Bazoges-en-Pareds area

by Jill Ellis
( UK)

2 bed stone cottage

2 Bedroomed Semi-detached Stone Cottage + 1 Bedroomed Detached Gite - 175,000 euros ono

Fantastic opportunity to have an income from established rental properties. Both cottages are well renovated with new bathrooms and windows to the front of the main cottage.
Features

Spacious, pretty 2-bed stone cottage plus 1 bed detached self-contained gite. Home + rental possibilities! An excellent opportunity to buy a home and have income potential from an established letting property.

Main Cottage: Wooden door to spacious entrance hall with ceramic tiled floor, beamed ceiling and original polished oak wooden staircase, leading to the first floor.

Door to spacious bright living room (approx 30m2), with a beamed ceiling and an attractive fireplace with 'Villager' log burner and a fully-tiled floor. The two brand-new windows open onto the front garden. Wooden shutter on both the windows. Plenty of power points.

Two steps lead through to the large sunny kitchen/dining room. Originally a barn, there is a stone double sink unit, tiled worktops, ceramic tiled floor, high vaulted and beamed ceiling with 3 skylights. There are garden views from the large window, and there is a small original 'barn' window above. Many original features remain. The kitchen door leads to the terrace, which has outside lighting and garden.

Leading off the kitchen is a utility area, which houses the water-heater, and there is plumbing for a dishwasher/washing machine and also ample storage space for cleaning equipment, etc.

The large ground-floor bathroom has a ceramic tiled floor and high vaulted and beamed ceiling. New bath with new shower over, new tiling to walls. WC and wash hand basin. Window to rear. Plumbing for washing machine.

1st Floor – large landing with storage. 1st floor has wooden floorboards in excellent condition.

Door to main bedroom: Spacious bedroom with wooden floor, brand new window to front. Wooden shutters on the windows. This room is very large and could possibly be converted into 2 bedrooms.

2nd bedroom: Room for 1 double or two single beds. Wooden floor. Brand new window to front. Wooden shutters on the windows.

1st floor shower room: Tiled floor with shower cubicle, wash hand basin & WC. This shower room has just been completely refurbished to a high standard.

Detached Gite (35m2) : Entrance to fully-tiled, beamed, spacious open plan ground-floor with modern corner kitchen offering fitted units, tiled worktops, stainless steel sink and plumbing for washing machine. Character window to the side with wooden shutters. The remainder has been left open plan with ample room for a large dining table/chairs and living area, with feature fireplace and large corner windows, with shutters, with exposed stonework.

New wooden staircase to spacious 1st floor landing with beams and wooden floorboards; leading to:

Door to large double bedroom with high vaulted and beautifully beamed ceiling. Two windows with far-reaching views over the surrounding countryside. Both with wooden shutters. Wooden floorboards in excellent condition.

1st floor shower-room. Brand new shower and shower cubicle. New tiling to walls. Tiled floor. Hand-basin and WC. Window. Housing for hot water boiler.

Outside: To the front of the property, there is a driveway, which runs between the two properties and front gardens that are hedged and mainly laid to lawn with a feature original stone well and original stone washing tubs, where there is an outside water tap. To the rear of the gite is a good-sized garden store/barn and also a stone built 'cave' to the rear of the main property. Double wooden gates lead into the rear gardens.

There are also 2 terraced areas with ample space for garden furniture and sun-beds etc., offering peaceful places to relax! The quiet country garden, which is quite private and not overlooked, is laid to lawn with shrubs, bushes and trees along both sides and a stone wall at the end of the garden, beyond which is our neighbours vegetable garden.

The properties are connected to mains water, electricity, telephone and satellite TV with English and French channels. Septic tank.

Both the properties have been renovated to a high standard, but there is still the opportunity to further enhance the properties and increase the value.

The properties are set in a quiet rural farming hamlet, not far from an historic medieval village, with school, boulangerie, well-regarded auberge restaurant, chemist, bar etc. There is a beautiful chateau on the edge of the hamlet and the general area is farming land, fields and woods. There are two main towns within easy reach for extensive shopping, schools etc. The area is very unspoilt and the gentle countryside is ideal for walking and cycling. with an abundance of wildlife and birds. There is an English community in the area, well-integrated with the local French community.

We have many contacts in the area to help with notaire, bank arrangements etc. and our English caretakers would be happy to look after the properties for you if you were unable to be there.

We are happy to answer any questions or queries you may have.

ellisgb@aol.com