Property summary
Beautifully renovated 200-year-old stone farmhouse with about 230m2 of living space as well as stables, arched wine cellar, gardens and courtyard on 2.84 hectares of fenced land, only 10 minutes from Bellegarde (Sncf train station with regular service to Geneva and Tgv), 40 minutes from Geneva and Annecy, and 50 minutes from Lyon St. Exupery airport. Located in a hamlet of five houses with magnificent views of the Valserine valley and the Jura mountains. House is 20m x 22m, facing directly south.
On the ground floor: Bedroom (19m2) and lounge 26m2) (both with natural wood ceiling beams), six-person jacuzzi, hammam/shower and toilet. Also: two garages, tiled laundry room with washer and dryer, vaulted wine cellar, stone bread-baking oven, workroom with workbench, storage room.
On the first floor: Large balcony, fully equipped kitchen (9.9m2), dining room (27m2, solid-pine floors) and fireplace, living room (18.5m2) with wooden floors and natural wood ceiling beams, five bedrooms (two with natural wood ceiling beams and all with wooden floors), bathroom with shower, separate toilet. Master bedroom is 21.5m2, other rooms 17m2, 13.1m2, 12.2m2 and 7.6m2.
House has double-glass windows throughout, wood-framed upstairs and aluminum downstairs. All windows have storm shutters. Ample parking in the front courtyard (which is gated) and private on-street parking for two cars just on the other side of the street. Artesian well under water fountain in the courtyard.
In the back of the house, stables, a separate grain room and two large tack rooms with a cement platform in front for saddling horses. Separate corral. Land is divided into two sections for switching horses from one field to another. The entire property is fenced in.
Split-walled, multi-level garden with stone walls, shrubs, apple and plum trees, and a grapevine. Another large separate fenced-in area can be used as a dog run.
Kitchen is fully equipped with modern dishwasher (Whirlpool), convection oven (Whirlpool), double-door American refrigerator (Samsung), ceramic stove (Ericsson) and granite countertops. Kitchen and entire downstairs were remodeled in 2007.
Hallway floors are heated (radiator pipes run underneath). New heating system installed in 2008, new hot water heater installed in 2010 for the downstairs shower. Solar panels installed in 2016 (annual income about €1200). House interior was recently painted completely and wooden floors were sanded and varnished.
New primary school (village of Confort) 3km away. Bus to middle and high schools is a 10-minute walk away. Biggest town nearby is Bellegarde sur Valserine (7km away), which has doctors, gas stations, shopping, a variety of restaurants (Chinese, Indian, Italian, bistros, kebab, pizza), a bio store, seafood shop, wine shop, a Lidl, two Carrefours and an open-air market every Thursday.
House is located near several ski resorts: Menthières, Lélex, Mijoux.
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Price 520,000 €
Not including notarial fees, registration and land registration fees.
Price / sq metre: €/m² 2,260.87
other currency
Reference:
95256
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