Goff associates design concepts
A key factor in hotel design is the operational flow of the hotel – how the passage of staff undertaking their work activities flows around the hotel, without becoming an imposition on the guests. When designing a luxury or boutique hotel the key differentiator is really the staff – their training, their flexibility and their ability […]
The Purchase Completion or Rogito
On Friday 10th of November, we travelled out to Urbania in the Marche region of Italy to complete on our purchase of Castello dei Pecorari and sign the final contract or Rogito Francesca had arrived earlier that Friday to complete the paperwork with the bank and collect the banker’s drafts. Inevitably there were some final […]
Clearing the Road
At the end of August we received from our Project Manager, Antonio Marconi, the first pictures of the work that had been begun on clearing a road up to the castle. From base to castle gate the track was about 1.5 kms, and completely overgrown. In some place it was no more that 1 metre […]
First sight of Castello dei Pecorari
After a week of touring around the Marche, looking at old villages, ruined palaces and Renaissance villas, we had one final property to see. Giuliano Gnagnatti from Paradise Possible, had persuaded us that there was an old ruined castle that would be worth the one hour drive up into Northern Marche. Nestled in the Urbino hills […]