1789 GASCON FARMHOUSE & GITE Reduced by €65,000 for quick sale

• Country Views
• Quiet Location
• Edge of Village (10 minutes walk)
• Ready made Earning Potential
• Ample opportunity for further Accomodation if required

• Bedrooms: 7
• Rural
• Village
• Terrace
• Outbuildings
• Double glazing

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

Beautiful 4/5 Bedroomed Farmhouse with full Central Heating, Oak Double Glazing, Fitted Kitchen - Original Features throughout - Gardens of one acre - Plus a 2 bedroomed gite, fully equipped and ready for immediate rental - plenty of other outbuildings with scope for a variety of uses.

The property sits on the outskirts of the hillside village of Castelnau-Rivière-Basse, while the town of Plaisance lies only 9 kms away, offering a supermarket, banks, solicitors etc - and the department city of Tarbes can be reached easily in 40 minutes.
The nearest airport is Tarbes / Lourdes (cheap flights offered through Ryanair) 45 mins while Pau; Toulouse, Biarritz, Bergerac and Bordeaux are all easily accessible.


The Property

Ground Floor
Oak double glazed doors to the spacious entrance hall featuring original wide staircase. Doors to Living room and Dining room.

Living Room approx 30m² - Wood burning stove in feature farmhouse fireplace with bread oven insert. Colombage wall - double glazed oak windows to front and rear - feature ancient stone sink and door into adjoining barn.

Dining Room approx 30m² - double glazed window to front - double glazed french door to rear garden - door into kitchen

Kitchen approx 20m² - White high gloss units with black gloss worktops, inset black coloured sink, under unit lighting, corner table with built in seating, beautiful wood burning range for cooking and running the central heating (new) with built in electric oven and gas hob for the summer months - double glazed window to rear and double glazed door to front - entrance to office / bedroom 5, utility room and shower room / wc

Office / Bedroom 5 approx 10m² - double glazed window to front, shelved alcove - access door to adjoining barn.

Utility Room - plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer - storage space for coats / shoes etc.

Shower Room / WC - Fitted cupboards for storage of towels etc. Large shower cubicle - Heated towel rail - Window to rear.

First Floor
Stairs lead to very wide, beamed landing approx 30m² - 2 double glazed windows to front

Master Bedroom approx 30m² - feature exposed A beams - small low level double glazed window to front - colombage walls

Bedroom 2 approx 12m² - velux roof window to rear. Colombage walls and Exposed A beams

Bedroom 3 approx 10m² - velux roof window to rear - Fitted Low level cupboard. Comobage wall.

Bedroom 4 approx 10m² - small low level double glazed window to front - colombage wall

Bathroom - fitted cupboard with sink, bath and wc, heated towel rail- velux roof window to rear.

Gite
Reverse level accomodation with two double bedrooms and well appointed shower roomon the ground floor with open plan living room, dining area and fitted kitchen on the first floor. Wood floors throughout, exposed beamed ceilings and colombage and exposed stone walls.

Garden 4300m²
Feature pond with seating area - well planted gardens - plenty of parking - paved patios + serparate eating area with original bread oven converted to a bar-be-que, vegetable garden and ample room for swimming pool if required.

Outbuildings
Large attached barn currently used as a garage - approx 72m²
Open barn for parking, with 75m² second floor (could become further accomodation if required.
Further barn currently used for wood storage etc - approx 20m²

Notes on the area...

I will try and tell you what I can about the area.

Firstly, the Hautes Pyrenees and Gers (whose border we are on) is a quiet agricultural area.

The countryside aound is variable. The the north and east is rolling hills, to the south is the adour valley - a vast flat plain that goes all the way to the foothills of the pyrenees. West, is again rolling hills, covered with vineyards. The mountains are only an hour away, but that hour means our weather is still warm. The west coast at Biarritz is a 2 hour drive while the med is approximately 3 & a half to 4 hours away.

We do not have stunning uninterrupted views from the house (if we did the price'd be considerably more), but the outlook is pleasant countryside, and although we have 2 immediat neighbours, the garden is so big that you don't feel overlooked. The neighbour in front of us (used as an occassional holiday home), is built side on, almost like an extension to the 'L' of our gite. (there is a lane between us and them) This means that we are overlooking thier garden and not the house itself. Behind us and approximately 100m distant from our house, is a little cottage that is owned and lived in by a lovely french lady.. The view to the sides is of fields. Sometimes you can see into the distance, sometimes not - depending on what is planted there. At the moment, it is corn, so there is no view...but I rather like that.

The house is located in a hamlet of 7 houses (including the little 'chateau' and is about 10 minutes walk from the village proper.

The village itself is perched on top of the hill and built around the remains of the old castle. Unfortunately there is only 1 wall left of a tower, which they proudly light up at night for all to see.
The view from the church there is lovely - as it is from many vantage points in walks round and about.

The village has a grocery shop where they make fresh bread, a post office, chemist, doctors, primary school, gendarmerie and hairdresser - but that is it. The pizza wagon visits as does the fish seller once a week.

Having said that, there is a good size intermarché in Plaisance du Gers, which is approx 9 kms and a very large new super U in Maubourguet (16kms)
Other shopping can be done in Aire sur l'adour which is about 24kms or of course there is everything necessary in Tarbes - 40kms straight down the adour valley.

Life here is quiet if you want it to be - or if you are feeling sociable, then there is always something going on if you're willing to get out there.


For those looking for a group of properties - please note that the neighbouring house (diagonally opposite) is for sale - see IFPC18774

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