In Ribolla, a village in the Tuscan Maremma, province of Grosseto, there is a home waiting only for your keys: a brand-new, never-lived-in ground-floor apartment with its own private entrance, private garden, garage and solar panels. The ease of an apartment, the freedom of a small villa, and running costs you will barely notice.

You arrive through your own garden

No shared hallway to cross: you step in from your own 25 sqm private garden, just the right size for morning coffee, a summer dinner outdoors and a few pots of herbs. It is the first thing you do every day, and it instantly feels like home.

The living area

The living room with open kitchen is a single bright space, made for being together. The kitchen is yours to fit out as you like, and a handy storage room keeps everything else in order.

The sleeping area

A hallway separates living and resting: two bedrooms, the bathroom and a balcony for some fresh air in the evening. Clean lines, modern finishes, everything new.

Let the sun pay the bills

Here the sun does the work. Solar panels power the heat pump, which warms the house in winter and cools it in summer, together with inverter air conditioning. Aluminium windows with low-emission glass and the top energy rating (A4) complete the picture: comfort in every season and a home that costs almost nothing to run. A true lock-and-leave base in Tuscany.

Garage and village life

A private garage on the lower level completes the property. Right outside your door is a lively village with shops, cafés, restaurants, a post office, a playground and woods for walking. Grosseto and the beaches of Follonica and Castiglione della Pescaia are about half an hour away. Ideal as a holiday home, a place to retire or a year-round base in the Tuscan countryside. Available on completion of sale.