Charente Maritime Property For SaleContre

Stylishly renovated 8 bed Maison de Maitre with finished gite, pool & outbuildings in pretty hamlet

Situated in a rural hamlet, a Maison de Maitre style house, renovated with style, with space for a growing family or a business, plus an attached recently renovated cottage/gite. Approximately 1 acre of land. Central heating. Pigeonnier. Barns to renovate. On entering the garden through double gates the house stands impressively ahead. The open hanger and barns give privacy to a front garden with mature trees, pigeonnier and ancient out-houses. Through the open hanger you can glimpse the large garden at the rear of the property. To the side is a walled area with a semi sunken pool. On the ground floor is situated an attractive, well equipped kitchen with dining area, spacious lounge, utility and shower-room, with 8 bedrooms and a bathroom plus 2 showers and further storage space arranged over the next two floors.The family kitchen is well organised and includes a kitchen island, oven and range style cooker. The integrated spacious dining area is designed with a contemporary edge to the traditional setting. The stone Charentaise fireplace houses an efficient blue enamel poêle à bois. A welcoming space for both the family and entertaining. The large lounge is light and looks onto the front garden and features a further stone fireplace with a Godin Colonial poêle à bois and exposed beams. The attached cottage includes a spacious living area with fitted kitchen units and an ensuite bedroom. Decorative wood and stone features are apparent throughout the property The 45m² kitchen diner is entered through double doors from the garden. The tiled and wood floors help to define the separate areas of the room. Next to the traditional stone fireplace is an ancient stone potager. To the side of the kitchen is the 38m² lounge with a feature fireplace and exposed beams. At the rear of the kitchen is a lobby into an enclosed garden. At one side of the lobby is utility and storage space and to the other a toilet and shower-room. Original wooden stairs take you from the kitchen area to the first floor landing. There are wooden floors throughout the first floor which comprises of 4 bedrooms, 2 single and 2 double bedrooms, one of which has an en-suite and the other a storage room that could be converted to an en-suite. Another staircase takes you to the second floor landing, this entire floor has been newly renovated and has never been used. There are 4 further bedrooms, (one en-suite), an additional contemporary shower room with hydro-massage shower and a storage room. The entire floor is carpeted with either sea grass or neutral coloured carpet and the rooms have new ledge and brace style wooden doors. The attached 1 bedroom cottage has tiled floors and attractive stone feature walls with original and feature beams. The kitchen has fitted units and tiled splash backs, plumbing for appliances and glazed double doors to the rear garden. The bedroom has a new wooden floor, with an en-suite shower-room The large garden includes additional barns, a pigeonnier, a semi-sunken pool and an open hanger with an enclosed space for the central heating boiler. An attractive and well maintained house, ready to live in and make your own. Located in a pretty rural hamlet surrounded by fields just 7 mins to Aulnay, a small thriving market town with commerce and schools, 30 minutes to the town of St Jean dAngély with a variety of out of town supermarkets and two retail parks, 70 mins to the popular west coast with excellent beaches, restaurants and leisure facilities. You can fly into the region at the cosmopolitan town of La Rochelle (90 mins away), Poitiers airport (90 minutes away) and the town of Niort (50 minutes away). There is an international airport in the city of Bordeaux 2 hours away. There is also easy access onto the autoroutes travelling north and south at St. Jean dAngély.
Price: € 413,400
Department: Charente Maritime
Location: Contre
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