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Rural property, partially of the beginning of the 18th century, situated in the centre of a hamlet with church and former school at only 6 Km to Saint Mathieu, small town with amenities, and 5 Km to Marval (bread store and restaurant). A stonewall with gate separates the old farm from the newer road. Accommodation has been added by a more recent stone house to the back, which includes:

- entrance and kitchen (-10 m2) with fireplace, wood cooker, tiled floor, access to
- a living room (-16 m2), parquet and tiled floor, stone sink, fire place, exposed stones and beams, access to the courtyard
- en suite bedroom (-10 m2)
- corridor
- bathroom (-5 m2), fitted lino on concrete floor, tiling
- toilette
- a second bedroom (-13 m2)
- annex with access to upstairs, partially converted into
- a multipurpose room (-26 m2), parquet floor, French window offering the possibility to create a balcony, few stairs to get to the attic level, converted into
- a dormitory (-77 m2), wooden floors, six openings in the roof (two roof and two dormer windows, two skylights).

Central oil heating and sewage drainage by septic tank.

Boiler room (-19 m2), concrete floor.
Cellar.
Stables with mezzanine.
Barn (-43 m2).
Lean-to.
Stone bred oven.
Henhouse.

The old farm part of the property includes accommodation:

- entrance from the courtyard, separated from the main room by wooden partition walls, and staircases to the non convertible attic (-52 m2)
- a main living room (-30 m2) with fire place, wood cooker, stone sink, old wooden floorboards with potato cellar underneath, partially concrete floor, beams, access to garden
- en suite a bedroom (-22 m2), with original floor boards and beams.

Attached barn with mezzanine (-98 m2).
Workshop (-20 m2) with window, access from the courtyard.
Second barn with stables and mezzanine to the left (-39 m2), engine area in the centre (-44 m2), stables and mezzanine to the right (-49 m2).
Appendix with open upper floor for hay storage (-46 m2).
Outbuilding with to the left a hangar (-29 m2), wood storage in the centre (-5 m2), and a workshop with two window and concrete floor on the right wing (-13 m2). New roof.
Hangar.
Courtyard and garden with a well.

Attached land for round total 1.6 ha (approx. 4 acres), partially used by farmers at present.

Consommation conventionnelle :
266 kWh ep/m2.an

Estimation des Gaz a effet de serre :
79kg 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