Haute Vienne

by Timothy Brand-Crombie
(UK)

This is an ideal opportunity to acquire and re-develop a number of business opportunities including recreational fishing, holiday lets, and dog breeding and/or kennels in the Mont de Blond region of rural Haute Vienne.

Situated in the beautiful Haute Vienne countryside on the edge of the Mont de Blond, this interesting property comes with 3 naturally fed lakes (about 6,000 m2 of total water surface), 3 mobile homes strategically placed around the pleasingly wooded site to provide maximum privacy, each affording about 40 m2 of living accommodation, plus a 2 bedroom bungalow providing about 80 m2 of living accommodation, and an extensive kennels block – all in a total land package of about 11 acres (4.4 hectares).

Key business opportunities include: providing a relaxing environment for recreation fishermen (one of the lakes is stocked with carp, another with trout); mobile home based holidays for families wanting to explore and take advantage of the numerous outdoor leisure activities in the Mont de Blond area including trekking, horse riding etc; and a dog breeding and/or boarding kennels business.

The site has not been operating as a business for some years because of the owner’s illness but it is now ready to be exploited once again at a very attractive purchase price.

The 2 mobile homes are all in good condition, one almost unused, and each providing a spacious and bright living room with kitchen area, 2 bedrooms and a shower room with WC.

Each unit has the potential to sleep 4 to 6 people. Haute Vienne, one of the least populated areas in France, is renowned in general for its gently rolling and attractive countryside and its tranquil lifestyle.

The Mont de Blond area is particularly attractive and ideal for all outdoor leisure activities. In addition the area is well known for its many legends, superstitions and mysteries involving megaliths, stone crosses, blocks of granite mysteriously arranged and its isolated chapels. Mortemart, one of the most beautiful villages in France and renowned for its perfectly restored houses, chateau, 15th century church and covered market, is less than 5 minutes away.

There is a primary school at Blond just 4 kilometres away, also two café restaurants, and a baker. Bellac about 12 kilometres away, St Junien about 20 km away and Limoges about 30 kilometres away, provide the full range of services including large supermarkets and all secondary schooling requirements, plus rail services.

Limoges airport is only about 30 minutes away by car, Poitiers a bit further at just over an hour’s drive away. Futuroscope, located a few kilometres to the north-east of Poitiers and one of the principal attractions in France, is also just over an hour’s drive away.

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