Charming Renovated 19th Century Stone Farmhouse, 1.2 Hectares of Land.

Property Description

Summary
Tranquility. Open countryside. Wildlife. Room to breathe. Space to slow down. But within easy reach of all amenities.

See video links for interior walk through and drone views of the land. There is a floor plan, not to scale but gives you an idea of the layout, near the beginning of the photos.

https://youtu.be/1enm1pkvbJM?is=wFFZzoxDroh5kzhN
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FLr_GkQrYEY

This charming stone farmhouse, which is offered fully furnished, has been sympathetically modernised providing 223 sq metres of comfortable, flexible living space. All of its original features have been carefully protected. The thick stone walls help to keep the house cool in the summer but warm in the winter. Lots of oak beams and stone walls. Set on a plot of 3 and a quarter acres / 1.2 hectares, to do with what you have wished for. Just 4 km from the vibrant village of St Hilaire des Loges in southeast Vendée. Only 13km from the town centre of Fontenay le Comte, the historic old county town of the Vendée. This takes under 15 minutes along deserted country roads.

The property comprises:
4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms with bath and separate shower, 1 separate toilet, large farmhouse kitchen, snug which leads onto a large composite deck, spacious salon, dining room, wood pellet boiler with silo, wood burner, car port, cellar, summer kitchen with bread oven and patio. Separate building containing a fully equipped wood working shop and garage for garden machinery, which could possibly be turned into accommodation. Tractor shed. 2 wood stores. Large, tree filled main garden, orchard, vegetable garden, greenhouse. Patio and spacious deck.

Puy de Fou an hour away. Futuroscope one and a half hours. The coast is an hour away. Many local attractions and excellent sports facilities - see below

Just bring your personal effects and move in.

Feel free to contact us for more information, room sizes, more photos or a viewing. We look forward to meeting you.

Location
Just 4km outside the pretty village of St Hilaire des Loges with a supermarket, bakery, 2 banks, hairdressers, pharmacy and a bar resto. Small Friday market. It also has a nursery school, junior school and senior school.
Main town of Fontenay le Comte is 20 minutes away. A bustling town with 2 hyper markets, and every shop you could wish for. Also a good hospital, clinic, dentists etc. It has a huge sports plain with football and rugby pitches, archery and indoor shooting range, dog agility park, bmx track and a dojo. Even a brand new cinema which often shows “ VO” ( version originale) films in English.
Just 5minutes, 5 km from Lac du Chassenon with its inland beach. In the summer you can stay all day, swim, slide, hire pedals or kayaks. All incredibly reasonable rates.
20 minutes from La venise verte - the green Venice in the Marais Poitevin. You can hire punts on the canals or explore the many villages along its banks.
30 minutes from Niort, the county town of the Deux Sevres, our neighbouring county. So many bars, cafes and restos to choose from. Lots of shops and a lovely buzz to the town. People watching in the evenings is a favourite pastime. 2 big out of town commercial centres and even great indoor climbing walls for all ages.

Access
The house is 20 minutes from the A83 motorway.
3 airports within an hour and a half. La Rochelle, Nantes and Poitiers
The channel ports are 3 1/2 hours and 4 1/2 hours away. St Malo and Ouistreham. Cherbourg is nearly 5 hours away. The channel tunnel is nearly 7 hours away
TGV station is half an hour away
Local roads are quiet and traffic is incredibly light.

Interior
Video tour inside
https://youtu.be/FLr_GkQrYEY

Floor plan in the photos. Not to scale but an idea of the layout.

