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13838TS17 Price €445,000
A quality, stone, town house, with stunning views over the river Charente, secure and private
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Property Summary
A light and spacious house, with a south facing walled garden, giving magnificent views over the river, opposite an 11th Century chateau, 4-5 double bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and a huge cave de vins running underneath the property. Well located just a short walk from the shops and town centre.
Property Description
A unique opportunity to acquire a spacious, 4 bedroom, stone, town house in the historical and popular village of Saint Savinien. This delightful property, opposite an 11th century Chateau, enjoys security and privacy and stunning views over the River Charente. The property has been fully renovated to the highest standard by its owners with luxury, efficiency and comfort in mind, whilst keeping the traditional charm. There is a south-facing, landscaped, walled garden giving panoramic views from the terrace. One enters the house into a hall with marble tiled flooring, door to large garage and double doors to sitting room/study - a cosy room with parquet flooring and open fireplace. Step up through double doors to the large, open-plan lounge with laminated wood flooring and a raised fire place with natural stone surround, the garden room and dining area, with full length double glazed patio doors looking onto generous patio area with steps down to a cav de vin, domed and brick-lined with electric light and ventilation. Double doors to part-tiled, fully equipped kitchen with a walk-in pantry fitted with pine storage units, door and windows to garden. There are double doors to a vestibule containing a cloakroom with wc and basin, a walk-in store cupboard and door to a large garage with electrically controlled door, central vacuum unit, water softener, water heater, oil storage tank. Door to boiler room with oil- fired Diematic central heating boiler. An original staircase leads to the 1st floor with solid wood flooring and a spacious landing with doors to 3 double bedrooms. Bedroom 1 has built in wardrobes, en-suite shower room and two windows with garden views. Bedroom 2 also with en-suite shower room and built in wardrobes. It has a double aspect with windows overlooking the chateau and doors to the roof terrace and garden views. Bedroom 3 has an open fireplace, built in wardrobes and two windows. There is a large guest shower room/laundry room down the hall, also a study/dressing room with one wall of mirrored, fitted storage units. Stairs continue to the 2nd floor into a large room with solid wood flooring which occupies the whole top floor. This is currently used as a 4th bedroom and artist's studio and has a shower room, an under eaves walk-in storage cupboard, built in storage unit, desk/dressing table unit, a corner sink unit, 3 windows and five Velux windows . It is essential to view this unique property in order to appreciate all it has to offer. Situated in a delightful, village on the River Charente offering a weekly market, shops, restaurants, doctor, dentist, pharmacy, notary, vet, banks, post office, garages, cinema and a marina. There is an attractive island with a swimming pool, tennis courts, restaurant, boules courts and river boats. It is very accessible to the UK with airports at La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Poitiers, and Bergerac. It is 4 hrs to the ferry port of St Malo There are trains to Saintes, La Rochelle and Paris. The nearest coast is 35 minutes away.
Location in France
The Charente-Maritime is Poitou-Charentes' coastal department. Here, 420 km of sandy beaches are lapped by the Atlantic under some of the sunniest skies in the whole of France. There are also three islands, each with its own unique atmosphere. Inland, you won't struggle to find some incredible cultural and historical gems. Romanesque architecture features heavily throughout the department.
La Rochelle is the capital of the department, and is home to around 120,000 people, a great number of whom are students from the university. This extremely smart town has an active cultural scene throughout the year, regardless of the weather. You can stroll amongst the boats in the pedestrianised marina along the cobbled streets, and admire the two impressive 14th century towers.
Away from the mainland, the Ile de Ré is a large island completely encircled by fine and mostly sandy beaches. In August the population increases dramatically, mainly due to holidaying families.
There are a number of airports offering flights to and from the UK in the vicinity. Tours, La Rochelle, Nantes and Poitiers all have direct UK flights. It is also possible to fly to Angoulême by changing in Paris. If you'd rather travel by land then the TGV train service will take you to Poiters, La Rochelle or Angoulême. La Rochelle and Ile de Re are extremely popular holiday destinations and so have an active rental market. This means that the prices are going to be higher, yet still represent real value for money. There are a large number of properties needing renovation on the market, but close to the coast these are not likely to be cheap, although further inland towards Saintes there are still "bonnes affaires" to be found.
