Countryside Renovated Cottage and Barn in Private 9ha Nature Park

Property Description

Summary
Renovated farmhouse with (hay)barn/stable, outbuildings, and a large, contiguous private estate. Ideal if you're looking for space for horses, or store vehicles, boats, or machinery, or if you dream of your own private nature park, in the charming area called “Valley of the Painters”, between Lake Chambon and the picturesque ruins of Crozant. The traditional house with excellent energy score has been renovated with focus on spaciousness, offering single-level living and exceptional volumes with a very large bedroom, a large eat-in kitchen, a bright and airy living room, a beautiful shower room, a hallway, an entrance hall, and a very large garage. With 135 m² of living space on the ground floor alone, a good staircase leads to the upper floor, allowing for the easy creation of four additional bedrooms and a bathroom. Upstairs floorboards done, water and electrics are only to be connected, the roof is in mint condition. A vaulted cellar below the kitchen, a bread oven, a lean-to, and a large, traditional timber-framed barn with three horse stalls, adjoining additional garage space and woodshed complete the house. Access from the street is via a spacious and elongated gravel driveway extending to the front of the barn. South-facing, a sun-soaked terrace overlooks a landscaped garden, fenced for the safety of small children and animals. The grounds then extend into wooded parkland, with rich biodiversity, winding along the rolling hillsides with mown paths for easy access. An orchard with mature, fruit-bearing trees completes the property. A hiking trail runs alongside the estate, as does a small stream that meanders through the wooded slopes to explore. The entire property is organic, having never been treated with any chemicals, and has been inventoried for numerous plant species as a real treat for nature enthusiasts. As the municipality is engaged in hydroelectric activity and is located on a route of power lines; we wish to mention the presence of pylons on the property, almost inevitable (visually) but without real inconvenience and well secured and maintained.

Location
Between Limoges and Châteauroux, in the Val de Creuse, in the quiet village of Saint-Plantaire.
Nearby villages are Eguzon (good for shops) and Crozant, as well as the classified pittoresque Gargilesse, all at 10-15' drive.
Towns in the area: Argenton-sur-Creuse (35' and very nice) Châteauroux (50') , Guéret (45'), La Châtre, Limoges (1h)
Saint-Plantaire is home to an artificial lake (a staggering 312 ha) with watersports, campsite, as well as the opposite lake village Eguzon housing other campsites, pubs, shops, pharmacist, medical care, etc.

Access
From Limoges Airport, 1 h drive by the tollfree motorway A20.
From Paris, 3.5 h drive over Orléans / Vierzon
Railway stations at Châteauroux, Argenton-sur-Creuse, La Souterraine

Interior
A 49 m2 living room with goodlooking and efficient insert woodburner.
A spacious kitchen / dining room of 33 m2 with vintage bread or pizza oven
A master bedroom of 21 m2, large enough to house a proper dressing if you like
A good comfy size bathroom (shower) and a separate toilet
Entrance hall with separate stairway and hallway
A vast garage of 41 m2. Possibility to convert it to an extra room if door is made to the living room.

Exterior
A traditional wooden barn with 3 horse boxes, extra garage, hay floor and woodshed
An smaller outbuilding to the house for storage
A paved, large and curved tiled terrace
3 levels of garden and lands:
1) landscaped garden with flowerbeds and quality trees, fenced area
2) a traditional park / area, say a small arboretum in front of the barn
3) lots of hectares of restored wild nature, but with good access thanks to mowed discovery paths, and last but not least a high-end orchard for harvesting of both fruit and wood (5000 m2)
Other than that, several hectares of Natura2000 classified woodland
In all transparency: electricity lines and pilons on the land, well secured and good maintenance, with no real hindrance in day-to-day live.
The exteriors are totaling close to 10 ha, all in one stretch, which is truly rare.

Additional Details
Yearly property tax only 653€.
Good to know: notary registration is slightly lower in Saint-Plantaire than elsewhere in the area.
The land usage of this property is very flexible.... and if there is too much of it, plenty of farmers a.s.o. will hire some from you.
The woodlands, for those who wish to exploit them, allows for enough logs to be self sufficient in heating even though additional central heating (electric) is installed.