3-4 Bed Detached House 2 Garages; Workshop; Large Garden; Countryside Views

Description

3-4 Bed Detached House in lovely position; Covered Terrace & BBQ; 2 Garages; Workshop; Large Garden; Countryside Views
In Brief: Detached Stone House with extension; Good Order; traditional style; CH under floor+ Air Con; Entrance Hall; 3 Beds (1 Ground Floor); Partly Fitted Kitchen-Diner; Large Living Room; Bathroom; Shower Room/WC; WC; Mezzanine (Guest Bed 4); Box Room; large Cellar; 2 Garages; Workshop; Covered Terrace and BBQ; Large Mature Garden (plot almost half an acre); Shed; Lovely Valley Views.
Situation: East Charente 16450; at the edge of a tranquil rural hamlet, surrounded by lovely rolling countryside, close to the forest and approx. 3kms to a lively village with lots of amenities inc. 2 bar-restaurants; 2 bakeries; superette; tabac; chemist etc. 5mins drive to a market town; c35mins to Angoulême and approx. 45mins Limoges Airport.
Description: The main part of the house was built in stone in 1824 and the extension was added c1980; the property is very comfortable and functional, some rooms require updating; it has wonderful outside space and would make a fabulous holiday home or permanent residence. The house benefits from approx.146m2 habitable space laid out as follows:
Ground Floor: Tiled throughout: Entrance Hall/Corridor (c17.3m2) with lovely wooden stairs leading to mezzanine and 1st floor; partially fitted modern Kitchen-Diner (c17m2) with plenty of cupboards and work surface, double sink and extract, door to huge Storage Cellar (c30m2), double doors lead to the dining terrace and garden; Double aspect Living Room (c39m2) with a dining area, lovely beams, 2 double doors to the south-facing, sun-trap courtyard and a fireplace with inset wood-burner; Bed 1 (c13m2 inc. large wall to wall fitted wardrobe and large laundry cupboard housing the washing machine - this could be relocated to make room for a basin etc); Bathroom (5.7m2 bath, walk-in shower, basin & cupboard); WC (1.7m2).
First Floor: lovely parquet flooring throughout: Mezzanine Floor (c25m2 at floor level & 9m2 at good height) with velux window and Box Room (4.5m2); Corridor (6.2m2) to 2 further Bedrooms (c13.7 & c14.8m2) with mansard ceilings and a modern Shower Room ( 4.7m2) with large walk-in shower, basin and WC.
Technical: Wood double- glazed; Wooden Shutters + additional Electric Shutters on the extension; Electrics were updated in 2009; 1 x Air Con (sitting Room), air/heat ex.; Oil Central Heating – under floor heating on the ground floor and rads in the bedrooms; Log –burner in sitting room; Septic tank (report pending); Energy: (report Pending).
Outbuildings: 1 Garage (c22m2); 1 Car Port (c19m2 enclosed to 3 sides with Boiler Room); Workshop (c15.6m2); Lovely Covered Terrace (c21m2) overlooking the garden with fitted BBQ station; Garden Shed.
Land: Plot size approx.1853m2 (almost half an acre); 2 Courtyards (one on either side of the house) so plenty of off-road parking; Traditional stone Well; Lovely, mature partly stone-walled garden with a couple of impressive trees, Juvenile Orchard & Gorgeous Open Views across the fields to the nearby village.