You enter the house into a large kitchen/snug of 43sq metres. With 2 electric Veluxes with blinds, this is a light filled space. Great working layout and includes a Rangemaster double cooker as well as dishwasher and side by side fridge/freezer. All white goods are by Bosch. There is nearly 8 metres of granite worktop plus the central island. The kitchen leads to a sitting area with access to a large composite deck. The table can seat 8 people and there is a comfortable seating area too. Shade is provided by an electric awning and parasol.
The snug leads into an intimate dining room. The solid oak 2.5 metre table and 6 oak chairs are included.
You then walk through to the salon/lounge. An L shape room, this lends its self to various layouts. With an ancient stone fireplace, wood burning stove and 2 old wall alcoves, this room is full of character. From the salon, you can access the stone patio through double glazed doors. Here you will find a covered area with an old working bread oven. It’s really quite something. The salon also leads to bedroom 4/office. This brick paved room is cosy and inviting. It contains an old stone sink and storage shelves and could easily be incorporated along with the guest suite into a rental area. Leading through to a toilet then up solid steps to the guest suite. Another light filled, dual aspect room, with large en suite bathroom with shower and bath. With minor works, this could easily be turned into a chambre d’hôte or Airbnb. All furniture is included.
The salon also leads upstairs to 2 further spacious bedrooms - both are 24sq metres - and a large family bathroom, again both shower and bath, via a landing. The landing has 2 oak linen cupboards. The landing also has the front door leading to the garden. One bedroom is again dual aspect ( south and east) with a chestnut floor. The stone chimney passes through this room. It also has a wall mounted air conditioning unit, recently serviced. Huge wardrobe, baroque bed and side tables are included. The other bedroom faces east and sun streams through the 2 windows in the morning. This room has another old, non working fireplace ( this can easily be reinstated) and a “ potager”. In years gone by, people could cook on this ancient Vendeen kitchen. Again , the wardrobes, bed and side tables are included.

Exterior
https://youtu.be/1enm1pkvbJM?is=wFFZzoxDroh5kzhN. This is professional drone footage showing the house and land. Beautiful setting.

The house comes with over 12,000 sq metres of land, divided into 4 areas. The main garden and 3 fields. The biggest field is approx 5000 sq metres. Ideal for livestock. The garden and this field are fully enclosed. There are 3 gravel driveways.
The garden has an avenue of lime trees lining the drive providing shade in the hot summers. And the scent of the flowers in late May is incredible. The bees love it. The garden is mainly grassed with flower beds being near the house for ease of watering. There are also apple trees,
ornamental trees and a small stone outbuilding. One feature is a large horse chestnut tree. Another is an old agricultural machine inherited with the house when we bought it.
There are two fields opposite the house across a farm track. One contains a small orchard with apple, pear, cherry, plum and medlar trees. It also has a small raised bed vegetable patch. The second field has a greenhouse of 18’ x 8’ and 2 woodsheds for the logs. Plus another small stone outbuilding
Attached to the house is an integral car port leading to the cellar. This is divided into 3 areas. One area is used as a pantry, one contains a very large chest freezer and the third has a fridge. The laundry area is also in the cellar with Bosch washing machine, Bosch tumble dryer - both included in the sale, and a sink.
Next to the house is a separate building, currently used as a woodworking shop and a garage for the ride on mower ( not included) and other maintenance tools. The woodworking shop side includes a table saw, thicknesser/planer, pillar drill, bandsaw, chop saw, router and many other smaller tools. It also has an extraction system. The other side is racked out for storage too.
Between the house and workshop is a simple tractor shed. The tractor is not included but is available at additional cost. It’s a must for the area of land to be maintained.

Additional Details
Today’s sightings include one adult rabbit and 2 baby rabbits. And the spotted woodpecker brought its fledgling to the peanut feeders. It had no idea what to do.
If you love wildlife then this is the place for you. Most of the time all you can hear is birdsong. It really is very peaceful. There are rabbits, hares, foxes, stone martins, hedge hogs, deer and many species of birds. Including hoopoes, swallows, wrens, buzzards, green woodpeckers spotted woodpeckers, nightingales, skylarks, cuckoos, golden orioles and all the usual garden varieties The woodpeckers love the peanut feeders, the swallows and wrens nest in the car port.
There are dog walks straight from the house. All through open farmland and along quiet farm lanes.
Electricity is supplied by EDF costing 80€ per month
There is fibre from Orange giving a speed of around 549mbps download and 611mbps upload, depending on where you are in the house.
The tax fonciere is 94€ per month
Water is 25€ per month.

Also available with our bilingual agent at https://www.iadfrance.fr/annonce/maison-vente-8-pieces-saint-hilaire-des-loges-223m2/r2007520