Property details

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Property type:

Farmhouse

Location:

Rural farmhouse, 75mins Caen ferry. Nr Alencon, Orne. Reduced by €40,000

Region:

Normandy-Lower

Département:

Orne 61

Habitable Space:

150 m²

Summary

250 year old detached house. Professionally renovated 2006. Lovely setting, south facing.End of own lane, complete privacy, very peaceful.Four bedrooms.Pretty 1/2 acre cottage gardens, fine views

Property description

Location
In the heart of the Ecouves forest in southern Normandy (Orne) on the edge of a hamlet of six houses, at the end of its own lane, 15 minutes from county town of Alencon with schools, hypermarkets etc. No passing traffic. Complete privacy. Surrounded by fields and forest. South facing. Nearest village Fontenay les Louvets (find using www.mappy.fr)


The house
Completely professionally restored (2005) four bedrooms, two reception rooms, authentic country house with new slate roof, new electrical installation, new plumbing, new bathroom, new kitchen, new waste water treatment centre, new double glazed, hardwood windows and doors, new oil fired central heating system throughout. The house retains many fine original features such as a superb original brick bread oven, large enough to lie inside! Solid fuel Godin range cooker (french rayburn). Some furniture can be included in the sale.

The accommodation
Outdoor room for entertaining and eating. Large entrance hall (10ft x 10ft). Two staircases.
Kitchen/ dining room (18ft x (17ft)with dark blue and brass Godin solid fuel range, huge oak table, range of Ikea Varde kitchen units. Oak beams. Range gas cooker. Original tommette terracotta floor tiles.
Sitting room (15ft x 17ft) with Godin woodburner, exposed stone walls and beams.
Downstairs double bedroom (15ft x 14ft)
Study (7ft x 7ft)
Cloakroom
Three upstairs bedrooms (17ft x 14ft, 12ft x 11ft, 14ft x 10ft)
Bathroom

The gardens
Beautiful cottage gardens of 1700m2 (½ acre) surround the house with lawns, a range of fruit trees, mature shrubs, wisterias, honeysuckles, virginia creepers etc and a children's play area. Gravel parking for several cars. Garage. Woodsheds. Outdoor room.

Local attractions
Chateau of Carrouges
Watersports/ swimming lake at La Ferté Macé
Forest walks. Horseriding (numerous stables nearby)
Open air swimming pools and indoor funpools near.

Price

199,000 euros no agent fee.

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Available now for

€160,000

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