3 Bedroom Stone House for Sale Charente, Cherves-Chatelars, France

Property Description

**Farmhouse To Renovate, Numerous Outbuildings, Approx, 2.8 Hectares Land (1.3 Hect. 5mins Walk Away), Very Tranquil, Edge Of Hamlet Spot With Lovely Views
In Brief: MUST VIEW! Fabulous opportunity, priced for a quick sale! Renovation Project - basically habitable; Large Kitchen/Dining Room; Spacious Living Room; 3 Beds (more possible); 2 Bathrooms; Utility; Large Store room; Attic; 2 Large Barns; 1 Open Barn; 1 Lean-to with Stabling; Piggeries; Bread Oven; Courtyard; Garden (blank canvas bordered by trees); Pasture & Woodland.

Situation: East Charente: Small Holding situated in beautiful rolling countryside at the edge of a tiny quiet, rural hamlet with lovely views! There are a few neighbours but the property remains fairly private; 16310 Close to the beautiful Lakes of the Haute Charente; 3 very pretty Villages with amenities within 10mins; 3 Market Towns within 20mins; Only c40mins from both Limoges Airport and the rampart city of Angouleme (TGV).

Description: This group of Stone Buildings appear to be in reasonable structural condition and the traditional Charentaise Farmhouse is habitable (although very basically) but requires renovations, notably: The property has a working well pump to supply it with water (as it has done for over a hundred years), it is connected to mains water but only via a meter and standpipe, in the courtyard; the electrical installation functions but a rewire is required; the roofs are lovely old-style Charentaise tiles and have been well maintained over the years but have no membranes; a new septic tank is required and decoration and/or refurbishment throughout.
The property is laid out as follows: Cast iron gates lead from the lovely little lane, past one of the barns to an uneven stone slab courtyard with the southeast ?facing Farmhouse on one side and a lovely little stone piggery and working bread oven opposite; the garden space stretches out to the southwest of the courtyard/house and the pasture is behind the house along with the 2nd Barn, the stable and the Open Barn.
The Farmhouse benefits from approx. 150m2habitable space with the opportunity to expand into the substantial attic space (which takes up roughly a third of the 1st floor) and/or into the attached barn. There are exposed beams throughout and some exposed stonework; it comprises:

On the Ground Floor: Entrance through a glass porch (2m2)to the Hallway (4m2), with wide staircase; Tiled, basic Kitchen/Diner (33m2) tiled and laminate floor with stone Charentaise fireplace and wood-burner, partially fitted new sink area (not plumbed in); tiled Living Room (27.4m2) with beams and stone fireplace with wood-burner; Corridor; WC; Tiled Bathroom (4m2

Clog bath and basin); Utility room (12.7m2); Store Room (21.5m2), battered earth floor, could be knocked through to extend living room or converted to make a ground floor bedroom NB this room currently houses the non-conforming septic tank (which will require filling in once the replacement is installed outside) and the well pump.

On the 1st floor: Landing (7.7m2); 3 Bedrooms (9.2, 16.3 & 23.8m2) the latter with a Dressing Room (4m2); Unfinished Bathroom (8.3m2

Bath, WC +macerator, Double Basin); Convertible Attic of approx. 30m2 floor space.
NB: Single Glazed with wooden shutters on the ground floor (except back door which is dbl glazed); Dbl glazing in the bedrooms; No CH (although some pipework/rads are in place and the old oil burner is in the attached barn); 2 Wood Burners; Non-conforming Septic Tank (plenty of space to install a new one); an old pump supplies house with well water; mains water meter in courtyard; rewire required; Energy report pending.

Outbuildings: attached Barn of approx. 61m2 and detached Barn of approx. 130m2, both with good height & lovely timbers; 2 Open Barns 35/54m2 approx (the latter of sturdy corrugated metal construction & the former with a horse box); Stone Piggeries with hay loft (approx 30m2) ; Working Bread Oven.

Land: approx. 28028m2 (c 7 Acres) approx. 1.4 hectares of attached land, gently sloping down the valley, with some fruit trees & mature trees on the borders; beautiful views of the surrounding countryside. 1.3 Hectares of pasture and woodland in one block 5 mins walk down the lane.

Healey Fox Ref Number: HF116102