7612: Tastefully restored farmhouse property for sale near Duras in Lot-et-Garonne

Property Details

• Property Reference: MC7612
• Property Price: €682500 (Currency Converter)

Property Features

• Location: Countryside
• Bedrooms: 6
• Bathrooms: 4
• Garden: yes
• Swimming Pool: yes
• Outbuilding: yes
• Land: 5000m2 + (over 1 acre)
• Condition: Ready to move into
• Potential: With income potential

Summary:

SITUATED in a small hamlet of five properties only eight minutes from the chateau village of Duras in Lot-et-Garonne. Duras has several restuarants, bars, shops and schcools. The property sits in a dominant position with superb views to the north and south. Bergerac airport is a 30 minute drive.

Description:

THE tiled entrance hall steps up into a large formal dining room of about 30m2. Inside, the house feels more like a manor house or maison de maitre, problably because all the rooms are large and bright with high ceilings and beautifully decorated. There is approximately 300m2 of habitable space.

Off the dining room is a bright and spacious, south facing lounge with a stone fireplace as the focal point, exposed beams and patio doors leading out to a gravelled courtyard.

Off the other side of the dining hall a corridor leads to a double bedroom on the left and bathroom on the right with bath, overhanging shower, double sink and toilet.

The same corridor leads to a covered north facing terrace with views onto the mature garden and neighbouring vineyards. Off the terrace is a utility room.

Following on from the dining hall is a large farmhouse kitchen of approximately 35m2 with large stone fireplace. Along the north wall of the kitchen runs a hardwood beech worktop with integrated Butler sink. A door leads from the south side of the kitchen leads to the courtyard and south facng terrace.

Beyond the kitchen a door leads to a corridors with a second bathroom to the left and a further two bedrooms, one double and one single. The single bedroom is currently used as an office.

The bathroom is equipped with a cast iron bath with claw feet, sink and toilet. The double bedroom is a spacious 25m2 with windows on both the north and south sides.

Also on the north side of the kitchen is a panty with cooker, sink and fitted wall units. From the main dining hall a stairs leads to the landing of the split-level first floor. To the left of the landing is a double bedroom of 16m2, a bathroom with bath and overhanging rose head shower, double sink and toilet. A further double bedroom of about 9m2.

From the landing three steps lead to a large area lined with bookshelves that would make a perfect mezzanine office or reading area. On the west side of this area patio doors lead to a very pretty west facing roof terrace, perfect for an aperitif as the sun goes down.

From the same area a door leads to the master suite of 30m2 with exposed beams, a dressing room of 12m2 and en-suite bathroom with cast iron bath, wet room shower and toilet and two large sinks.

Outside:

A turning circle in front of the main entrance to the house.
A small stone outbuilding used as a wood store.
An open fronted barn of about 80m2
Steps up to the pool area with pool of 9m x 4.5m.
Planted mature garden
Land of 8.900m2 (over 2 acres)

Services:

Oiled fired central heating (underfloor on both the ground (most of) and first floors. )
Septic tank