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For house in France up to value of 100/120 K euros.
Preferably rural but not a million miles from anything, if its right we would look at a town house.
Detached.
Livable with potential for development.
Land not essential but some garden.
Flexible on area.
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Property Summary
Priced to sell, this charming village house is not on a road, well tended garden and situated near the forest at Chizé, 30 minutes from La Rochelle and 30 minutes from Niort. Renovated inside keeping a traditional feel but with comfort and modern conveniences. Ideal location for a french village lifestyle.
Property Description
The oldest part of this house is said to date back 400 years and it was once the village shop. From the iron gates into the courtyard you enter into a lovely light fitted kitchen 26m² with all modern conveniences and tiled floor. Breakfast bar. Living Room 36m² with gorgeous traditional fireplace and woodburner, stone features and walls, door to exterior. Dining Room 20m² with wood floor Door to back kitchen/laundry room 15m² WC with handbasin and cloakroom Hall with stairs to 1st Floor landing Master Bedroom 30m² with ensuite shower room and WC 2 further bedrooms of approx 15m² with Jack and Jill Bathroom and WC Outside There is a barn used as a garage and a spacious store room The garden is full of colour with attractive mature planting. There are a few double glazed windows otherwise the old style doors have been kept. The central heating, electrics and plumbing are all newly installed. This is a very attractive village property and great value.
Location in France
Deux-Sevres is the next departement inland from the Vendee and below the Loire, in the region of Poitou Charente in Western France. It is so named because of the two rivers running through it, the Sevre Nantaise in the north and the Sevre Niortaise in the south. The climate is very similar to that of the Mediterranean with long hot summers, although the winters can be very cold with temperatures dropping below freezing during December and January.
Niort, the department capital, was a Roman town which did extremely well under the Plantagenets, who granted the town a charter and built a stronghold, completed by Richard the Lionheart. In the 18th century the town specialized in tanning skins imported from Canada to make chamois leather for gloves, and it is also known for its angelica. More recently Niort has attracted several large mutual insurance companies, which has bolstered its economy and attracted young people to work there.
Bressuire is known for its major cattle markets, and is the centre of some rich and picturesque scenery used for cattle breeding and rearing, and the landscape is similar to that of rural England or the Dordogne! Melle is a green and florally decorated town that hides its origins as a centre for lead and silver mining, as well as minting coins. Melle was on one of the main routes for pilgrims heading for Compostella in Spain. Parthenay, to the north of Niort, was founded in 1020 on an outcrop above the river, and the medieval town has kept its character.
Poitiers and La Rochelle airports provide easy access to the Departement, with Ryanair flights from Stansted. British Airways offer flights from Gatwick to Nantes, a 2-hour drive away. Cross-channel travelers can reach Deux-Sevres within a comfortable 4 hours' drive from Caen and St Malo, or just over 5 hours from Cherbourg.
