CORREZE. Near SAINT PRIVAT. Stone house with 2 bedrooms, barn, water well and land of 25 184m2., Corrèze, Nouvelle Aquitaine
€296,500 [convert]

Property Description

Situated in the most beautiful countryside location within the commune of Saint-Cirgues-la-Loutre, with no near neighbour, is this wonderful stone house dating back to 1815. You will find a stone barn, a water well and land of 2.5 hectares.

Entering the house you arrive into the most stunning living room with dining area (35.8m2) with a wonderful cantou fireplace housing the cosy wood-burner. With beautiful stone walls, exposed beams and stone character features, this space is really something to be enjoyed. Behind the living room through double doors is a quiet study/library/reading room of 10.3m2. Through a door to the rear of the living room is a pristine and bright kitchen measuring 10m2, with a wonderful view through the window across the countryside beyond. Completing this floor is a ground floor wc and cloakroom. Stunning oak parquet floor is apparent throughout the ground floor, just lovely!

A solid wooden staircase from the corner of the living room takes you to the first floor where you arrive onto a central hall. This neat space leads you to the master bedroom of approximately 20m2 with wash basin and immediate access to the shower room with wc.
Completing this floor is a second bedroom of 9.5m2, again with its own wash basin and immediate access to the shower room with wc (4.6m2). Each bedroom has a high ceiling and has been renovated keeping those wonderful roof timbers exposed. The chestnut parquet floor throughout this floor is stunning and the floor and ceiling are both insulated.

Accessed from the south terrace at the front of the house is the entrance to the useful basement of 48.9m2. This space is used as a laundry room, workshop and storage space. Beside the basement door is another door which is the wood storage area, a nice and dry area, perfectly placed to keep the logs for the fire. Behind the log store room is a west-facing covered terrace which is a wonderful space looking over your land beyond.

The house is heated by the wood-burner on the ground floor. Electric radiators can be used to heat the other rooms if and when necessary. The windows are double glazed, except 3 that are single glazed. The drainage is via a septic tank.

Beside the entrance gate is the most wonderful stone barn perfectly placed to enable you to drive a vehicle into the top floor of the barn. The top floor measures a generous 77.8m2 and has electricity and the most stunning curved roof timbers, very typical of the region. The ground floor of the barn has an original fireplace, housing a wood-burner, taking the focal point. This floor can be used as a studio apartment with part of the 68m2 area sectioned with an open wall to fit a kitchen and a raised floor perfect for a bedroom space. Neatly placed at the rear of the room is a shower room with, shower, basin and wc measuring 4.9m2. The windows and doors are all double glazed. There is a super terrace, south facing, made of stone measuring 19m2 and a 7m2 stone wall accessed from double doors, really lovely!

The land with this property measures 25 184m2, 22 939m2 surrounding the property, plus a super 2245m2 of woodland separate, but close. Some of the land consists of grassland with some old chestnut trees, walnut trees and some fruit trees. Some parcelles of land are are woodland with established trees, perfect for providing wood for the wood-burner.

The Correze is home to a rich variety of unspoilt natural scenery. Its hills, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, forests and footpaths make it an ideal location for many outdoor leisure activities such as cycling, walking and canoeing.

The property sits just 1km from the pretty village of St-Cigues-la-Loutre, 8km from St-Privat, 26km from the riverside town of Argentat-sur-Dordogne and just 43km from the city of Aurillac.

Tranquil, beautiful views and no near neighbours, just stunning! (5.89 % fees incl. VAT at the buyer's expense.)

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