4 Bed House & large Outbuildings - €346,500 (£284,016)

This farmhouse complex is situated in rolling countryside, not far from the lovely Spa town of La Roche Posay. The complex consists of a 3 bed renovated house (with some items to finish), a large unconverted house (with fine architectural elements & lovely views), large outbuildings & 1.2 hectares of grounds. The property is approached via a long private driveway, ending in a typical farmhouse courtyard, with ample parking. The property would be ideal for Gite or equestrian use. The vendor is also willing to lease additional land, of grazing quality, mostly pasture, with some wooded areas, a spring, pond & well. if required.

RESTORED HOUSE
The house has been restored in a contemporary style, with open plan on the ground floor & full propane gas central heating throughout.
The ground floor consists of a covered veranda 3.00 – 4.20m (with old clay floor tiles & large glazed area), an open plan lounge/dining room/kitchen forming an ‘L’ 3.94 – 3.15 + 4.18 – 8.00m (with fireplace & insert wood burner, open plan kitchen separated by ‘L’ shaped breakfast bar, sink & basic floor & wall units, door to rear garden & open stairs to first floor), bathroom 3.93 – 2.97m (with bath, w.h.b. bidet & w/c). A large opening from the dining area leads to a lean to extension which has been fully converted to form a vaulted lounge/games room 4.96 – 7.92m (with large double glazed windows & 2 Velux’s), bedroom 4.90 – 2.32m (with 2 windows & a small mezzanine) & to the other side a utility room/summer kitchen 4.84 – 4.57m (with sink, w/m point, propane central heating boiler & separate shower area).
A door leads from the utility room to the first room in the attached outbuilding4.57 – 4.00m (which is unconverted & used as a store, containing the 200 litre water heater).
Stairs lead to a small landing, bedroom 3.10 – 4.10m (with carpeted floor, Velux & built in cup’d) & bedroom 3.05 – 4.10m (with vinyl floor & Velux).
There is a large room in the remainder of the first floor above the lounge/diner 7.47 – 4.03m
(with concrete floor, opening ready for staircase, insulation, plaster boarding & large glazed area with lovely views). Note: There is not much work remaining to complete this room, which could form a lovely master bedroom suite, with roof terrace over the veranda & this could be accessed either with a separate staircase or joined to the other first floor bedrooms.
SECOND HOUSE
This building partly dates from the 18th century, has lovely original features & is in mostly original state, with old clay floor tiles, exposed beams, fireplaces, convertible attic & the potential to form a lovely house with spectacular views.
The ground floor consists of an entrance lobby 1.52 – 4.00m, large room 5.60 – 5.00m (with original fireplace), large room 5.60 – 5.80m (with low ceiling & inglenook type fireplace) & garden room behind, an external door leads to a room 3.50 – 6.26m (with bread oven & stairs to attics)
The unconverted attics have the same surface area of the rooms below, are in good order, with superb structural woodwork & could be converted to form 4 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms.
PORCERIES
There are a range of pork houses, forming an ‘L’ with the 2nd house, which do need re-roofing.
BARN/HANGAR
To the end of the courtyard is a double pitched roof barn with hangar behind. The barn is split into 3 units 6.33 – 6.75, 5.73 & 6.88m & the hangar is totally open 20.00 – 8.00m (with partial re-roofing required). To the side of the barn is a converted commercial kitchen area 4.36 – 4.45, room with massive walk in fridge, preparation & washrooms 4.38 – 6.40.
STABLES
Forming an ‘L’ with the converted house is a range of stables 19.00m – 4.33m (with good roof & dimension excludes room nearest house, noted within house details).
GROUNDS
The grounds include a private garden around the restored house, complete with areas laid to lawn, ornamental & fruit trees.
The land is well drained but only of grazing quality, surrounded by large woods & the property is isolated, being about a mile from the nearest property. Being on the edge of a plateau, the buildings have spectacular views over the valley below & are totally surrounded by the paddock areas (at present grazed by sheep, horses & geese).
This property has the potential to become a spectacular equestrian/Gite complex.