The South African duo, Max and Joy Olvin, residing in the United Kingdom, fulfilled their dream of owning their dream home in Italy, as they began searching for their Italian dream home 28 years ago. They never imagined that they would buy a dilapidated castle in Tuscany..

The duo, who resides in the United Kingdom, fell in love with the Castello dei Vigni castle when they found it in 1995, which is a neglected medieval military structure, according to the website. cnn Arabic.

The castle after its renovation

Since then, the duo has transformed the castle located in the municipality of “San Cassiano dei Bagni” into a very luxurious second home.

The castle from the inside

The renovation process took 4 years

Soon, the duo began working on its renovation, and the process took 4 years. Later, the duo bought some dilapidated houses in the small village surrounding the castle, and began renovating them once most of the restoration work was completed in Castello dei Vigni, and the process took between 8 and 10 additional years.

the castle

The duo was keen to coordinate, with the local town hall, and the Italian government office responsible for heritage properties, throughout all stages of the restoration process, in order to classify the castle as part of the historical properties, and Joy Olvin said: “We come here once a month from London to relax, we love The peace, quiet, and absolute privacy of our castle.”

The duo has redesigned the neighboring homes to turn them into 5 stunning villas with swimming pools, and two apartments, while they keep the castle for themselves, and the duo offers these properties for rent to tourists..

Since then, the duo has transformed the castle located in the municipality of “San Cassiano dei Bagni” into a very luxurious second home.