Description:

This attached cottage is situated in a small pretty hamlet in the Haute Vienne near to a pleasant village with supermarket, restaurants, boulangerie, doctor, pharmacy etc.

Being only 30 minutes from Limoges airport which has regular flights to the UK, and a having a small manageable courtyard/garden, this property would make an ideal lock up and leave holiday home or nice easy to maintain permanent accommodation.

The house has been tastefully renovated and retains its character thanks to the exposed granite stone walls, beamed ceilings and beautiful old wooden floors.

Separate to the house but only a minutes walk away there is a barn and at the other end of the village, the property comes with a building plot.

Ground floor:
- Kitchen (-13m2), tiled floor, wooden ceiling with beams, wood burning stove, plumbing for washing machine, glass door to rear patio;
- Shower room (wet room)of about 3m2 with wash basin and WC, tiled floor and half walls, exposed granite stone walls above;
- A lounge (-30.4m2) with chestnut floorboards, exposed beams and stonework, fireplace and woodburning stove, original wood staircase to first floor, double glass doors through to the adjoining dining room;
- A dining room (-22.17m2), oak floorboards, fireplace with woodburning stove, exposed stone and beams and inbuilt cupboard, access to cellar, original wood staircase to upstairs and stable door to front terrace;

First floor:
- Bedroom 1 (15.5m2)with original parquet floor;
- Bedroom 2 (13.5m2)with built in cupboard,exposed beams,original parquet floor;
- Bedroom 3 (12m2) parquet floorboards, exposed beamed ceiling;
- large family bathroom (9m2), shower cubicle, washbasin and WC, parquet flooring; door access to:
- The second floor there is a mezzanine (-10m2)with sloping ceilings which could be used as an occasional bedroom or office.

Private gated courtyard with well.
Separate barn (roof tiles and wood where necessary renewed in 2006.
Separate garden/potential building plot.

Total area 1594m2.

Total surface of about 1594 m2

Consommation conventionnelle :
320 kWh ep/m2.an

Estimation des Gaz a effet de serre :
4kg eqCO2/m2.an

About Limousin

The region known as Limousin, which consists of Haute Vienne, Creuse and Correze, has been incorporated in the new region of Nouvelle Aquitaine since 2016. The area is situated at the top end of southwest France and has often been referred to as France profonde or the French Lake District. To my mind, however, Limousin most resembles the Cotswolds in the U.K. It's a very good area in which to buy French property because of its beauty, accessibility and property prices.

Scenically, the rolling countryside of Limousin consists of meadows, woods, rivers and lakes interspersed with pretty hamlets and flower filled villages. It is typically very rural but one is never far away from a small bustling market towns and there are many picturesque riverside towns such as Beaulieu and the larger cultural centre of Limoges, famous for its porcelain industry. Just about every village and town has a weekly market and seasonal produce is reflected in the menus of the numerous, small local restaurants.

If you to choose to buy property in Limousin you will be buying into an area where the quality of life will be more important than the quantity of your possessions. There are very few chateaux in Limousin and most property is either delightful farmhouses or cottages surrounded by orchards and vegetable gardens or pretty village houses. Your neighbours are almost certain to be welcoming as long as you treat them with the respect that anyone who chooses to live off the land deserves.

In your new property in Limousin your social life is likely to revolve around aperitifs with friends and neighbours, trips to the market, tending your garden and the occasional visit to English or French speaking films, a concert, opera or ballet. Come the hot days of summer, swimming in the many rivers and lakes or lazing in the garden are a must, probably followed by a barbecue under the starry night sky.

Life in Limousin is as gentle as the