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12401NC24 Price €129,000
Charming Detached 2 Bed Cottage With Swimming Pool and Large Fenced Garden in Dordogne Hamlet.
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Property Summary
This quaint little cottage, nestled in the Périgord-Limousin National Park, is the perfect lock and leave holiday home for a couple or a small family= fully renovated, easy to maintain, very private and peaceful, fenced garden with a recent 3.5 x 7 m swimming-pool, less than 10 minutes from 2 railway stations (Bussière-Galant and La Coquille) and 40 from Limoges airport with daily flights to/from the UK.
Property Description
You enter this property via a newly fitted wooden gates into a graveled front yard with ample parking space for several cars or even camping vans. The house consists of a bright lounge (about 22m²) with wooden floors, a log-burner and a patio door onto the terrace & garden at the back. To the right, a couple of stone steps take you down to a small but very functional fitted kitchen, a shower room and a bedroom (9m²). To the left of the lounge, the current owners have created an extension (16m²) currently used as a spare bedroom with large patio doors onto the terrace. The outside space is great; the garden, of just over 3000m², is fenced all around with mature trees therefore very private and the recently fitted 7 x 3.5 metres swimming pool is easy to maintain and benefits from a child proof cover. There is also a separate wooden chalet to the left of the house used for the sit-on-mower, garden furniture etc
Location in France
The Dordogne is France's third largest department, and as well as numerous picturesque villages, it also boasts an incredible 4,000 chateaux, 10% of all the chateaux in France. Many people, including many expatriates, feel that the Dordogne is one of the most beautiful regions of France.
The Dordogne has traditionally been one of the most popular department for foreign buyers, including many British, Irish and Dutch home owners. Like many French departments, the Dordogne is named after the river that flows through it. Foie gras, duck and goose are regional specialities.
The department has four distinct territories. In the north you will find 'Green Périgord' which derives its name from its many green valleys and woodland, covered with trickling streams, and houses the Périgord-Limousin Regional Natural Park. The major towns in the area are Brantome (the "Venice" of the Dordogne), Nontron and Riberac.
In the centre of the department is 'White Périgord', so called because of its limestone plateaux. It contains the capital of the Dordogne, Périgueux, with attractive shopping centre and marvellous winding old town.
The 'Purple Périgord', in the South West of the department, is named from the area's grapes, which are put to good use in Bergerac, the capital of this wine producing region. The area was of great strategic significance during the hundred years war, and visitors will find a number of fortified villages, castles and chateaux built by both the English and the French here.
In the south-east you'll find 'Black Périgord', with deep valleys and ancient forests. It contains the towns of Saint-Cyprien and Sarlat-la-Caneda, which are both popular with foreign buyers. It houses numerous prehistoric caves with some 30,000 year old cave paintings.
Nearest international airports are Limoges, Bergerac and Bordeaux with regular flights back to the UK, and the department has good motorway and TGV access.
