Flat for sale 4+1 • 168 m² without real estateRibbeckstraße 4A Potsdam Bornstedt Brandenburg 14469

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Regarding the offered property, it is a beautiful classicist villa in the Italian style from 1896. It was built as part of the World Heritage ensemble “Italian Village Bornstedt” in a manner reminiscent of a Tuscan country estate with a coach house on an extensive, park-like plot.

The villa has been restored faithfully to every original detail and possesses the character of an antique country house. Since its renovation between 2023 and 2025, the villa has been equipped with every aspect of upscale living while retaining the charm of past centuries.

Today the villa is divided into two condominium units which, like a “horizontal semi-detached house,” each have their own entrance: via the villa’s Mediterranean patio at the rear, one enters the spacious garden level where approximately 168 sqm of living space is spread over four pleasant rooms.

From a bright entrance hall, one reaches the living room with a fireplace whose facade comes from an old Belgian country house. The living room, like all the rooms in the historic building, features a Prussian coved ceiling with a room height of 2.75 m.

From the living room, one enters the new addition, which boasts oversized steel windows in the style of Victorian winter gardens. In the generous open-plan kitchen, which also offers space for a dining table, there are connections for a fitted kitchen with an island according to one’s own taste. From here, one reaches another room that serves well as an office or guest room. The ceiling height in these rooms is approximately 3.50 m.

To conveniently bring in groceries, there is an additional entrance from the street located in front of the kitchen. Here, another guest and shower room is arranged, which is also equipped with marble and Zellige tiles.

From the entrance hall, one accesses the other side leading to the bedroom, which is connected to the master bathroom equipped with a bathtub and a walk-in wardrobe.

All rooms facing the courtyard garden are oriented to the south and east. On the street side, behind the entrance hall, there is a cloakroom, a laundry room, and a storage room.

The apartment possesses a southern flair and all the old style elements, is sunny and generously proportioned. It features plastered walls, oak floorboards over underfloor heating, paneled doors, and historically inspired recreated paneled double windows made of Markish pine. The new addition, built like a winter garden, is equipped with air conditioning. Additional burglary protection is part of this upscale living comfort.

A basement room for bicycles, a parking space for your car, and a sunny terrace round off the offer.

Gnarled olive trees in the courtyard, cypress trees, an old French fountain and continuously Mediterranean planting convey the perfect illusion of living in the heart of Provence or Tuscany. A truly exceptional property!

Dream location in the greenery between the Orangery Palace and Bornstedt Crown Estate

Directly adjacent to the Sanssouci Palace Park lies the historic village center of Bornstedt. The royal Bornstedt Crown Estate, scenically located on the Bornstedt Lake—where once the Crown Prince couple Friedrich Wilhelm III and Crown Princess Victoria pursued the ideal of country living—forms part of the ensemble of palaces and gardens of Potsdam. The estate of the Prussian royal family was redesigned in the Italian style by Friedrich Wilhelm IV in 1846-1848. In the following years, the entire village center, including the reconstruction of the village church with its campanile, became visibly Italianized.

The location is characterized by well-preserved classical buildings and offers an atmosphere of historic charm, cultural richness, and expansive park landscapes. The famous park surrounding Sanssouci Palace, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, is only a three-minute walk from the property offered here. In Sanssouci Park, you can take long strolls, explore the impressive palaces and gardens, and enjoy nature. In the immediate vicinity of Bornstedt, various Potsdam attractions such as the Nikolaikirche, the Brandenburg Gate, as well as a variety of cultural institutions including theaters, museums, and galleries, are reachable on foot or by bicycle.

Everyday necessities (supermarkets, pharmacies, schools, medical practices, etc.) are available in the immediate vicinity. All further amenities and service offerings of a compact metropolis can be found in and around the nearby city center of Potsdam, the steadily growing and prosperous state capital.

With the core renovation between 2023 and 2025, the estate was completely overhauled, rebuilt, and extended with an annex. Today, the two apartments in the historic villa provide every conceivable level of comfort typically found only in upscale new buildings.

The piano nobile was fitted with new paneled double windows made of wood with insulating glazing according to EnEV standards. Additionally, on the street side, the piano nobile features electrically controlled wooden shutters—newly built following historical models—and on the garden side, traditional wooden shutters. The roof dormer windows are also equipped with electrically controlled blinds.

In the new addition on the garden level, steel windows crafted by a small Belgian design workshop have been installed as winter garden glazing. These windows evoke the appearance of classic turn-of-the-century winter gardens without sacrificing modern comfort.

All windows and doors have been built with special burglary protection according to WK3 standard.

The apartments are thermally insulated according to the latest EnEV standards, ensuring that the roof level remains warm in winter and cool in summer. Additionally, the roof level and the new addition are fully air-conditioned.

The heating is provided by a hybrid heat pump that can independently regulate and switch between heat pump and gas heating. All rooms are equipped with underfloor heating for comfortable living. In addition, there are radiators on the piano nobile which are concealed behind custom-made radiator covers.

The bathrooms are equipped with a bathtub and a shower and are finished with travertine in unit 1 and marble in unit 2. The walls are tiled with handmade Zellige tiles – a special tiling technique from Spain that lets you experience the value of genuine craftsmanship.

The representative living areas on the piano nobile and the roof level are laid with wide planks of Douglas fir. In a Nordic style, these planks have been weathered and treated with white oil.

All the doors in the villa were custom-made by a carpenter based on historical models as paneled doors from Markish pine. Double-door panels create the spacious room connections of a classic enfilade. The elaborate supra-doors on the piano nobile further emphasize the stately character.

For the window and door fittings on the piano nobile and roof level, cast bronze handles and window olives were selected. These have been originally restored from that period. In the garden level, handcrafted cast iron fittings in a timeless Belgian design were chosen for the windows and doors.

On the garden level, an oiled oak plank provides stately living comfort. The ceilings here are Prussian coved ceilings with a room height of 2.75 m. In the new annex, the impressive ceiling height is approximately 3.50 m. There, you will find the kitchen with dining area, as well as an additional bedroom or office.

On the piano nobile, the ceilings have a room height of 3.25 m, while on the roof level the rooms feature cozy sloping ceilings at a pleasant height.

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