Well Renovated 4 Bedroom Cottage 196m², Spacious and Light Rooms + 1 Bedroom Gîte, O'bldgs

Property Description

Five minutes from the pleasant small town of Descartes, a mid-19th century rural cottage. It has 4 bedrooms on 196m² habitable space which includes two recent extensions and also a 67m² 1 bedroom gîte. The house and the gîte have both recently been very well renovated throughout in contemporary style and are double glazed throughout. With a ground area of 300m² the outbuildings include a large barn with concrete floor suitable for a car collection or conversion on two levels and a separate barn convertible to a gîte of 98m² (both subject to planning approval). There is also a two storey area, the ground floor currently being used as a fitness room. All roofs are in excellent condition. On a plot of 4,900m² which includes a well and an orchard with apple, pear, cherry, fig, plum, peach and kiwi trees.

On the ground floor of the house there is a living room, a conservatory, a kitchen/dining room, and an en suite bedroom, all spacious and light plus a hall, a lobby, a WC and a utility room. Upstairs there are 3 bedrooms and a bathroom/WC. The garden is very pleasant and overlooks farmland. The gîte has an open plan kitchen/dining room leading to a living room and one upstairs en-suite bedroom and a garage. The town of Descartes has many amenities (see below).

General condition: excellent throughout, including roofs
Heating: wood and electric. DPE “C”
Double glazing: throughout
Drainage up to current standards
Broadband available
5kms from Descartes, a little town with many amenities such as bakers, butcher, supermarket, weekly market, doctors, dentist, pharmacy, veterinary surgeon, banks, post office, schools, bars, restaurants, florist etc …
The town of Châtellerault is 25kms away with its TGV station, hospital
Poitiers and Tours each with its airport are both 45kms away
Loches is 32km away
Motorway 15kms away

MEASUREMENTS

MAIN HOUSE

Ground floor
(parquet floors)
HALL – 2.8 x 1.5m (4.2m²)
LIVING ROOM – 5.9 x 5.2m (30.7m²) – ceiling height: 2.5m – fireplace with wood burner
CONSERVATORY - 5.8 x 3.7m (21.5m²)
KITCHEN / DINING ROOM – 5.9 x 5.3m (31.3m²)
LOBBY – 3.1 x 1.8m (5.6m²)
UTILITY ROOM – 4.0 x 4.0m (16.0m²)
WC – 2.0 x 1.0m (2.0m²)
BEDROOM 1 – 6.8 x 4.5m (30.6m²) – ceiling height: 2.9m
EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM – 2.8 x 2.2m (6.2m²) – double basin

First floor
LANDING – 4.1 x 1.5m + 2.9 x 1.5m (10.8m²)
BEDROOM 2 – 4.0 x 3.3m (13.2m²) – ceiling height: 2.7m
BEDROOM 3 – 3.8 x 2.1m (8.0m²)
BEDROOM 4 – 3.7 x 2.6m (9.6m²)
BATHROOM / WC – 3.7 x 1.9m (7.0m²)

GITE

Ground floor
KITCHEN / DINING ROOM – 5.6 x 4.9m (27.4m²) –ceiling height: 2.4m
LIVING ROOM – 6.2 x 3.1m (19.2m²)

First floor
BEDROOM – 4.8 x 3.0m (14.4m²) – ceiling height: 2.8m
EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM / WC – 3.4 x 1.8m (6.1m²)

Garage - 5.8 x 3.5. (20.3m²)

OUTSIDE
BARN 1 - 14.1 x 7.0m on two floors (98.7m²)
OPEN BARN - 8.2 x 6.5m² (53.3m²)
CELLAR - 7.0 x 4.2m² (29.4m²)
BARN 2/ LARGE GARAGE – 14.1 x 7.0m (98.7m²) – height 7.1m. Concrete floor. 1st floor possible.
GYM – 7.3 x 6.8m on two floors (99.3m²)
WELL – always has water
ORCHARD with apple, pear, cherry, fig, plum, peach, kiwi trees
GOLDFISH POND
COVERED TERRACE

FURTHER INFORMATION

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