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RJB1663 Price €162,000
Renovated Country style property with partly-renovated barn and pretty 1200m² garden
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Property Summary
Enjoy the absolutely fabulous uninterupted views from the garden of this country style property. Plenty of living space and at present two good size bedrooms with space for more plus a 2 bedroom apartment to be finished off. IDEAL PROPERTY FOR B+B!
Property Description
Enter into the hallway, with exposed stone walls and beams. Door to good size kitchen of 20m2 with beamed ceiling & feature stone fireplace. The kitchen has original floorboards and fitted units. Door to large lounge of 30m2 again with exposed beams and wood burner, double doors to side. Door to hallway that leads to a 20m2 dining room with a fireplace for a wood burner, windows to front. There is a downstairs family bathroom and separate WC and a large utility room plumbing for washing machine/tumble drier and small glazed door to rear garden. The stairs lead to 2 large bedrooms of 20 & 18m2. One of the bedrooms has a fireplace and exposed beamed ceiling, both have windows to front. Door leads to attic space of over 30m2 full height and easily converted for further bedrooms and bathrooms. A new 2 bedroom apartment has been built on a mezzanine floor inside the barn, there is a good size living area a small kitchen area and large family bathroom with built in shower, wash basin and WC, all in need of finishing off. The attached barn houses the apartment and has large doors to the front, side door to parking area and door to rear garden. The roof seems in good order. The wood burning central heating boiler is situated in the barn. The garden is mainly laid to lawn, with a small pond, shrubs, flower beds and fruit trees. There are fantastic views over the valley, from one of the highest parts of the Charente. The house is double glazed and insulated through out and has wood fired central heating as well as log burners. There is a septic tank. Just 5 minutes or so from the town of Montbron with all shops and amenities. Not far from La Rochefoucauld. Less than an half an hour from Angouleme airport and TGV station and less than 1 hour from Limoges with regular flights back to Stansted, Southampton and Liverpool.
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.
