An Attractive Village House with Spacious Living Space, Plus

Property Description

Property Features
Bedrooms : 6
Bathrooms : 5
Reception Rooms : 3
Plot (m2) : 2728
Habitable area (m2) : 250 (when complete)
Gîte : Yes
Outbuildings : Yes
State of Repair : Good
Drainage : Fosse septique
Heating system : Wood burners and electric
Nearest shop : 6km
Nearest bar : 6km
Nearest town : Champagne Mouton 2km
Internet : ADSL 3-8 Mb/s, 4G



Property Summary
Located in the centre of a small village close to the market town of Champagne Mouton, these two properties provide an excellent opportunity for a large family house or for someone looking to run a gite rental business.


Full Details
HouseThe main house is fully renovated and beautifully presented, the barn conversion is more than half complete with only final fitting of kitchen, decoration. Connection to mains water required.Both houses are double glazed.HouseGround FloorA very spacious open plan kitchen living room (46m2) is the heart of the house, with fantastic original 'coeur de demoiselle' floor, exposed stone walls, beams, fireplace and wood burner.A front door leads from the village lane and at the rear of the house is a ground floor shower room, separate WC and utility room.There is a feature double height dining / sitting room (32m2) also with wood burner, exposed stone walls and beams plus double doors to outside courtyard.A large barn (80m2 approx.) is attached to one side of the property, providing either garaging and or storage, plus the opportunity for further extension if required and subject to relevant planning permissions.First FloorA good size and double height landing gives access to the two bedrooms (16m2 and 14m2), plus a smaller room (5m2) which could be used as a child's bedroom and family bathroom (6m2) with bath, hand wash basin and WC.The mezzanine room overlooks the dining sitting room below, currently used as an additional sitting room but would work easily well as extra bedroom if required.
Barn Conversion to completeMost of the major work on the barn conversion has been completed and is currently laid out as an open plan ground floor plus four bedrooms on first floor.Ground FloorOpen plan kitchen / living room (70m2) Shower room (4m2) complete with shower, hand wash basin and WCFirst FloorFour bedrooms (12m2, 11m2, 11m2 and 10m2), one with balcony overlooking garden and en-suite shower room and one family bathroom (5m2)The barn conversion requires kitchen, decoration, connection to mains water.It may also be possible to purchase the main house complete with contents (subject to negotiation) making it rentable / liveable from day one.
Outside
At the rear of the main house is a pretty courtyard area, perfect for outside dining plus another outbuilding hangar (30m2) approx. providing further storage and or opportunity as required.The barn conversion also has its own outside space courtyard, again with ample room for outside entertaining. There is a large above ground pool plus a very large garden also attached - planning permission was previously granted for an in-ground pool (now lapsed) in the garden.The market town of Champagne Mouton (bakeries, pharmacy, bar / restaurant, doctor, supermarket) is approx. 5km and the larger town of Ruffec approx. 20km.This property presents plenty of initial options and the opportunity for further extension if required.