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Why Lake Como's Old Villas Are Changing Hands

A generation of garden estates is passing to buyers who want the gardener, not just the gate.

By Eleonora Vance, Editor at Large1 min read
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The villas of Como were always about the gardens — the long allées, the lemon houses, the terraces stepping down to the water. What is changing is the buyer: a new owner who values the head gardener above the helipad, and who measures the estate in seasons rather than square metres.

It is the property-market echo of a wider mood, the same one we traced through Milan's quiet design and the slow summers of the Amalfi Coast.

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