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Property Summary

Close to the village of Moncaret, just north of the river Dordogne, with shops and restaurants, this is a charming, well renovated, 3 bedroomed house with 2 bathrooms, lovely gardens and barns and now reduced to 235,400

Property Description

On my first visit to this property, I was immediately attracted to the gardens. Enigmatic and pleasing to the eye, each part is different and secluded. There is a Chinese fountain, some sculpture, several places for al fresco dining and loads of planting. You’ll love it. The house is also charming with wooden floors in most of the ground floor and dado panelling in the living and dining rooms. An attractive entrance hall leads onto the sitting room with lovely stone fireplace, the kitchen with hand made painted units and the dining room. There is a bathroom with WC etc and a cloakroom that could create a stand-alone shower room. To the rear is the utility room to which central heating pipework is fitted, ready for a boiler. If a larger kitchen were required, it would take little to remove the wall between kitchen and dining room thus opening it up into an integral dining kitchen. Pipework for central heating is in place - all leading back to a boiler room. The current owners use a large log burner during the winter that provides sufficient warmth for the whole house. The house is very well insulated. A hand built staircase leads to the first floor, with two large double bedrooms and a smaller single. A fourth room is currently used as an office. There is a bathroom with WC. Some of the adjoining barn has been included in the renovation work. As there remains a large part of it (currently used as a workshop), there is still great potential to enlarge the house. A second barn divided into garage and storage space lies tucked away neatly to one side of the garden and again if you wanted this could easily make a small self contained Gite. 1 hour west to Bordeaux 35 minutes to Bergerac (Ryanair, Flybe to UK, Amsterdam and Brussels)

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.