Property details

Ref:

M0036

Property type:

House

Location:

Rodez 60mins, Figeac 40mins, Aurillac 40 mins, Brive 90mins, Maurs 10 mins.

Region:

Midi-Pyrenees

Département:

Aveyron 12

Habitable Space:

80 m²

Summary

A traditional stone terraced cottage located in a charming village on the Aveyron / Cantal border. The property was refurbished in the late 1980’s and could be transformed with minimal investment.

Property description

Summary

A traditional stone terraced cottage located in a charming village on the Aveyron / Cantal border. The property was refurbished in the late 1980’s the work including new plumbing, central heating (gas) and a complete rewire. The exterior of the property is a little tired looking, but this could be revitalised by exposing the stone walls and re-pointing. The interior is in good condition but is in need of some loving attention, a little imagination and labour could transform this property into a charming 2 bedroom cottage. This property would make an ideal low maintenance retirement property or holiday cottage.

Property Description

The property is over three levels, there are the cellars underneath the property, the ground floor containing an entry area and large living space and the first floor containing 2 bedrooms and a shower room.

Entry Hall (3.0m x 3.5m)

The entry to the property is from a small pathway leading past the back of the church.

The entry hall has a semi glazed door and a small window. There are wooden floors, currently covered by Linoleum, and rendered stone walls with open beams.

There is a toilet under located under the stairs.

Off the entry is a set of wooden stairs leading to the first floor, and a door leading to the cantou room.

Cantou Room (4.8m x 6.5m)

This is the principle room of the property. The room has wooden floors, rendered stone walls and open beams. There are 2 south facing windows with a semi glazed door giving access to a balcony at the back of the property.

There is a large open fireplace (Cantou) which would be ideal for housing a wood burner as an alternative source of heating.

Bedroom 1 (3.8m x 5.0m)


This room is accessed off the top of the stairs. The floors are oak covered in Linoleum, the stone walls decorated with wallpaper and the beams painted.

There is a window to the front of the property overlooking the walls of the church.

A shower room (1m x 1.8m) containing a shower and basin, is off this room.

Bedroom 2 (4.1m x 4.6m)


This room is accessed bedroom one. The floors are oak, the stone walls decorated with wallpaper and the veiling covered in pine tongue and groove.

There is also an integral wardrobe.

There is a south facing window to the back of the property overlooking the surrounding countryside.

Cellars (5.0 x 9.0m)

The cellars are accessed via a door at the front of the property. The walls are exposed stone with a concrete floor, the ceiling being open beams.

The cellar contains the gas boiler for central heating and hot water.

The gardens are accessed through the cave.

Gardens and Garage

The garden is quite small and currently houses a gas canister with a temporary structure, used as a workshop on top of the garage.

The gas canister can normally be sunk below garage leaving a nice lawn area and the structure on top the garage could be removed and replaced by a terraced area to profit from the south facing garden and views of surrounding countryside.

The garage has double wooden doors and could house one car.

Services and Other information

The property has mains water, mains drainage, electricity and telephone with ADSL available. There is gas fired central heating and hot water.

How to Get Here

Road: Approximately 12 hours from Calais (9-10 hours with minimal stops)
Airports: Rodez 60mins by car, Brive 90 mins by car, Toulouse 2 hours by car, Aurillac (daily to Paris) 40 mins by car.

About the Area

The village has 2 bars a restaurant, a small village shop and a primary school. The village is 10 minutes from Maurs. Maurs has a weekly market, fantastic for buying local produce, see www.ville-maurs.fr for further information. The historic town of Figeac is approximately 40 minutes away giving access to a number of excellent restaurants, shopping facilities etc, see www.ville-figeac.fr for further information.

Other well known attractions (there are many more) within a short distance include Rocamadour, see www.rocamadour.com, Conques, see www.conques.com, and Padirac, see www.goufre-de-padirac.com.

Aurillac is also about 40 minutes away providing comprehensive shopping with many bars and restaurants see www.ville-aurillac.fr for further information.

Another surprise not known to many people in the UK is the ski resort of Le Lioran which is about a 75 minute drive from the property. The resort provides excellent walking and mountain biking from spring to autumn and winter sports with the skiing season from December to April. See www.lelioran.com for further information.

There is also the Volcano Park between Aurillac and Le Lioran which provides magnificent walking with picture postcard views. This being approximately 75 minutes away, see www.puymary.fr for further information.

About Us

Maurs Immobilier is a new agency set up by an Anglo French couple with 2 children who have lived in the area for 5 years. We aim to provide a high quality open and honest service to our customers. We have relocated to the area from the UK and are able to provide an insight on both the positive and negative aspects of such a move.

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Available now for

€64,800

Agency Fees Included? Yes

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