HOUSES FOR SALE IN FRANCE

DLB 352 - 1 837 500 Euros (AFI°

Beautifully restored stone property comprising spacious main house incorporating a 25m lap pool, original farm house, caretaker’s pigeonnier, bread oven and two wooden barns, set in around 49 hectares of open countryside with small lake, 9-hole golf course and boule court in the heart of the bastide country and the vineyards just 28 km from Bergerac airport in the Perigord Pourpre of the Dordogne. 

The main house which sixteen years ago was just a ruined barn has been designed, transformed and restored to a very high standard by the current owners and furnished and fitted to make a very comfortable home while preserving the original character of the property. 

On the ground floor is a unique entrance hall where you think yourself in the original barn with the wooden cow stalls, old stairs and wooden partition walls and decorated as such with milk pails, farm tools and the like. 

Off this hallway to the right is a children’s nursery with en-suite bathroom and a ground floor bedroom with en-suite shower room and direct access to the lap pool. 

To the left of the hallway is access to a large living room with open fireplace and stairs to the 1st floor gallery and French windows to the south-facing terrac, gardens and also the pool area. 

Leading from the living room to the east wing is a large dining room with two doors leading to a spacious fitted country style kitchen with lots of cupboards and worktops and door to a veranda and views on the gardens.  

In the west wing of the main house is the master bedroom with dressing room and large en-suite bathroom and direct access to the lap pool and the gardens. 

On the first floor of the main house is a guest suite with bedroom and en-suite shower room, lounge with fireplace, a study, library and an office.

Attached to the main house on the east side is a garden store and a conservatory and in front of the house is a car port for two cars.  

To the right of the property on arrival is the original farmhouse (approx. 110 m2) comprising an entrance hall with cloakroom, to the right is a kitchen dining room with fireplace and French windows to the terrace. 

To the left of the hall is a large living room with monumental fireplace and windows on both the east and west sides making it very light.

Stairs from the living room lead to the first floor where there are two bedrooms and a bathroom with shower over and a landing area for storage.  Under the farmhouse are the cellars and the boiler room for gas central heating and a large workshop area and laundry area.  Outside is a wooden terrace with access to a private garden.

To the left on arrival at the property is the pigeonnier (approx. 80m2) which is currently the caretaker’s accommodation and consists of an open plan fitted kitchen with dining area and woodburner, a living room with large fireplace and French windows to a south-facing terrace and pretty garden, and a utility room with shower room and wc. .  Gas-fired central heating. 

Opposite the farmhouse is the bread oven building (approx.  90m2) which has been restored as a guest house and consists of a large room with the bread oven at one end and a kitchen and shower room on the ground floor, and a sewing workshop on the first floor with a gallery overlooking the ground floor.  Gas-fired central heating.

The property is set in over 49 hectares of its own land, all attached, and there are no near neighbours.  All the residential buildings are around the central courtyard and gardens, nicely landscaped with ornamental trees and shrubs, a small pond, paths and lawn. 

The main house has its own south-facing private terrace, veranda, pool and gardens and superb views over the land and the small lake.  Around 30 hectares are currently farmed out to a local farmer.

A well-maintained property with many original features in a superb location, currently a private estate but with lots of potential for various commercial or tourist activities.   

Facilities:  mains water & electricity, well, septic tanks, gas-fired central heating (underfloor on ground floor of main house), lap pool (25m x 2m50), 9-hole golf course, boule court, small wooden barn, large wooden barn, small lake. 

 Annual taxes:  5 458 Euros

Legal fees:  109 375 Euros (approx.)