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14056NG22 Price €294,250
Stunning renovated longere with self-contained gite set in a quiet rural hamlet with 2 acres of land.
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Property Summary
This beautiful stone longere has been completely renovated. The accommodation is luxurious whilst retaining the charm and character of a former farm building. This property offers generous accommodation and benefits from a self-contained wing suitable for rental as a gite, a ground floor annex for a dependant relative or just additional accommodation. It is very rare to find a property that has been finished to such a high standard whilst offering flexibility in accommodation.
Property Description
The house benefits from a new roof, exposed beams, doors and windows double glazed, fully re-wired and insulated. The fosse septic has been recently tested (2007) and conforms to new regulations. There are 3 bathrooms and 3 double bedrooms with a large mezzanine for a forth bedroom/study. There is also the added bonus of underfloor heating providing additional warmth for those colder evenings. As you enter this house there is a light and airy lounge with high ceilings and a vaulted ceiling/gallery. The exposed beams and wood creates a wonderful ambience and comfort to this room including a large wood burner. This leads through to the dining area and to your left a nice fully fitted kitchen (currently separate but can be opened up as open plan). As you follow from the dining area via the hallway there is a double bedroom and a modern bathroom including shower and corner bath unit and separate toilet. You then lead to the utility/boiler room which you can enter the separate gite area. Including a lounge/dining area, small kitchenette and double bedroom with en-suite shower room. The gite has large double doors leading out to the front courtyard for separate access. Upstairs there is a wonderful mezzanine suitable as a study and/or additional bedroom, this leads to an area for storage and another bathroom. You then enter a large master bedroom with skylights providing plenty of sunlight. You are surrounded by open fields and professionally landscaped gardens, including lawns, shrubbery, fish-pond with water-features, large vegetable patch and wooded area. The current owners have planning permission and are currently building a garage suitable for a camper van. Is also an additional stone building once with a Breton bread oven which has unfortunately been ruined due to bad weather - can be removed or re-built! Nearest towns are Rostrenan and Callac. The local area is beautiful and not far from Brittany's gorgeous coast with its clean sandy beaches and safe swimming. The house is well located for the road network which delivers you to St Malo/Dinard and Rennes in two hours. This is one of the most accessible areas of France: you can catch a ferry or a plane to various parts of the UK: St Malo - Portsmouth, Poole and the Channel Islands; Dinard via RyanAir to various parts of the UK. Other transport options include ferries to Roscoff, Caen or Cherbourg or flights to Brest, Rennes or Nantes. There are also TGV stations in various nearby towns.
Location in France
The name of the departments translates as "by the sea" in Breton, and the department's principal town is Saint Brieuc, founded by the Welsh monk Brieuc in 482 AD, with its imposing cathedral. Other towns of interest include Dinan, one of Brittany's finest medieval towns and a major tourist attraction and Guingamp, another town of historic and architectural as well as religious interest. There are many beach resorts and fishing ports. The department boasts six "petites cites de caractère" including Jugon les Lacs, an ancient fortress town surrounded by rivers and lakes.
The department is the least populated department in Brittany and so there is a real feeling of space - if you want to escape the rat race and enjoy the peace and quiet of rural France, the Côtes d'Armor is ideal. There is a great diversity of rural pursuits, lovely beaches with many leisure activities, along with stunning coastlines and dramatic inland landscapes. The coastline is dotted with lighthouses and is characterized by rocky coves and tidal inlets, and inland paths lead to ruined castles, fantastic forests and farm properties built in pink, grey and black stone.
Scattered with beautiful manor houses and chateaux, the department offers some fascinating architecture, with many attractive granite-faced properties. The property for sale is this part of France still represent very good value compared to other regions of the country.
