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13985MK16 Price €240,100
An elegant colonial style home with 3 gorgeous bedrooms, set in carefully tendered gardens, walking distance to Chalais.
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Property Summary
This lovely house was carefully designed and built in 1964, offering 155m2 of light and gracious home, whilst enjoying mature and secluded gardens of approximately 3400m2, from every angle of the house.
Property Description
Steps up to the front door and ENTRANCE HALL ... The DRAWING ROOM (32.7m2) is of large gracious dimensions with three sets of french doors that open onto the veranda that encircles two sides of the house (south and west). High ceilings and a pretty stone fireplace fitted with a double sided woodburning stove, make this a fabulous room for entertaining. Through to the STUDY (13.95m2), where the fireplace from the drawing room is also enjoyed. This pretty and cosy little room has french doors that lead out onto a large east facing terrace and gardens beyond. The DINING ROOM (12m2) seats comfortably 8/10 people. It too, benefits from french doors leading out onto the east terrace and in turn bring all the colour and scents of the garden into this very pretty room. A well equipped KITCHEN (10.34m2) has double aspect windows (north and west) onto the secluded gardens, from where breakfast can be enjoyed. A fully tiled floor, roll top worksurfaces and plenty of power points and lighting make this a perfect preparation space. Double oven and all usual features are built in. A further hallway leads down to the bedrooms: BEDROOM 1 (11.33m2) is a very pretty sumptious double room with shuttered windows to the north across the gardens. Fully carpeted. BEDROOM 2 (14.02m2) is the MASTER BEDROOM. It has double aspect windows to the north and as well as east over the sunken garden. With a neutral decor, wall to wall carpeting and a fitted cupboard with hanging rails. BEDROOM 2 (9m2) is very pretty, and has shuttered french doors to the terrace. Fully carpetted. BATHROOM (5m2) is complete with a roll-top french 'slipper' bath, a large handbasin and bidet. Glazed floor and wall tiles. SEPARATE W.C. Door to ATTIC - which is more or less the same size as the ground floor of this lovely home. It immediately creates scope for a 3 extra bedrooms and bathroom. LOWER GROUND FLOOR - is accessed by a stone staircase leading down from the entrance hall. It houses a large UTILITY/LAUNDRY room (17m2). It houses the lagged immersion heater and central heating boiler. STORE ROOM (30m2) houses also the oil tank for the central heating with an exterior fill access. ART ROOM/STUDY (12.24m2) is just perfect for quiet reflection or just getting away from family life!! GARAGE PLUS STORE ROOM (46.24m2) Refurbishments recently completed include new electrics, plumbing, oil-fired central heating and a new roof. The fosse septique has been carefully maintained.
Location in France
The Charente department is home to over 340,000 inhabitants and is located in the south-east of Poitou-Charentes. The countryside offers a unique and varied environment for walkers and mountain bikers from rolling hills in the east to a flatter landscape in the west. The northern area is wild with deep forests and peaks reaching to over 1000ft. The Charente has long relied on agriculture to fuel its economy. In the 18th Century, however, the department started mass producing its infamous Cognac drink, which proved extremely popular with people from all over the world.
The department is very well situated for expatriates looking to purchase French property here, with great roads down to the Charente and the Channel ports just a short days drive away. The department has access to Poitiers, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Bergerac and Limoges airports, all within 2 hours. Furthermore, in the centre of the department you will be able to fly from either Gatwick or Stanstead direct to the Angouleme Champniers-Brie airport .
Angouleme is a small yet cosmopolitan city, with a fairly dynamic feel about the place when compared to the neighbouring Dordogne or Haute Vienne. It hosts a lot of events such its vintage car racing (the Circuit des Remparts) which takes place in September , the cartoon festival in January and a great music scene which just seems to get better every year . Both Cognac and Confolens have annual festivals which attract tourists to the area.
The Charente has an immensely varied countryside bordering 5 departments, famous for both its Cognac vineyards in the west, and its Limousin beef production in the east, which in terms of scenery are worlds apart. The valley of the Charente River meanders down from Ruffec in the north through Angouleme onto Jarnac and Cognac. Confolens in the East of the department is situated on the banks of the majestic River Vienne, this area being known as the Charente Limousine, and is extremely popular with expatriates because it looks and feels like the UK. The south of the county which borders the Charente Maritime has a much better climate but less undulating scenery.
