Who we are
Let us introduce ourselves. We are a Finnish couple who came to Italy to escape Finland’s long winter. We found lots of sunshine, happy people and harmony in daily life – and a lovely historical winery. When we first arrived at località Visette, we knew at once that it was our home. We were charmed by the peace and calm of the place, the vicinity of the village, the courtyard surrounded by vineyards, and the snow-capped mountains on the horizon. We decided to stay and turn this wonderful building – whose walls resonate with the history of Piedmont and Barolo – into a guest house. We want to continue the story of the house, leave our mark on it and give our guests an opportunity to do that too.
You can read about the renovation project in our blog below.
Sari & Petteri Laine,
Guest house Visette
Being a communications professional, I have organised and brainstormed numerous customer, stakeholder and personnel events. My aim has always been to create events that are distinctive and a little different. It’s all about the details! This is also my objective at Visette.
I’m a keen tennis player, and I definitely wanted our house to have a tennis court. You’re welcome to play tennis with me – my racket and shoes are always waiting by the door.
Casa Visette Data Protection Guideline
Casa Visette, we are committed to safeguarding the privacy and security of the personal data entrusted to us by our clients, employees, and partners. This Data Protection Guideline outlines our approach to handling and protecting data in compliance with applicable European and Italian laws and regulations. DA Data Collection and Purpose Limitation: We collect personal data only for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes. Data collection is limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed.
Lawfulness, Fairness, and Transparency: We process personal data lawfully, fairly, and transparently, ensuring individuals understand how their data will be used.
Data Minimization: We minimize the amount of personal data collected and processed to what is necessary for the intended purposes.
Accuracy: take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of personal data and update it as necessary.
Storage Limitation: Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and to comply with the local laws in Italy.
Security: We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and accidental loss, destruction, or damage.
Confidentiality: We ensure that personal data is processed in a manner that ensures appropriate confidentiality.
Data Subject Rights: We respect the rights of data subjects, including the rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection to processing.
Accountability: We take responsibility for our data processing activities and have mechanisms in place to demonstrate compliance with data protection regulations.
Training and Awareness: We provide training and awareness programs to ensure that our employees understand their responsibilities regarding data protection and privacy.
Third-Party Processors: When engaging third-party processors, we ensure that they provide sufficient guarantees regarding the implementation of appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data.
Incident Response: In the event of a data breach or security incident, we have procedures in place to promptly assess and mitigate the impact, as well as to notify relevant authorities and affected individuals, as required by law.
Continuous Improvement: We regularly review and update our data protection practices to ensure ongoing compliance with evolving legal and regulatory requirements and best practices.
This Data Protection Guideline applies to all personal data processed by Casa Visette, whether in electronic or physical form, and to all employees, contractors, and third parties acting on our behalf. Compliance with this guideline is mandatory for all individuals involved in the processing of personal data at Casa Visette.
The architect has great authority
We had zero experience of working with an architect. Before this, we had designed all the refurbishments ourselves, even major ones. We decided to turn to an acquaintance of ours, Kari Kuosma, who is better known in Finland as a caricaturist than an architect. Kari worked fast, and a month after he had started we were already at the town hall presenting our ideas. Our materials consisted of sketches that Kari had drawn by hand, which were works of art in themselves. Before long, a rumour was circulating in the village about a peculiar architect who not only draws all lines freehand, but also designs to millimetre accuracy – which, we hear, is not customary round here.
Architects at work.
Easter 2013: This house is like a museum
The house was sold to us with all the movables, of which there were plenty: 30 chairs, seven beds, five large cupboards, a vanload of old tools and whatnot. Plus old wine barrels – large and even larger ones (barrique and botte).
Our first guests arrived at Easter, and were given the task of dismantling various objects. Little by little, the skip began to fill up. Old paraffin heaters, straw mattresses, wood damaged by furniture beetles, mouldy paintings and other unnecessary items ended up in the skip. We made an inventory at the same time, and everything that was useful and at least partly intact was saved for restoration.
Jumping on old mattresses thrown in the skip was great fun.
A friend of ours dismantling an old oak wine barrel.
Sitting down for a glass of wine
We had holidayed in Italy many times and toyed with the idea of living permanently in the country. When we finally had the chance to do it, we rented a home in the town of Lecco by Lake Como. After successfully living in Italy for eighteen months, we decided to start looking for a house of our own. We wanted to move to the country, so congested Lombardy was not an option.
The search for a house took ages. With estate agents we visited countless old houses. Usually the elderly owners were also present, which is why almost every showing included having a glass of wine at the living-room table, listening to the history of the house. We were relieved and pleased when we finally found a home. One process ended and another one began.
The former owners