“We weren’t necessarily looking for a ‘seventies-style’ house, but that’s what we ended up buying,” says Svana Rún Símónardóttir, a social worker. She and her husband, Ríkarð Svavar Axelsson, station manager at Special Tours, recently purchased a unique property in northern Italy. Svana has been sharing their house-hunting journey and renovation plans on social media.Icelandic couple buys retro “seventies” villa in Northern Italy
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September 07, 2025
“We weren’t necessarily looking for a ‘seventies-style’ house, but that’s what we ended up buying,” says Svana Rún Símónardóttir, a social worker. She and her husband, Ríkarð Svavar Axelsson, station manager at Special Tours, recently purchased a unique property in northern Italy. Svana has been sharing their house-hunting journey and renovation plans on social media.
