Le Montaigne

• Business and Home all-in-one
• 1 minute walk away from village
• Renovate 2006
• Tourist area
• Potentual for expansion

• Bedrooms: 5
• Rural
• Village
• Terrace
• Disabled access
• Outbuildings

• Condition - Restored / Habitable
• Roof - Good Condition
• Drainage - Mains
• Water - Mains
• Heating - Central heating
• Electricity - Mains

Restored 16th century village house. Currently trading as Tearooms/Restaurant and Bed & Breakfast with owners accommodation. Or could be a large holiday home or full time resident for large family.

Registered for 24 people in restaurant plus 15/20 outside on terrace. and 3 letting rooms with capacity of 10 people. B & B open in 2006 and tearooms/restaurant at the end of April 2009.
We serve home cooked snack, cakes, european & international cuisine,
Our customers are mainly English speaking, English, Irish, Dutch, Belgium, German, Italian, Americans, Canadians. Good seasonal tourist trade it starts at easter and continues through to end of October. Have developed a winter trade with locals, run theme nights outside of tourist season. There are 20 different nationalities that either live here or have holiday homes.

We have a large campsite with mainly English customers (1000 campers high season) 5kms and English BP bond complex of 60 cottages 20km (both have supported us well) plus a large number of gites, B & B's and holiday homes in the village & surrounding area.

The house as panoramic views over the park Place D'Europe & the village & countryside.
The village has a good selection of amenities, supermarket, hairdresser, chemist, cash point, post office, florist, 2 bakers, car sales, petrol station, library, primary school, church, tourist information, doctors, weekly market & winter truffle market, bar-tabac, restaurant, vegetable producer. The property is less than 30 mins from Bergerac airport. We are in the centre of the Perigord Region within 1 hour of most of the tourist attraction.

The house as 185m² habitable space with a further 100m² of space comprising of 1 small barn 11m²& 1 large barn 57m² which is attached to the rear of the house behind the restaurant (ideal for expansion of the restaurant & new kitchen able to cope with the increase numbers or could be converted into addition living accommodation). 2 cellars 32m² and terrace.

The house comprises of 4 levels with lots of original features and high ceilings.

Level 1 - 2 large cellars 32m² with stairs leading down from the lounge.

Level 2 - ground floor which you enter through double French doors into a large entrance hall/reception 11m² with bar area & stairs leading to 1st floor.

To the right passing under feature archway through double fire doors is the dinning room 23m² seating max 24 people with exposed stone wall and beam. Also in this area we have a reading library. Leading from the dinning room out through double French doors is the terrace which seats 15/20 people and is west facing, getting the sun from early afternoon until late evening.

To the left passing under another feature archway is the lounge 23m² with open working fire, Sat TV (english).
Double in/our doors leading through to 2 kitchens, 1st domestic kitchen with appliances & fitted units, extractor hood 10m² and 2nd commercial kitchen with appliances, stainless steel double sink & table 8m²( we use the 2 kitchens as 1)Cooking is by bottle gas & electric.

Down 5 steps through fire door is the store/boiler room 16m² we store dry goods here plus additional fridges & freezer and indoor drying area. New central heating boiler & oil tank plus 2 hot water tanks 1 is 3 years old 1500lts and runs off either electric or central heating system other is older. Access outside through double garage doors. Electric control panel is situated here. 2 gas bottles are stored outside the garage under lock & key.

Also leading of the lounge are the 2 cellars 32m² plus disable toilet 4m² and store cupboard 2m² and door leading out to the rear of house and the 2 barns and rear access.

Small barn 11m² is used as a workshop & store
Large barn 57m² is used as a games room with bar area with sink plus 2 utility area & storage area. The barn is attached to the rear of the house behind the restaurant and the wall could be easily knocked through to make a larger restaurant and room for large kitchen able to cope with increase trade or converted into additional living space or gite.

Level 3 - 1st floor stairs leading up from entrance hall onto a landing which as parquet flooring which continues into bedrooms 1 & 2.
On this floor there 3 bedrooms & 3 shower rooms. All bedrooms have central heating, (English), tea & coffee facilities plus secondary electric heating in both bedrooms & shower rooms. All bedrooms are decorate with individual theme.

Bedroom 1 is 16m² with a autumn theme it has a double & single bed with en suite shower room 3m² with hydro shower, hand basin & WC. Sat TV (english)

Bedroom 2 is 9m² with a flower theme double bed & linen store, this room as a private shower room 3m² with hydro shower, hand basin & WC opposite.

Bedroom 3 is 19m² with a herb theme it can have either double/super king size and 2 or 3 single beds with en suite shower room 4m² with hydro shower, hand basin & WC.
Sat TV (english)
Stairs leading from 1st floor to 2nd floor

Level 4 - 2nd floor on this floor there is 1 double bedroom & 1 suite of rooms.

Bedroom 4 is 13m² with a forest animal theme with exposed beams it can have either a double or twin bed it has a private shower room 3m² next door with shower, hand basin & WC.

Bedroom 5 is a suite of rooms -
room 1 is used as office/kitchette 8m²
with en suite shower room 4m² with hydro shower, hand basin & WC.
room 2 is 18m² with exposed beams & vaulted ceiling with double/king size bed, build in wardrobe and storage. has room for further
1 or 2 single bed or settee. Sat TV english

Plumbing was completely renewed in 2006 with new showers, hand basin & WC installed with new pipe work.
Electrics were upgraded in 2006 and have passed full electrical inspection by profession body in accordance with regulations in 2008.
Exit lights & smoked detectors have been fitted along with fire extinguisher in compliance with commercial regulations 2008. Alarm system.
New central heating system install November 2007, new boiler, new pipe work, new oil tank
Hot water tank fitted in 2006 which can be operated either by electric or off the central heating boiler 1500ltrs plus secondary older hot water tank.

The property is in good order through out.
Would consider selling complete,so you can move straight in a continue trading.Price for fixture and fittings to be negotiable

Full inventory & books can be seen at time of viewing.

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