villa scimmia means monkey house and i've always been fascinated with monkeys if it looks like there'sf monkey business going on in this house, you're right.my father gave me the word for monkey which is scimmia so it's become "villa scimmia"the name is italian, which mirrors the tuscan villa feeling of the home... during our open house tour, owner judith profeta taught me how to play a little italian bocce ball on her backyard court. i'm going to try and knock you out of the way does it bother you if someone talks when you're doing it (just as judie rolls) not at all, oooh,. whoa! one point for me alright, so you won that round.uh huh. well done it may be all fun and games now, but remodeling was a different story. it was supposed to last just five months, but quickly turned into an extended 27 month labor of love.we took all the floors down because we discovered there was no foundation and uh completely unleveled floors, and you know, as we opened up one thing, we kept having to open up another thing and then another thing and the next thing when judith wants something done right, th