Rare property of 704 acres 1h30 from Paris (Loiret department)

Property summary

Ref.3898 : Hunting estate for sale at the hateway to the Sologne region.
This important estate is located 1h30 from Paris in the Loiret department, on the border of the Orléans and Gâtinais regions, at the gateway to the Sologne. The first shops are 4.5 km (2.5 miles) away, and a resourceful town with a train station (Paris in 55 minutes) and good motorway links (junction between the A77 and A19) is 12 km (7 miles) away. Orléans is 60 km away.

Originally organised around the chateau, which is in need of complete restoration, the property is now built around the outbuildings, which have been the subject of a major restoration campaign since 2008 to make them habitable and comfortable.

There are :

1/ An elegant manor house of approx. 400Sqm.

2/ A guest house of about 350sqm.

3/ A hunting lodge

4/ A caretaker's house of about 120sqm

5/ A former garage converted into a house

6/ A house called 'du potager'

7/ Two sheds housing car garages, the poolhouse.

8/ Clay tennis court and mini-golf course.

9/ Horse box, open onto a paddock.

10/ The chateau, redesigned in the 19th century, is flanked on both sides by two pavilions which give it all its majesty and importance.
It has a potential of almost 1,000sqm and will require complete restoration to make it habitable.

This exceptional territory, where important developments have been undertaken to give it a quality hunting vocation, extends more than 704 acres (285 hectares).

It adjoins other unenclosed hunting grounds and is made up of :

387 acres (157 hectares) of woodland, are subject to a simple management plan that began on 1 January 2010 and will end on 31 December 2024, broken down as follows

- 5.16 acres (2.09 hectares) of exploitable simple coppice (15/20 year old oaks)
- 7.83 acres (3.17 hectares) of non-harvestable simple coppice (10/20 year old oaks/charms)
- 108 acres (44 hectares) of coppice with reserves of which exploitable coppice (oaks, accompanied by hornbeams, maples and various other hardwoods in lesser proportion, aged 35/40 years)
- 212 acres (86 hectares) of coppice with reserves of which non-harvestable coppice (oaks, hornbeams, birches and various hardwoods aged 10/20 and 20/30 years)
- 7.82 acres (2.95 hectares) of softwood forest over 15 m high (laricio pine).
- 34.59 acres (14 hectares) of deciduous forest over 15 m high (oaks over 80 years old).

Approximately 150 acres (61 hectares) of land occupied via two long-term agricultural leases

Approximately 155 acres (63 hectares) of plains used for hunting purposes, consisting of thorny coppice and game crops (corn, broom)

9.88 acres (4 hectares) of ponds divided into 3 bodies of water (6.17 acres (2.5 hectares), 2.47 acres (1 hectare), 5000sqm).

The estate is equipped with some 100 tree stands spread throughout and 1.20 m high game fences have been installed in some places to prevent game from moving towards the roads and areas that cannot be hunted.
Two rivers irrigate the property and numerous roads, most of which are passable, including 4 rural roads, allow easy movement around the area.

The three-year hunting plan is for 24 deer (3 large stags, 11 small stags, 5 hinds, 5 youngsters), 66 roe deer and unlimited wild boar (approximately 60 shot each year)

This extremely gamey estate forms a single land base and offers a potential for high quality hunting and possibly forestry exploitation.

Cabinet Le Nail Loiret - Sologne M0 Baudouin Le Grelle: