Bourgeois Girondine house in excellent condition set on 5,000 sq.m of mature gardens located just a 10 minute car ride from the popular riverside town of Ste Foy la Grande, with its famous Saturday morning market and excellent shopping.
Located just inside the Dordogne department, on the edge of a village. This property is superbly situated; just a 10 minute car ride from the popular riverside town of Ste Foy la Grande, with its famous Saturday morning market and excellent commerce.
Within a 10 minute walk is the local train station, which connects all the above towns making this a superb location for permanent or holiday living.
The charming hilltop town of St Emilion is 20 minutes by car and the airport at Bergerac is 1⁄2 an hour away. Within 45 minutes you can reach the elegant city of Bordeaux, also with an international airport offering daily low cost flights to various UK airports.
Ground floor accommodation:
- Entrance Hall with tiled floor, leading through to the following rooms:
- Shower Room (3.1m x 1.65m) modern shower room with shower cubicle, WC and handbasin.
- Utility Room/Boiler Room (4.2m x 4.8m) with plumbing for a washing machine and plenty of storage space.
- Kitchen (4.7m x 4.4m) with a tiled floor, fitted kitchen with double sink and gas cooker.
- Living Room (8.4m x 5.62m) with a beautiful terracotta tiled floor, exposed stone wall, large open fireplace with stone mantel and fitted with a log burning stove. There are French doors and 2 large windows facing onto the garden. A stunning handcrafted spiral wooden (chestnut and walnut) staircase leads to the first floor accommodation.
- Dining Room (5.4m x 5.96m) with original parquet floor, exposed stone walls, marble fireplace and 2 large windows facing onto the garden.
First floor accommodation:
- Bedroom 1 (5.2m x 5.6m) with carpet (over wooden floor boards), marble fireplace and 2 large windows overlooking the garden.
- Bedroom 2 (3.2m x 3m) with carpet (over wooden floor boards), and French windows onto a small juliette balcony.
- A wooden door from the landing leads through to:
- Bedroom 3 (2.9m x 5.9m) with a parquet floor, marble fireplace and large window overlooking the garden.
- Dressing Room (2.6m x 1.6m)
- Spacious family bathroom (2.6m x 3m) with a bath, separate shower, W.C. and handbasin.
The staircase continues from the first floor landing up to the second floor attic space. The attic measures 14m x 6m and would easily convert to provide further living accommodation. There is a wooden floor, exposed high beam structure and 7 newly installed windows.
Additional information and features:
- Attached to the left hand side of the house is a large garage, large enough for 2 cars plus storage space.
- To the rear of the garage there is a covered summer dining terrace (4m x 2m) with a tiled floor and a BBQ.
- The attractive garden is fully fenced and gated around the perimeter. There is 5,000 sqm which is largely laid to lawn with many mature shrubs and trees (including fruit trees). There is a spacious gravelled drive to the front and a mature evergreen hedge conceals the lane to the side of the house, making the garden extremely private.
- Broadband is available at this location.
- The house benefits from town gas and mains drainage. The house is fully centrally heated with a new boiler and very attractive cast iron radiators throughout.
- The property is in excellent overall condition. It is presented beautifully and we highly recommend viewing.
For further details on this property or to arrange a viewing,
call us on 0845 123 5885 (local rates in the UK).
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