back left rear bedroom
Stairs from back door leading to first floor - what could be a large utlity room is to the right
upstairs front bedrooms - needs fireplace installing - or bricking up (each of the 4 bedrooms have own entrance and front to interconnect with door on right)
front door
entrance from back door (have tiles to fit) this could be a ultility room
living room (about 10m x 4m) looking towards road
living room looking towards garden - door could be put into here. the living room as it is large and has 2 fire places could be divided into still 2 big rooms. pipe is temp water supply for upstairs bathroom. floor is solid wood and can be varnised
What will be the kitchen - read for cooker etc - or wood stove with flue going up between upstairs bedrooms
back rear bedroom - new water heater for bathroom is to the right now shown
working bathroom - new water heater in adjoining room - just needs wall tiles
view from home rear as approached from road - 3 large garages (one of the far right goes all the way back full width of the property)- building on right included (bins there temp. as house is unoccupied)
south facing rear garden - showing both entrances - this photo was taken early am so the sun will move round and be on the garden all day
Limousin is perhaps the least populated and most rural area of France. It is about 6 hours from the channel ports, and you can fly to limoges from a number of airports in the UK. Also it is about 2 ½ hours by train from Paris. Train travel in France is a lot lot cheaper than it is in the UK.
Liousin is split into 3 departments and the creuse is the least populated of the 3. The summers are hot and there are no rush hours. The hamlet is located about 6 miles north of La Souterraine a 15th century town in the north of Limousin. However, there are good road links as it is minutes from the national 20 (A20) which is the main route south through france.
There is not a lot in the hamlet where the house is (6 miles north of la souterraine) – there is a small café but there are vans that come every day delivering bread, cheese etc. La Souterraine has everything that a budding expat or holiday home owner could want. You can go out for dinner starting at about 10 euros, there is a local market, and 3 large supermarkets. There are also a number of large DIY shops where most things are cheaper than the UK. There is also a swimming pool, library etc. Broadband/ ADSL is available where the house is. Also you can get satellite sky tv from England with the dish and the box etc. If you want the comforts of home I can have this installed for a fee.
The house is of some considerable age and faces onto a very quiet road. To the front of the house there is some hard standing, Don’t worry about the bins they are just there as the house is not occupied. On the road level there are what could be called 3 large garages, where if you are a car collector you could have say 12 classic cars all under one roof or perhaps a very large wine collection.
The house is approached up an external staircase on the left, which takes you to the ground floor. On the ground floor there are 3 rooms. An entrance room, what will be the kitchen and an enormous lounge (10m by 4m best guess) with 2 fireplaces.
Upstairs there are 4 big bedrooms and a bathroom. The bathroom has a new bath, sink and toilet and in one of the bedrooms there is a new water heater. You can move into this house and have the comforts of home whilst you are doing it up. No caravans, generators, tents or anything like that and enough space to keep all your things in one room out of the way.
Outside there is a garden – bigger than anything that you will get on an estate in England. It faces south and there is an area that can be used as a patio.
What needs to be done? Well that depends on the buyer but a kitchen does need to be installed and a heating system. I have a french type wood fired aga that is paid for but is in the alps – if you can get this you can have it. Once installed you can cook with wood and heat hot water and radiators automatically. Or you can just have an oil system installed. The walls are plastered and there is no wallpaper to strip off .
Mains water, sewage and electric are there and can be easily connected by the local marie’s office in a couple of minutes. No need for battery power, solar, wind power or anything like that – but it could be installed if you so wish.
To sum up the hose is completely stripped and ready for work to be done. It looks worse than it is but would suit someone that wants a blank canvas to do what they will or if you put a kitchen it would be habitable.
I also have some an English builder experienced in working in france – £100 per day or you can have a price for the job or do the work yourself. There is a possibility that work can start before completion. The buyer is to pay all the selling fees.
The house is for sale for offers.
View from rear of house as approached from road – bins are there, as house is not occupied
I am open to offers as regards the house.
There has been a ton of preparation work done on the house. Therefore when you view it looks worse than it could be as things have been stripped out. It would not take much for you to live in it, it depends on what you want.
contact is j o h n t o w e l l @ h o t m a i l . c o m
Liousin is split into 3 departments and the creuse is the least populated of the 3. The summers are hot and there are no rush hours. The hamlet is located about 6 miles north of La Souterraine a 15th century town in the north of Limousin. However, there are good road links as it is minutes from the national 20 (A20) which is the main route south through france.
There is not a lot in the hamlet where the house is (6 miles north of la souterraine) – there is a small café but there are vans that come every day delivering bread, cheese etc. La Souterraine has everything that a budding expat or holiday home owner could want. You can go out for dinner starting at about 10 euros, there is a local market, and 3 large supermarkets. There are also a number of large DIY shops where most things are cheaper than the UK. There is also a swimming pool, library etc. Broadband/ ADSL is available where the house is. Also you can get satellite sky tv from England with the dish and the box etc. If you want the comforts of home I can have this installed for a fee.
The house is of some considerable age and faces onto a very quiet road. To the front of the house there is some hard standing, Don’t worry about the bins they are just there as the house is not occupied. On the road level there are what could be called 3 large garages, where if you are a car collector you could have say 12 classic cars all under one roof or perhaps a very large wine collection.
The house is approached up an external staircase on the left, which takes you to the ground floor. On the ground floor there are 3 rooms. An entrance room, what will be the kitchen and an enormous lounge (10m by 4m best guess) with 2 fireplaces.
Upstairs there are 4 big bedrooms and a bathroom. The bathroom has a new bath, sink and toilet and in one of the bedrooms there is a new water heater. You can move into this house and have the comforts of home whilst you are doing it up. No caravans, generators, tents or anything like that and enough space to keep all your things in one room out of the way.
Outside there is a garden – bigger than anything that you will get on an estate in England. It faces south and there is an area that can be used as a patio.
What needs to be done? Well that depends on the buyer but a kitchen does need to be installed and a heating system. I have a french type wood fired aga that is paid for but is in the alps – if you can get this you can have it. Once installed you can cook with wood and heat hot water and radiators automatically. Or you can just have an oil system installed. The walls are plastered and there is no wallpaper to strip off .
Mains water, sewage and electric are there and can be easily connected by the local marie’s office in a couple of minutes. No need for battery power, solar, wind power or anything like that – but it could be installed if you so wish.
To sum up the hose is completely stripped and ready for work to be done. It looks worse than it is but would suit someone that wants a blank canvas to do what they will or if you put a kitchen it would be habitable.
I also have some an English builder experienced in working in france – £100 per day or you can have a price for the job or do the work yourself. There is a possibility that work can start before completion. The buyer is to pay all the selling fees.
The house is for sale for offers.
View from rear of house as approached from road – bins are there, as house is not occupied
I am open to offers as regards the house.
There has been a ton of preparation work done on the house. Therefore when you view it looks worse than it could be as things have been stripped out. It would not take much for you to live in it, it depends on what you want.
contact is j o h n t o w e l l @ h o t m a i l . c o m
