Haute Vienne 87

by Tony Scott
(Haute Vienne, Limousin)

The house and gite.

FOR SALE. Farmhouse, gite, barn, workshop, woodshed and an acre of land.

€ 184,750.00. + notaires fees.

The property is on the outskirts of the village of Champagnac-La-Rivère in Dept 87 Haute-Vienne, Limousin.

Just a 25 minute drive from the airport at Limoges and only 10 mins off the Route Nationale 21.

The farmhouse is within easy walking distance of the village. The village of Champagnac-La-Rivère has its own Mairie, Post Office, Boulangerie, Bar/Restaurant and a Primary School.

The community is around 10% English and the local French residents make everybody feel welcome.

Our notaire who will be dealing with the sale speaks fluent English and actually did her dissertation at university on English people buying property in France. Her family firm of notaires are based around twenty minutes away in Chabanais.

By buying direct from us and not through an agency, you could save up to 10% of the price.

For details of the surrounding area and local events please take a look through our main website www.flyfishinginfrance.com of which this is a section.

Want to know more? Then read on and I shall try my best to describe in more detail what we have for sale.

The farmhouse was built around the end of the 19th century, the exact date being unknown. The gite was added some 25 years ago as an annexe to the main house. At the other end we have the attached barn.

The main house has a kitchen, lounge, cave, two bedrooms (one with built in wardrobe), a storeroom and a roomy bathroom.

The gite has a kitchen/diner, bedroom with built in wardrobe and a bathroom.

The barn- well that's a barn really, although it could be anything you like as it measures 42 sq metres.

If you're still with me so far, I'll expand on the above description.

MAIN HOUSE: Rewired and re-plumbed in 2005/2007 and connected to mains drainage.

Lounge:

The floor was laid in 2004 on concrete with insulation and metal strengthening. The floor now is fully tiled. The walls have all been dry lined with insulated plasterboard. The ceiling is tongue and groove pine. We currently use the under-stairs area as an office. New double-glazed windows were fitted to the house in 2008. There is a feature fireplace made from original bricks from a boulangerie chimney. Fitted with a Godin Norwegian log burner which throws out around 10kw of heat. Air vents were added to the rear of the fireplace to give fresh air for the fire.
To the rear of the lounge, you have access to the cave (which is useful for the storage of beers and wines). This has been kept in its original condition to maintain character (well that's our excuse). Air vents have been added to allow the circulation of air throughout the year.
There are 4 ceiling lights and two wall lights, all individually operated, giving you 36 variations of lighting in the lounge!

The lounge measures: 4,70 m x 5,20 m approx 24 sq m.

The cave measures: 2,75 m x 2,90 m approx 7,9 sq m Try filling that space with your favourite tipple J

Kitchen:

The kitchen has exposed oak beams, fitted units, original French "Belfast" style sink, and a 200 litre chauffe eau (water heater) housed. We intend leaving the fridge/freezer as it fits the space made for it. There is an access hatch to the under floor area. This was another space in bygone times for keeping your vegetables etc. (although we tend to use the fridge now it's more convenient). The floor, wiring and plumbing were replaced in 2007 along with all units and woodwork.
There is a shelved storage cupboard which also contains the main fuse and consumer unit.

The original fireplace has a log burner of the "insert" type. This gives up to 14 kw of heat and compliments the farmhouse kitchen appeal.

The cooker will be coming with us, as my wife has a thing about it, although the space left will accommodate most cookers. You'll have to bring your own table and chairs too.

The kitchen measures: 2,8 m x 5,3 m approx 14.84 sq m.

Moving on upstairs via the staircase, which was renewed in 2006, we reach the landing with laminate floor and a window to the rear garden.

To the left we have:

Bathroom:

All wiring, plumbing, loo, basin and shower were replaced in 2006.

The shower is fully tiled.

The walls are half pine cladding and half plaster with a rustic effect.

There is an extractor fan fitted into the ceiling.

The bathroom measures: 2,15 m x 2,90 m approx 6.23 sq m.

Next door we find bedroom no 1.

Bedroom 1:

A good-sized spare bedroom with views across the woods.

Bedroom 1 measures: 3,00 m x 2,9 m approx 8,7 sq m.

Turning right from the top of the stairs we have a small corridor with a storeroom off.

Behind one of the storeroom walls is a brick built bread oven. We opted to close this off although the original opening to the oven still exists, as does the oven.

Storeroom measures: 2,30 m x 1,50 m approx 3,45 sq m.

The corridor then opens into bedroom no 2. With views across the woods of the Tardoire valley

There is a fitted wardrobe that you can walk in to via louvre doors.

Bedroom 2.

Bedroom 2 measures: 3,10 m x 3,10 m approx 9,60 sq m with wardrobe measuring 0,80m x 2,00m approx 1,60 sq m.

You could quite easily remove the wardrobe and the storeroom walls/doors as these are plasterboard onto wooden studding and make a much larger bedroom should you so wish.

There is a door off the landing area leading to stairs that access the loft.

The loft is not convertible due to head height restrictions although it does make a great place to store stuff. There is a strip-light installed.

THE BARN:

42 sq metres of space, dry and in good order which could be converted into another gite on 2 floors, we use it for storage currently. You would need permission to convert the barn, however we cannot see any objections to this as the local mairie is happy to see property developed in the region.

THE GITE. Rewired and re-plumbed in 2005 and connected to mains drainage. The gite has its own individual water heater 100 litres, plumbing system and wiring.

The gite consists of a kitchen diner with fully fitted kitchen, which was new in 2005.

A Bedroom that accommodates a double bed, chest of drawers and built in wardrobe.

There is a fully tiled bathroom. The bathroom has a vanity unit/sink, loo and shower.

All fixtures and fittings were new in 2005.

We have successfully let the gite since 2005 with many customers re-booking.

Average occupancy since 2005 has been in excess of 27 weeks per year.

Should you wish to run the gite as a business of your own, a full breakdown of our occupancy figures can be supplied on request, as well as other details involved in the running of such accommodation. Simply drop us an e-mail by clicking the following link. Tony and Sue

WORKSHOP/WOODSHED.

The building is mostly terra cotta block with a panelled roof. It gives you nearly 90 sq metres of storage or workspace. The integral chicken shed was built just two years ago and has a concrete floor with DPC (Yes I know – not strictly necessary but we liked to look after our chickens), opening windows to the woodshed and a remotely (via a cord) operated door.

The workshop does not have electricity to it at present although this would be a possibility.

It is easy to have up to 16 cubic metres of logs stacked in the woodshed and still have space for other stuff. The woodshed has two doors whilst the workshop has just one sliding door.

OUTSIDE.

To the rear of the house and gite is a garden, terrace and of course the plunge pool. The pool filtration system is in the garage for easy access.

Across the lane is the orchard with various apple, peach and pear trees. To the rear of the workshop there is a walnut tree and black cherry tree. The field/meadow beyond is currently left for natures flora and fauna although we have a local farmer who cuts and takes 3 bales of hay from it once a year.

Tax foncière this year was 193,00 euros for the year, tax d'habitation (which includes your TV licence) was 158,00 euros for the year.

€ 184,750.00. + notaires fees.

Email tony@flyfishinginfrance.com

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