Property summary
Words & photographs cannot sufficiently illustrate this property - it is essential to visit to appreciate it. Perfect for a high quality home for a large family, perhaps with horses or other animals, or, as currently operated, a high-end gite/holiday rental with comfortable owner's/manager's house.
There is great earning potential with this property as a luxury Gite with staff accommodation. Peak weeks go for £3650. If you have a look on the website holiday lettings property number 306486 for details.
Set back from the lane, accessed by its own tree-lined driveway, the property's houses and out buildings are private and secluded.
The larger house was skillfully created out of a range of barns which face the original farmhouse & further barns across a large courtyard.
Both houses are fully centrally heated, insulated and double glazed, and have been fully renovated including new roofs. They ooze character but benefit from all modern comforts.
Main House:
The larger house is currently successfully rented out as a high-end holiday gite and has very spacious rooms which are currently furnished to suit - it should be noted that this might have the effect of making the rooms appear in the photographs to be of a more average size.
There are designer touches in every room, such as lighted niches & cabling for Tv & wifi, whilst the character features have been retained, such as exposed stone walls and ceiling beams.
The accommodation comprises:
Large entrance hall, 3.5m x 6m, accessed through attractive double doors
Lounge, 63.5m2, dual aspect, with centrally placed feature fireplace with woodburner & French doors leading to rear terraces.
Dining Room, 38.5m2, dual aspect with French doors leading to rear terraces and views over the property and gravel drive to the front. There is room for tables seating at least 16 people here in great comfort. At present there are three 1.5m square tables and still plenty of room to walk all the way round.
Kitchen,
46.5m2, treble aspect with doors leading to rear terraces & central courtyard. This is a luxury kitchen fully fitted with quality units & worktops including a separate breakfast bar, and a very large central island, two sinks, large range cooker, integrated dishwasher, & room for a large American fridge-freezer. Plenty of sockets for all kitchen equipment are placed right around the room.
Off the main entrance hall:
A room, 6.5m2, which would make an ideal office, but is currently used to provide a ground floor single bedroom
Separate Wc with handbasin
Door to spa area, starting with an indoor section comprising sauna, Wc, 2 shower rooms with handbasins & control room for pool area. French doors lead from here to the large covered pool terrace, excellent for those hot summer days. In front of the 9m x 4.5m heated swimming pool there is a 5 person hot tub plus a large paved areas for outdoor eating and relaxing.
Stairs from the lounge lead to the large, private master suite (90m2):
Before you reach the bedroom there is a large 6m2 walk in Linen room on the landing.
The Master Bedroom itself is 60m2, suitable as studio-style living space if required, dual aspect with amazing ceiling beams & French windows overlooking the property's own fields & lake, and a central fireplace.
Large walk-in wardrobe/dressing room, 9m2
Ensuite bathroom, 16m2, with bath, shower, vanity basin, Wc
Separate stairs from the main hallway lead to the large galleried landing with seating area with French doors overlooking the central courtyard, off which are:
Bedroom, 16.5m2, with ensuite bathroom with bath & separate shower, vanity unit & Wc
Bedroom, 17.5m2, with ensuite bathroom, approx 10.5m2, with bath, separate shower, vanity unit & Wc
Bedroom, 17m2, with ensuite, approx 7.5m2, with bath, separate shower, vanity unit & Wc
Outside, the swimming pool, 9m x 4.5m & hot tub are protected by the attractive tiled roof with beautiful rustic beams. This area, approx 12m x 9m, has been designed so that it could be enclosed, if preferred, to create an indoor pool, and a Heatstar climatisation unit has already been installed to serve the area. The generously sized tiled terrace extends all round & beyond the pool area and along the full width of the house, providing lots of outside space for eating and sunbathing, and the surrounding area has been landscaped. The views from the terrace are wonderfully expansive and restful. There is space on the terrace for a fire pit and seating for those evenings out under the stars.
Attached to the house is the boiler room, which houses the oil-fired boiler, 2 large hot water cylinders and the oil fuel tank. The boiler heats the domestic water & central heating radiators and also the swimming pool & hot tub. There is mains water but the system has been cleverly fitted out so the toilets can be flushed with well water to be more eco friendly.
Farmhouse:
The original farmhouse has been fully renovated and is currently used as the owners' own accommodation. It stands across the courtyard from the larger house, and has a timber veranda and attractive entrance porch. This house has gas central heating which also heats the domestic water.
The ground floor accommodation, comprising:
Entrance hall
Kitchen, 11.5m2, fully fitted with units all round, eye level electric oven & gas hob, and space for washing machine, tumble dryer & fridge freezer.
Lounge, 21.4m2m with feature fireplace & woodburner
Dining area, 10.5m2, leading off the lounge, with French doors to the rear decked terrace & private rear garden.
Bedroom, 11m2
Bathroom with bath, separate shower, vanity unit & Wc
Stairs lead off the entrance hall to the master bedroom, 23m2, double aspect, with fitted double wardrobes and ensuite Wc with handbasin
Separate stairs lead off the lounge to a further double bedroom, 14m2, double aspect.
At the top of both staircases there is a hanging space for clothes.
Outside in the private garden area is a well and a stone shed.
Outbuildings:
Attached to the farmhouse is a range of 2 barns, 68m2 & 158m2, both in good condition, with electric light & power, the larger also having a new roof. Provision has been made for both water & sanitation to be easily installed if required, for example if converting into accommodation.
Games Room:
The first floor of the larger barn has been converted to provide a very large entertaining area, 146m2, with a fireplace & woodburner, large windows, and beautiful wooden floor & ceiling beams. There is a remote control roll-up screen with projector, cabling for the sound system and room for almost any indoor activity one can imagine. Storage cupboard. Wc with handbasin.
Although isolated in the sense that it is surrounded by its own land, the property has good facilities close at hand.
You have to walk around this property to appreciate the size and quality of the site.
Jumillac-le Grand is 5km away and has a shop, bakers, butchers,hairdresser and a couple of restaurants as well as a tourist office.
La Coquille, approx 9km, is a small town with good facilities including a supermarket, shops, garden centre, bank, post office, restaurants, schools, doctor, dentist and train station, and there is a traditional weekly market.
Thiviers, just 18km, is another town with good facilities and also has a popular weekly market.
St Yrieix La Perche, about 17km away, is a larger town with all amenities including supermarkets, shops, bars, restaurants, banks, post office, a modern hospital with A&E facilities, cinema, theatre, art galleries, museum and a medieval quarter including 12th century church.
Travel is easy with good road links with Limoges airport which is only 53km away, and the stations at Thiviers, La Coquille & St Yrieix have good rail links to Limoges and onwards to the mainlines, eg to Paris
Price 815,000 €
Not including notarial fees, registration and land registration fees.
Price / sq metre: €/m² 1,630.00
other currency
Reference:
75917
Number of mandate: Rgpd-75917
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