Property details

Ref:

M0069

Property type:

House

Location:

30Mins to Aurillac, 30Mins to Figeac, Rodez Airport 45Mins.

Region:

Auvergne

Département:

Cantal 15

Habitable Space:

70 m²

Summary

A charming stone built 2 bedroom cottage located in a beautiful hamlet on the Cantal Aveyron border with fantastic views over the surrounding countryside. The property has 3 outbuildings.

Property description

A charming stone built 2 bedroom cottage located in a beautiful hamlet on the Cantal Aveyron border with fantastic views over the surrounding countryside. The property has 3 outbuildings one containing a well (still functional), the other a large garage with overhead storage and the 3rd being a stable with hay loft. It has a plot of size of approximately 410 m².

Local Airports are Aurillac (30mins) and Rodez (45mins). Brive airport is approximately 1.5hrs away by car and Toulouse airport approximately 2.5 hrs away.

Property description:

Ground Floor:

The street side entry leads into the kitchen dining area with all other parts of the house running of this central room.

Kitchen (17m2):
This room has an oak parquet floor with painted stone walls. There is a glazed door and window on to the quiet street to the front of the property. The Kitchen is equipped with a double sink and drainer and has a wood burning Cuisiniere.

Hallway ( 9m2):
This room has linoleum on a concrete floor. The walls are painted and the ceiling is finished in pine. There is a small window to the front of the property. This room was used as a bedroom.

Bathroom (5m2):
The bathroom contains a bath with shower attachment, a hand basin and a bidet. The hot water being supplied by a gas burner (not tested) mounted on the wall.

There is also a plumbing point for a washing machine.

There is a separate WC (1.5m2).

First Floor

The first floor is accessed via an enclosed staircase running from the Kitchen Diner.

Bedroom 1 (17.5m2):
This room has oak floorboards, stone painted walls and a painted tongue and groove ceiling. There are 2 windows to the front of the property overlooking the quiet street below. There is a further window with views over the garden and countryside and a door leading to a set of steps which provides access to the garden below.

Bedroom 2 (17m2):
This room has oak floorboards, stone painted walls and a painted tongue and groove ceiling. There is 1 window to the front of the property overlooking the quiet street below.

There is a staircase from this room leading to the loft area.

Loft Space:
The loft area is in good order; however this is too low to allow conversion into additional living space unless structural changes are made to the roof itself.

Outbuildings:

The first property on the left of the property contains the well / cellar and garage with an additional level above used for storage. On the right hand side of the property is another stone building half of this is included in the sale and contains a stable on the ground floor with a hay loft above. There is also a right of access to the back of the stable, with enough land to park a car.

Well with cellar (17m2):
This area contains the well (once used as the main water supply to the property. This piece has a cement floor and stone walls.


Garage (18m2):
The garage is accessed via wooden doors from the street side of the property. The floor is left to natural stone / soil with the walls being of stone.

Access to the first floor by ladder leads to an area over the garage and well providing approximately 25m2 of additional storage.


Stable (34m2 – each level):
The stable was historically used to house cows in the winter months. The pens remain. There is an access to the back of the barn to a piece of land which could be used for parking.

Access to the hayloft is via a ladder from the stable area.

The Garden:
The garden is a manageable size and flat with spectacular views over the countryside at the back of the property. Access to the garden is from the door from bedroom 1 or from the back of the garage.

Services and Other information:

The property has mains water, electricity and telephone. There is no central heating as the Cuisiniere provided sufficient heat to warm the whole property. Electric panel radiators were added to the property these being rarely used.

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) 30 mins by car.

About the Area:

The property is located in a quiet hamlet close to Maurs and has a couple of bars a village school and a small village shop. 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 who have lived in the area for 5 years. We aim to provide a high quality open and honest service to our customers.

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Available now for

€75,600

Agency Fees Included? Yes

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