Restored Stone Farmhouse with Bar, Games Room and Pool in Rural Setting

Restored Stone Farmhouse with Bar, Games Room and Pool in Rural Setting details

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Front entrance

Frontage: 50m to end of garage

woodstore & 3 place open garage

Séjour/family room

Fireplace

Covered balcony partly shaded by oak trees

kitchen

spa bathroom

Children's sitting-room with their bedrooms off

Wine cellar set in rock

Barbecue & outside dining area

Bar through to pool/games room

alongside

access lane

garden

garden 2

Swimming-pool

Beauty Spot

To double gates and private drive

A winter view

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Location

Ste Foy la Grande, France

Accommodation

Ground floor

• Séjour: (44.8m²) main entrance leading into the spacious and light family room, featuring a stone fireplace with fitted wood burner. Tiled floor and and Pierre-apparent walls. Uvpc double-glazed front and back. Door leading directly onto a covered balcony/veranda (13.5 m²) perfect for dining on during summer.
• Small hallway: (2.3 m²) is off the séjour and leads to the shower room and main bedroom.
• Shower room: (4.6 m²) wall and floor tiled, double-glazing,heated towel rail, modern blue suite including a double washbasin.
• First bedroom: (14.8 m²) tiled floor, TV point and air-conditioning
• Kitchen: (15.8 m²) uvpc double-glazed, oak-beamed, modern units and 3 metre worktop. Double ceramic sink & mixer tap, 12 power points, plumbing for dishwasher. Floor and wall tiles. Feature of original stone sink recessed in wall.
• Loft space: convenient floored area above kitchen for storage or conversion.
• Pantry: (5.3 m²) A windowless, walk-in cool room fitted out with Ikea shelving. Tiled floor and auto light.
• Dining room: (15 m²) Oak beamed, tiled floor
• Children's sitting room: (10 m²) Tiled floor, TV point. Feature stone sink set in the wall.
• Second bedroom: (12.8 m²) Tiled floor, crêpe walls.
• Third bedroom: (12.8 m²) Tiled floor, crêpe walls

Sous-sol

• Bathroom: (14.7 m²) Painted beams, floor & wall tiles. Wall lighting, spa-bath with shower attachment, matching suite, (bidet, washbasin and toilet)
• Laundry room: (11.9 m²) Double glazed, floor tiles. 2.5 metre long fitted worktop, plumbing for hot & cold. 5 power points. Door leading to garden (and clothes line).
• Store-room: (7.4 m²) Shelving, tiled floor, leading to
• Wine cellar: (5.7 m²) set in rock, fitted out with shelving and racking. Tiled floor. Ideal conditions for wine storage.

First floor

• Office / studio: (10 m²) Oak beamed, space for two desks, built-in cupboards and book shelves.
• Bedroom: (21 m²) built-in cupboards, beamed. Can easily be divided to make two double bedrooms.

Attached

Modern construction consisting of:

• Barbecue: with built-in stone chimney and covered dining area, leading to
• Bar: (20 m²) with adjoining Games room (17 m²) currently used for pool. Wood laminate flooring on concrete section, part cladding, double-glazed. Wall lighting, 8 power points.

Outside

Frontage: Pierre-apparent, 50 metres length, 2 main doors, woodstore, triple drive-in garage with auto lighting, conifer hedge down to double gates access to private drive, second garage and parking area.

Outbuildings: Modern crêpe outbuildings & workshop with bench.

Land: Three ornamental terraces leading down stone steps to a large garden with many fruit & nut trees and a row of vines.

There is a natural freshwater spring amongst a few trees and at the bottom of the garden is a pretty copse of bamboos after which is a shallow stream marking the boundary.

Sunken round swimming pool (4 metres diameter 1.5 metres deep) with surrounding crazy-paved plage. (Complies with current security regulations)

To maintain the land (whilst having great fun), there is a Massey Ferguson tractor with digger, grass cutter and 500 kg benne (price negotiable).

Services

• Combined (foncières et d'habitation) taxes for 2007 : 637€
• Mains electricity.
• Mains water.
• Sewerage - "type puisard".
• High Speed Internet connection available.
• Weekly refuse collection to house.
• Good signals for television (French & British)

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