Restored, 5 Bed, character Charentais House with Pool

Charente Maritime 17, Poitou-Charentes

€359,000

Property details

Ref:

Property type:

House

Location:

3km from market town St Savinien on the edge of a quiet Hamlet. 35 mins to beach

Region:

Poitou-Charentes

Département:

Charente Maritime 17

Habitable Space:

220 m²

Summary

Truly superb - fully renovated from a complete ruin. A 5 bedroom detached traditional Charentais property with interesting stonework, original breadoven & fireplaces. Heated pool. Gardens, Outbuilding

Property description

This character Charentaise Longhouse was renovated from a complete ruin some 7 years ago. It has retained the majority of it’s original stonework and fireplaces intact but has the benefit of new doors, windows, floors, roof, wiring, plumbing and all modern conveniences.

It now offers a fantastic family home or a quality holiday property.

It has been successfully let for holiday rentals over the past five years and commands a rental of £2000 per week in the high season ( July & August ).

Located on the edge of a small hamlet, overlooking open countryside - yet only 2 miles from the small market town of St Savinien, the property comprises:

Front door
Opening to a hallway area with an original fireplace and bread oven opening up to:

Lounge 1 / Family Room (approx 6m * 7m)
With an impressive original fireplace with fitted wood-burning stove, shuttered window to front, stairs to first floor, TV, telephone & Satellite point. Doorway to:

Lounge 2 / Snug (approx 6m * 4m)
With an original fireplace, fitted woodburning stove, shuttered patio doors to the rear garden, shuttered window to side. TV & Satellite point.

From the hallway area a doorway leads to:

Dining Kitchen, (approx 5m * 6m)
With an original fireplace, fitted woodburning stove, shuttered patio doors to the front garden, shuttered window to rear overlooking the pool terrace. A range of fitted wooden wall and base units with real wood work-surfaces over, inset stainless steel sink unit, built in electric oven, gas hob and extractor fan. Doorways to utility room and lounge.

Utility room
With door to rear terrace, fitted instant hot water, gas central heating boiler, plumbing for washing machine, space for tumble dryer, range of base cupboards with work surface over, fitted wall cupboards. Door to:

Shower Room
With low-level w/c, pedestal wash-hand basin, shower cubicle with shower.

First Floor

Stairs from the lounge lead to the first floor landing with balustrades, store / airing cupboard, Velux roof light window and doors to:

Master Bedroom (approx 6m * 4m)
With a vaulted ceiling, exposed beams and shuttered windows to rear, front and side elevations, telephone point. Door to:

Ensuite Shower Room
With fitted shower cubicle, pedestal hand-wash basin, low level w/c and shuttered window to rear elevation.

Bedroom 2
With two shuttered windows to the front elevation door to bedroom 5 / dressing room.

Bedroom 3
With two shuttered windows to the front elevation.

Bedroom 4
With shuttered window to the rear elevation and Velux roof window.

Bedroom 5
With shuttered window to the front elevation, telephone point, door to landing and door to bedroom 2.

Family Bathroom
With tiled floor, low-level WC, pedestal hand-wash basin and paneled bath. Velux roof window.

Heating / Hot water
There is a full gas central system with a instant hot water boiler. There are also three woodburning stoves to the ground floor.

Flooring
The ground floor is tiled throughout in a terracotta coloured tile over a new concrete floor slab. The upstairs is fully carpeted over wooden floors.

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Gardens and Grounds.
The house stand is grounds of approx 1000m2. It is approached from a quiet lane with metal gates leading to a large graveled driveway and parking area to the front of the house.

Garage / Hanger
A good sized, two car hanger style garage with concrete floor, electric light and power points.

Workshop
Adjacent to the garage is a large workshop / games room with a concrete floor electric light and power points.

Rear Walled Gardens
With an open terrace area, small covered terrace, lawned area with herbaceous and shrub borders and access to:

Swimming Pool Terrace
With an inset 4m * 8m swimming pool and crescent shaped infant’s splash pool with an air source heat pump and filtration system. Finish Sauna cabin with heater and benches. This area is fenced in accordance with safety legislation.

Note
There is a further plot included with the house, which offers great potential to be incorporated as further gardens. There is also a small derelict building on this plot.