This gorgeous bourgeois house from the first half of the 20th century is located on a hillside, on the far edge of a hamlet cul-de-sac. You must leave the small B-road and cross the hamlet before getting there. You enter the premises by driving next to the barn and you are surprised by the beauty of this spot and by the lovely views over the countryside that you have to share with no one else… With its two large barns and its further outbuildings, the agricultural past of this property is there to be witnessed, but this is a special property at a level of quality well above the average for the area, which you will be eager to discover!

Attention to detail
Of course, the walls of the house are beautiful with their carefully repointed stones and their cut corner stones, but it is also thanks to the good taste of the current owners that you are under its spell. The decorative fittings and fixtures are well chosen and really highlight the interior.

The house is entered through a small porch roofed by a slate awning. In the centre of the building, an entrance landing (ca. 26’9”x5’2”) with the main staircase and solid oak flooring. To the right, a South-facing sewing workshop on original floors (ca. 14’6”x11’) with a decorative fireplace that could just as well be a ground- floor bedroom. Behind it, on the North side, an office (ca. 11’3”x10’5”) could, if desired, be turned into a bathroom, as the plumbing could run through the dust floor cellar just below. To the left of the entrance, a living room (ca. 25’6”x10’8”) on solid oak floors, where a powerful wood burner has been installed inside the imposing fireplace. In a stone annex situated to the left of the living room is the fitted kitchen (ca. 16’x12’6”). It stands over a concrete floor above another cellar and has French doors onto the South-facing terrace at the front of the house. A second annex made of concrete blocks clad in wood provides a utility room (ca. 11’4”x6’3”) with a sink, storage cabinets and a separate toilet.

On the 1st floor, a landing (ca. 26’9”x5’2”) on solid floors leads to a large North-facing family bathroom (ca. 13’1”x10’8”) with a vintage inspiration, then bedroom 3 (ca. 11’8”x11’1”) also facing North on the other side of the landing; bedroom 2 (ca. 13’1”x11’) on the South side benefiting from the views and finally, a master suite (ca. 15’2”x11’1”) with its ensuite bathroom (ca. 13’1”x13’1”) incorporating a dressing area and a secondary exit door to the garden on the North side.
The attic above (ca. 24’x18’7”; 29’5”x26’2” of floor area) is accessed via a stairwell from the 1st floor landing. The room has been insulated with multi-layer insulation and has 3 roof skylights.

Majestic barns
Separated from the house by a small pedestrian passage leading to the North-facing garden at the rear, two large barns stand back-to-back. The first, in the Auvergne style and roofed with slate (the south side of which contains asbestos), consists of three stables (ca. 66’x33’ of floor area in total) on the ground floor. Easy access allows you to store all your garden tools, materials, etc. but also to comfortably park one or two cars in a row (depth of 33’). On the first floor, accessible by a large back barn door, the hay barn offers a surface area of 2160 sqft on the floor with the possibility of creating an additional floor for the most enterprising among you! A second Limousin-style barn of ca. 43’x33’ of floor area allows very large vehicles to be parked in with ease, campers, caravans, tractors, they all fit!

Adjoining the kitchen, there are 2 additional outbuildings in the form of two large pigsties, one of which has become a DIY workshop (ca. 29’5”x9’8”). The second pigsty is in its original condition with two animal sheds and a central passageway (ca. 29’5”x9’8”). Attached to the pigsties, an open wooden hangar (ca. 16’4”x13’1”) with a concrete floor is used as a summer kitchen, where the barbecue is housed, and a small wooden terrace is attached to have pleasant meals with family or friends and enjoy those magnificent views of the Limousin countryside.

A well-organized garden and a natural spring
The garden, entirely surrounded by fences and, in places, hedges, is very well maintained and consists, in front of the barns, of a vegetable garden with raised beds, an orchard with apple, cherry, pear, peach and fig trees, among others, a chicken coop with its enclosure. In front of the house, a leisure area with a fountain, a pond under a large lime tree, a gravel terrace, and, in front of the pigsties, a berry orchard. Needless to say, that the whole area is most enchanting! Below, the up-to-date septic tank is surrounded by large fir trees, oaks, etc. In summary, here is a garden created many years ago, now mature, and which will delight our green fingered buyers!

A quiet, but not isolated spot
The property is located in a small village of the Limousin Millevaches regional park, a few minutes from the shopping villages of Châteauneuf-la-Forêt and La Croisille-sur-Briance, twenty minutes from the historic town of Eymoutiers, its weekly market and its direct rail access to Limoges. The Limousin capital is a 45-minute drive away and its airport is 55 minutes away. Paris is a little over 4 hours away by car.