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There are properties that can be told through a surface area, a number of rooms, a list of characteristics. And then there are properties for which the numbers, while impressive, cannot really explain what it feels like to walk through the gate. This is one of them. We are in Gambulaga, in the Ferrara countryside, in a strategic position between Ferrara and the sea. An electric driveway gate opens onto a fully fenced property of about 12,000 square meters. From here begins the path home, along a porphyry-paved entrance surrounded by a planted park where some trees are over fifty years old. The house appears little by little. And when you arrive in front of the entrance staircase you immediately understand that you are in front of something different. We are talking about a property of about 722 square meters, developed on two levels in addition to the attic, characterized by rooms whose dimensions are now difficult to replicate and by a distribution that also allows the use by two independent families, thanks to the presence of separate entrances. But telling it through square meters would be reductive. You have to go in. There are large halls designed to be together, rooms crossed by light, fireplaces around which to imagine winter evenings and two windowed and heated verandas that allow you to experience the relationship with the park throughout the year. The house includes five bedrooms, four bathrooms, living room, kitchen, tavern, study, laundry room and numerous ancillary rooms, in addition to the two large verandas. Then it goes up again. And it is here that this house definitively decides not to be a house like the others. In the attic there is an environment of over 80 square meters dedicated to conviviality. A large pool table, bar area and magnificent round wooden tables create an atmosphere that is difficult even to describe through a photograph. It seems to enter another era. A place that recalls certain scenes of the saloons of the Old West in Tex Willer's comics: the wood, the billiards, the tables, the space around it. An environment in which it is natural to imagine a game between friends that continues until late at night, a dinner, a family party or simply those evenings that, years later, become memories. And this is probably the true size of the property. A house built to be lived in. Not only in private spaces, but above all in those intended for people, family and conviviality. Over the years, the property has also been affected by important redevelopment interventions: renovation of the roofing mantle, 12 cm external coat, new PVC windows with shutters and complete renovation of the bathrooms. The energy aspect is also particularly important. On the building there is a 20 kW photovoltaic system combined with Tesla storage batteries, a decidedly significant feature for a property of this size. The double garage also has charging stations for electric cars. Tradition and technology thus coexist within the same house: large fireplaces, wood and rooms with an authentic flavor on the one hand; insulation, photovoltaics, energy storage and electric mobility on the other. Outside, the approximately 12,000 square meters of fully fenced park become an integral part of the house. Not just a garden. A real private park. Trees that have grown together with the history of the property, shady corners, large open spaces and that distance from the outside world that gives a feeling that is increasingly difficult to find: having space around you. Inside the park there is also an independent building used as a warehouse, while the double garage completes the equipment of the property. Finally, the particular organization of the rooms and the presence of distinct entrances allow you to imagine different ways of living in this house. A large residence for a single family. A solution for parents and children, close but independent. Or a property capable of adapting over time to the needs of a large family. Because 722 square meters does not simply mean having a very large house. They mean being able to have space for every moment of one's life. A study when silence is needed. A tavern when you want to be together. A veranda when it's raining outside. A park when you just want to walk. And a room with billiards and bar when the house returns to being what, perhaps, it should be more often: the place where we want to find ourselves. In Gambulaga we do not simply offer a villa. We offer *12,000 sqm of privacy, 722 sqm of possibilities and a property that can hardly be compared with any other home.* Because some houses are visited. Others you have to experience to understand how special they are.