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11923TD31 Price €278,200
Beautiful Farmhouse with large attached part-restored outbuilding. North of St Gaudens, Haute Garonne (31)
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Property Summary
A lovely 3 bedroom recently renovated property which has stunning long south facing garden laid to lawn but jam packed with flowers and trees. with wonderful views of the Pyrenees Mountains
Property Description
The downstairs consists of a spacious fitted kitchen/diner, a sitting room complete with woodburing stove, an office and a roomy hallway at the base of the stairs which is currently home to a piano. Upstairs is a large airy landing serving three bedrooms and a large family bath and shower room. There is great potential here to expand the house into the adjacent barn to increase the number of bedrooms and bathrooms. The roof has been redone over the entire property so for conversion here you have a head start. The garage to the right of the property contains the oil fired boiler and has ample room for storage and/or car. Quality materials have been used throughout in the property including chestnut boards on the roof structure. The bugs hate chestnut if you are wondering! The property is situated just on the edge of a pretty village but the nearest commercial centre, where there is a large supermarket, a diy store and various other stores, is only 10 minutes away by car. The town of Boulogne-Sur-Gesse is only fifteen minutes by car where there is a supermarket and the usual small shops and a weekly market. Toulouse is only 1 hrs 20 minutes away and the nearest ski slopes are just around an hour away. The airport at Toulouse Blagnac is 1hr 15 minutes away and the airport at Pau only 1hr 20minutes.
Location in France
The Haute-Garonne department stretches right down the middle of the Midi-Pyrenees and is home to both a bustling metropolis in the shape of Toulouse, and a rural landscape of undulating hills and valleys. It has the fastest growing population in the region thanks to its universities and aerospace industries.
The department accounts for around half the population of the entire region, the majority of whom reside in the capital, Toulouse. The north is comprised of an undulating landscape with small hills and valleys, while the south rises up towards the Pyrenees.
Toulouse is the capital of both the department and the region. Toulouse was once part of the Languedoc, but following a restructuring of boundaries in the 1960S it fell into the Midi Pyrenees region, leaving some inhabitants with an identity crisis!
Toulouse is a crucial centre for education in the region with more students than any other provincial city in France. Toulouse is known as 'la ville rose' or 'the pink city' due to the predominant colour of the bricks used in the architecture, and it has been something of a success story since World War II, heralding major innovations in aerospace and other advanced technologies.
St Gaudens in the Garonne valley is the traditional capital of the region. It is a cultural and historical gem thought to be one of the prettiest towns in the region. The surrounding area is abundant with a number of castles and ancient churches.
Toulouse has its own airport, which makes getting there very easy, especially when there are so many airlines arriving from various European destinations including the UK. The TGV train service also stops in Toulouse, and the A20 allows easy access to the North to Paris.
The region has seen a substantial increase in property prices over the last few years. Toulouse is naturally the most expensive city in which to have a property, but most foreign buyers have chosen to buy french property in the more relaxed suburbs where their money stretches further.
