Menina Colina by Floret Arquitectura in Porto, Portugal
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9 rooms; from €82 per night direct
The 150-year-old Portuguese house Menina Colina was built by José Joaquim Correia for his family. Stuccoed ceilings and original paintings were restored by Floret Arquitectura in 2017 but the star of the Porto property is the historic music room and an original skylight that casts light and shadows from above a marble winding staircase.
