Profitable Mill Business + House in the French Alps: a Rural Dreamlife Come True

Property Description

Summary
A house (155 m2) and working mill (grains and nuts) in a beautiful natural setting.

A small lively town with all necessary amenities, a rich cultural life and numerous artisans at 2 km distance. The owners are offering this property at a bargain price because they want to set up next door to their elderly parents.
The property dates back to 1300 and is located in the Southern Alps, 45 km from Grenoble (Isère). The property sits on the banks of a small stream. You can enjoy views of the mountains Grand Ferrand, Obiou or Mont Aiguille.

Property description

A set of several buildings, including:

> main building consisting of:
- a flour mill electrified in 1966 (wheat rooms, mill, cleaning room, conditioning room, wheat storage cells) (225 m2, divided over 3 levels)
- a house, including living room, kitchen, dining room, three bedrooms and a bathroom (total living area of 155 m2)

> building consisting of a 72 m2 barn, and a 33 m2 apartment in use as a laboratory for making dried pasta, and a stable/poultry house
> building containing the walnut oil mill (in operation) 40 m2, and a straw loft
> building for receiving, cleaning and weighing wheat, with three adjacent grain silos
> storage shed 216 m2
> garage 50 m2

Location
You are some 2 km from the village of Mens, on a low-traffic departmental road. Mens is known as the capital of the Trièves because of its size. The Trièves is a region full of beautiful nature and impressive mountains. Grenoble is 55 km from Mens and the A51 motorway is 20 km away.
The region's climate, which used to be characterised by cold winters (snow) and hot summers, tends towards milder winters and warmer summers.
Activities nearby include: mountain hiking (l'Obiou at 2,790 m altitude), with many marked routes, skiing in ski resorts just 45 minutes away, windsurfing on the lakes of Monteynard-Avignonet or Laffrey, and relaxing at several lakes...

Access
Grenoble is 55 km away.
The A51 motorway is 20 km away.
The nearest train station is 18 km away.
Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport is 97 km away.

Interior
The house is heated by a system of solar collectors and a wood pellet stove. Renewable energy that gives you comfort without the cost of heating oil

Exterior
There is a spring between the buildings, which has never dried up.

Numerous other outbuildings, including several cellars, a workshop and the building housing the micro-hydropower plant, which is operational but in need of renovation, with a rated capacity of 25 kWh.
The property is sold with a water right to the river (updated in 2014), a water collection and intake canal and a pressure basin.

The total built-up area is about 1,000 m2 on a plot of 5,941 m2.

Additional Details
The company operating the wheat mill, walnut oil mill and dry pasta is a SARL (limited liability company). The property and the business are offered for sale in one deal. The accounts can be consulted on site.

Revenue Generation
The business has a loyal clientele and an annual turnover of €100,000.
The owner earns a salary + rental income from the company. This way taxes are kept low.