Monteverdi Straße 9

There are corners of Milan that maintain their own rhythm, and Piazzale Bacone is one of these. Designed at the end of the 19th century as a meeting point for long straight avenues, the square is surrounded by Liberty-style facades and period buildings that narrate the elegant growth of the city beyond the Bastions. In recent years, it has also become a square to live in: wider sidewalks, benches, outdoor tables, and slowed traffic have returned space to children after school, neighbors stopping to chat, and initiatives that enliven the neighborhood in the beautiful season.
From the square, Via Morgagni begins, with its long green strip, playgrounds for the little ones, and the bike lane, while just a few steps away opens Corso Buenos Aires, one of the longest shopping streets in Europe. All around, life flows between neighborhood shops, cafes, and bistros, and right on Via Monteverdi is the Bacone municipal swimming pool. In just a few minutes on foot, you can reach the Loreto metro station, where the red and green lines intersect, or the Lima stop: the Duomo, Central Station, and Città Studi are just a step away.
In this context, on the fourth floor of a 1940s building, there is a four-room apartment of 140 sqm that seems made to overlook the neighborhood from above. The home opens on three sides and light flows through it from morning to evening, but its true heart is the large corner balcony, unobstructed overlooking Piazzale Bacone: the ideal place for morning coffee, to observe the square coming to life, and to find, at the end of the day, the wide breath of the Milanese sky. Crossing the threshold, a spacious entrance leads to the double living room, the kitchen, the two bedrooms, and the two bathrooms. The finishes and materials are still those from the time of construction, and within these rooms, one can feel the slow passage of many years of lived life, with that charm that only time can give. And it is here that the house reveals its second nature: the arrangement of the partition walls allows for a complete rethinking of the spaces, opening the living area, creating a study or a walk-in closet, designing a home tailored to today’s way of living. It will be up to those who inhabit it to choose which traces of the past to preserve and enhance, in a dialogue between memory and contemporaneity. The property is completed by an attic and a cellar. A home for those seeking space, light, and character, and the freedom to tailor it to their needs, in the heart of one of the most vibrant and authentic neighborhoods of Milan.