Il Riflesso — Lake Como Waterfront Estate

Il Riflesso sits directly on the water between Laglio and Carate Urio, its ochre façade doubled in the lake that gives the villa its name. Built in 1911 for a Milanese silk dynasty and held by two families since, the estate has emerged from a four-year restoration by Studio Lariana that preserved every original terrazzo floor, coffered ceiling, and wrought-iron balustrade while threading modern systems invisibly through its walls.

Seven bedrooms occupy the upper floors, each facing the water, the owner's suite opening to a private loggia above the boathouse. The gardens step down through camellias and centuries-old magnolias to 60 metres of private shoreline, a stone lido terrace, and a fully restored double boathouse with hydraulic lift — among the most coveted property on the lake.

Lake Como's waterfront market operates on scarcity: fewer than a dozen true lakefront villas change hands in a typical year, and restored examples with boathouses command a premium that has compounded for two decades. Il Riflesso is sold with its original gatehouse, now a three-bedroom guest villa, and planning consent for a wellness pavilion.