An Eye-Catching Detached Traditional Hamlet Cottage with Outbuildings

Property Description

This eye-catching detached traditional cottage with a barn and outbuildings as well as a former house is in a quiet hamlet at the end of a no-through road 6.5km from Saint Benoît-du-Sault, and 10km from the nearest motorway junction on the A20.

The property is in a very privileged location with attractive countryside surrounding it and an abundance of tracks and paths for making the most of rural life.

The house is perfectly habitable, but it could do with modernising. At the moment it has 4 bedrooms, a good-sized kitchen and bathroom as well as a spacious attic that could be converted to provide more rooms if needs be. There is terrace, a garden and some of the outbuildings behind and to the side of the house. In addition, there is a separate kitchen garden in front of it and a barn beyond this.

Saint Benoît-du-Sault is a historic village (officially classed as one of France’s most beautiful) and has a variety of shops, a supermarket and various other services including banks and a post office.

Several other small towns are within easy reach and these include La Souterraine and Argenton-sur-Creuse with a choice of shops and supermarkets as well as rail links to Paris and beyond. Limoges and the airport is under an hour by car.

House
Ground floor (tiled floors throughout):
Living area - 5.3 x 4.2m (22m2) with exposed beams.
Fitted kitchen - 4.2 x 3.3m (14m²) with sink, integrated oven, induction hob, dishwasher and fridge, extractor fan, classic woodburning French stove.
Small lobby with built in cupboard
Bathroom - 3.1 x 1.8m (5.5m²) (shower cubicle, bath, bidet, basin)
Separate lavatory.
3 bedrooms off the living area - 3.5 x 3.2m (11m²), 3.5 x 3m (10m2), 3.4 x 3.2m (11m2).
Passage - 3.3 x 1.6 (5.5m2) one side of which has built in cupboards
Bedroom 4 - 3.1 x 2.9m (9m2)
Boiler/utility room - 1.5 x 5m (7.5m2) with oil fired boiler, plumbing for washing machine and basin.
Access outside from the boiler room to the oil tank and a stone shed.
Separate entrance to a lobby and stairs leading to:
Attic in 3 sections approximately 70m2 in total and with good head height.

Outbuilding - concrete floor 8.5 x 3.6m (31m2) divided into 2 sections, one with a chimney and the 2nd is raised to accommodate the cellar beneath.
Outside steps lead to a cellar (16m2)
Attached is a stone shed and a lean-to wood store

OUTSIDE :
Large terrace to the side of the house with sink and roll out sunshade
Attached fenced garden.
Opposite the house is a lovely kitchen garden in one corner of which is the well.

Semi-detached barn with concrete floor divided into 3 sections (18, 24 and 30m2) with a granary across them all.

Semi-detached former house in need of complete restoration with 2 rooms on the ground floor, 1 with a fireplace, both tiled with traditional quarry floor tiles (tomettes) and 2 rooms on the first with limited head height.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
Heating: oil fired central heating and additional heating in the bathroom
Drainage: fosse septique (will not conform to current regulations)

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