Opis:

In a quiet hamlet, a long driveway leads you past the front garden to the side of the courtyard. Through a side gate, you enter the courtyard and pass the two gites before reaching the main house.

House:

Several of the rooms on the ground floor have doors opening onto the courtyard including the main living room, the kitchen and the summer room.

Ground floor:

The kitchen (24 m2) has a wooden floor, fitted units (including a central island with storage below), exposed beam ceiling and a fireplace with wood burning stove. A wooden open staircase leads from the kitchen to the first floor where the master bedroom suite is located.

A door to the rear of the kitchen leads to a boiler room (6.6 m2) with a tiled floor and beyond this another door leads to the summer room (38 m2) with views over the rear garden. The summer room has a solid wood parquet floor and French windows opening onto the rear terrace. There is a working stone fireplace on the rear wall and a mezzanine area has been created with a drop down ladder. A further storage room is located to the rear of the summer room.

To the left of the kitchen, a door opens to the dining room ? study ? family room (37 m2) with a solid wood floor and insert-style wood burning fire. The windows to front and rear make this a lovely light room and there are views over the rear garden and the front courtyard. A door to the rear of the dining area opens into a shower room with shower, toilet and washbasin.

From the dining room a door opens to the sitting room (40 m2) with again, solid wood flooring. Double doors open onto the courtyard and windows to the rear offer views over the garden. To one side is a fireplace. An open staircase in the sitting room leads to the first floor.

First Floor:

The four bedrooms are split with three on one side of the house ? reached by the staircase in the kitchen and the fourth (master bedroom suite) on the other side of the house ? reached by the staircase in the sitting room.

Master suite:

This comprises a large bedroom (30 m2) with ensuite bathroom (bath, washbasin and WC).

Bedrooms:

The remaining three bedrooms (19 m2, 17 m2 and 12 m2) are reached via the landing at the top of the stairs rising from the kitchen. Also of this landing is a shower room (shower, washbasin and WC).

Gite 1:

On the ground floor of the first gite is an open-plan living room (32 sq m) with a wood-burning stove and a range of fitted kitchen units. A wooden staircase rises to the first floor bedroom (30 sq m) with an ensuite shower room (shower, washbasin and WC).

Gite 2:

The ground floor of the second gite comprises a large open-plan living room (45 sq m) with wood-burning stove and a range of fitted kitchen units. A wooden staircases rises to the first floor landing, off which are two bedrooms (17 m2 and 10 m2) as well as a shower room (shower, washbasin and WC).

Outbuildings:

To one side of the courtyard is a range of outbuildings including a barn, a workshop and a garage.

Garden:

The property sits on a plot of 4282 m2. To the front of the property is a large garden area laid to lawn with a good size vegetable plot. Directly to the front of the house is a walled, gravel courtyard and to the side and rear of the house is more garden, mainly laid to lawn with a number of mature trees. To the side of the property there is also a mobile home.

This is a substantial property which could make a very comfortable home with good income potential.

Fast
facts

Habitable
area (m2 - approx.): 365
- 230 (house) + 75 (gite) + 60 (gite)

Beds: 7 4 in main house, 3 in g?tes

Land (m2 -
approx.): 4282

Outbuildings: Yes

Swimming
pool: No

Situation: Edge of Village

State of
repair: Good

Heating
system: Oil-fired central heating + fireplaces

Sanitation
system: Septic tank

Taxe
fonciere €: 1600 (tbc)

Nearest shop: 3.5km

Nearest bar: 5km

Nearest town: Aulnay 15km

About Poitou-Charentes

The start of South Western France, Poitou-Charentes enjoys both a wonderful coastline, varied countryside, pretty villages and interesting towns. The climate of the region is one of the mildest in France, and the coastal area in Charente-Maritime is the sunniest part of France after the Mediterranean coastal areas. Poitou-Charente now forms part of the large new region known as Nouvelle Aquitaine.

Charente-Maritime is the most westerly department of the region and offers wonderful stretches of coastline, with long sandy beaches and fishing ports. La Rochelle is a vibrant port resort and has lots of top quality shops and lovely restaurants. The island of Ile de Re is simply wonderful, with long sandy beaches, vineyards, little harbours and bustling markets it just oozes charm. Not surprisingly it's more expensive to buy property in Charente-Maritime than in other parts of the department but if you can afford it, it is a wonderful part of France.

Inland from the Charente-Maritime is the department of Charente which gains its name from the river that winds it way through the area bordered by lovely villages and market towns. The area offers a more rural lifestyle than its neighbour. The countryside is undulating, scattered with pasture land, sunflowers and offers wide panoramas. Cognac is probably the best known town in Charente, sitting astride the river Charente it is a really interesting place to visit, to enjoy the distilleries, the river and the wonderful restaurants. Buying property in Charente is better value in the north and east of the department.

To the east of Charente is the department of Vienne which is slightly more rural than its neighbour. The river Vienne, along which there are lovely beaches, flows through the department and adds charm to many of the pretty villages along its banks. Poitiers with its theme park of Futuroscope, is the best known town in Vienne and a

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