17th Century House with Lots of Character Plus Land to Build a Second House and Pool

Property Description

A 17th century hamlet house with plenty of character plus land to build a second house and pool

The existing house has 4 bedrooms and three floors, with detached pool area and garden, plus a dry-stone ruin to renovate. This renovation project with its courtyard could make a 2-bedroom house, but there is also planning permission to extend this second building into the garden. This would yield 2 homes, each with pool, with good rental potential as the hamlet is in a great Luberon location, surrounded by vineyards, walkable to the village of Villars, and 5 minutes’ drive to the market town of Apt.

The house has been restored with attention to retaining period features like the exposed beams, and the old stone, vaulted dining room at its heart. This is a very charming and easily maintained Luberon home.


-- LIVING SPACES --

The ground floor consists of living room, dining room and kitchen with pantry, and there is a work space on the top floor. The house has the character and cosiness of a centuries-old dwelling.

Living room (4.5 x 4.1 m / 14.7 x 13.4 ft) with wood-burning stove.
Dining room ( 6.8 x 3.2 m / 32.3 x 10.5 ft) has an ancient stone vaulted ceiling.
Kitchen (3.1 x 2.4 m / 10.1 x 7.8 ft) off the dining room.
Pantry (2 x 2 m / 6.5 x 6.5 ft) off the kitchen, plumbed for washing machine.
Work space (5.6 x 2.6 m / 18.3 x 8.5 ft) on the top floor. With the stairs coming up in the middle of this space not all of it is usable, but there is room for a work desk and some storage.



-- BEDROOMS --

There are two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor up, and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor up. On this second floor the larger bedroom is accessed through the smaller bedroom.

Bedroom 1 (4.6 x 2.9 m / 15 x 9.5 ft) first floor up, with garden view
Bedroom 2 (3.5 x 3.5 m / 11.5 x 11.5 ft) first floor up, with garden view
Bathroom 1 (2.6 x 1.9 m / 8.5 x 6.2 ft) first floor bathroom with clawfoot bath and overhead shower, basin and WC.
Bedroom 3 (3.6 x 3.4 m / 11.8 x 11.1 ft) walkthrough bedroom to bedroom 4, on the second floor up.
Bedroom 4 (5.5 x 4.6 m / 18 x 15.1 ft) spacious room with country view, stone walls and exposed beams.
Bathroom 2 (3.3 x 2.6 m / 10.8 x 8.5 ft) off bedroom 3, with clawfoot bath, shower, basin and WC.


-- OUTSIDE --

The pool area is across a very quiet country lane and gives a fenced and gated oasis of green with a pool of 8m x 4m, poolhouse and shaded dining spot.

The garden and courtyard are also across the lane. The courtyard offers another outdoor eating and relaxing spot, and is next to the two-storey stone building which is currently useful for storage and garden implements. The lawned garden extends beyond this over 1400 sq m (15,000 sq ft).

There is a well in the courtyard, providing water for irrigation.

The house is in a very quiet hamlet with no through traffic, only accessed by the handful of residents.

There is plenty of off-street parking under the shade of trees opposite the house.


-- LOCATION --
The house is in a country setting half a mile (800 metres) from the village of Villars in the Luberon region of Provence, with its three restaurants, bar and bakery. A little further is the village of Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt. The town of Apt with its restaurants, supermarkets, cafes, cinema and huge Saturday market, is 3 miles/5km away to the south.

The famed hill-top villages of the Luberon – Menerbes, Bonnieux, Gordes, Roussillon, etc. – are all close by, and this combination of a peaceful setting and so much going on all around makes this house ideal for a move to Provence, but equally as a second home or rental investment.