Property summary
This delightful farmhouse is just over an hour from Tgv stations and airports at La Rochelle and Poitiers and about an hour and a quarter from Nantes. And about three hours drive from the St Malo ferry port (motorway for all but 20 minutes of you wish). So, off the ferry and here for lunch, easy.
The property is approximately 1.5km outside the lively village of St. Pierre du Chemin, with superette, bakery, restaurant, bar, bank doctor, pharmacy, garage etc., and seven kilometres from La Chataigneraie with large Super U, Intermarché and Lidl, plus all facilities, including a small Saturday foor market and monthly general market. The Renaissance town of Fontenay le Compte is roughly 20 mins distant and the coast just about an hour.
The house, built in natural local stone is located in a peaceful rural setting with views over unspoilt valleys, up a short drive from the tarmacked lane, with instant access to country lanes and short and long walks ideal either for the family or serious walkers and a dogs paradise.
Originally three cottages and dating back hundreds of years in parts, the house was previously owned by an artist couple who redesigned it with an artists’ eyes, paying special attention to the light and includes:
Dining room and kitchen, with stone fireplace and wood burning stove, clay tiled floor, wooden beams. Window to front garden. Currently also serves as daytime living room
Fitted kitchen with central island and range of cupboards and drawers. Washing machine currently plumbed in. Sale to include white ware, oven and hob.
Through archway to living room with skylight above cutaway floor and mezzanine, two main windows, giving a lovely light room. Has large Supra wood burning stove, oak floor and exposed stone walls.
Front hall leading to
large master bedroom with wood floors, fireplace and wooden beams.
Main bathroom, just installed with toilet, shower, bath, hand basin and extractor fan, heated towel radiator and quarry tile floor.
Making it possible to live downstairs if you wish.
Up a small staircase to
Landing with very old floorboards and storage shelving
Studio with raised headroom, skylight and three windows making this a delightful airy space which currently serves as a den but could be used as a huge bedroom or even be divided to make two bedrooms, or even have a bathroom added. Broadband connection currently in this room. Extensive storage shelving
Outside to first floor terrace with views across the valley but very private, ideal for sunbathing, reading or sundowners.
Across landing to short corridor leading to
Very pretty double bedroom with exposed beams, oak floors and views across the front garden.
Upstairs wc with hand basin and potential for shower
single bedroom with skylight window and door leading to
large mezzanine currently used as storage, formerly a study.
Most windows in the property are double glazed and there is a powerful oil-fired central heating system, professionally installed with radiators in every room, specifically designed to heat that volume, with clock and thermostatic controls. The oil tank holds 1500 litres.
The cesspit has recently been drained (professionally), cleaned and refurbished.
There is a small barn, formerly a studio which would either convert to a gite or visitor accommodation or as it is currently used, a workshop. It has previously been a residence as it has an old stone fireplace and water, with a mezzanine.
Leading to a covered back area (plastic sheeting) suitable for extra parking, and a woodstore. (There are two other outbuildings, one the former garage used for the central heating boiler and opposite it another smaller woodstore.
The front garden is approximately 1500 sq metres is laid out to lawn with mature plane and other trees plus peache, apple, reine claude, plum and fig trees.
Opposite the house is a raised terrace with cobbled stone floor and the front stones of a bread over, with a pergola and newly planted vines.
The rear garden consists of an area of grass, large trees and a back entrance up a small lane, all leading to a small field with hedges, two planted conifers plus young fruit and walnut trees, about 1500 sq metres again.
There is additional parking at the front of the property and access to a small stream from which water may be pumped to the garden.
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Main characteristics- 140 m² of habitable surface (1507 sqFt)
- 3000 m² of land (32292 sqFt)
- 7 rooms
- 4 bedrooms
- good structural condition
Price (Agency fees included)
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- Price not available
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