This stone house with a recently fitted roof and rendered facade, located on the edge of the lively village of Linards, has real development potential and would be a good first purchase/investment, once the interior renovation has been carried out, with its existing livable area (~860Sqft) and that remaining to be developed (over 1500Sqft), its two garages and its 1/3 acre raised garden at the rear. Limoges’ centre is only half an hour away. If you want even more possibilities, you can also buy a second house with an extension located right next door, see reference 856 on our website. Roll up your sleeves and come explore its possibilities!

The house
With its Southwest-facing facade, the house is partly built over a cellar and consists, on the ground floor, of a main entrance into the kitchen (14’2”x12’1”) that has a wood range cooker connected to the fireplace. To the left of the kitchen, the dining room (14’1”x9’5”), with solid chestnut flooring, stands over a wine cellar. Behind the kitchen, a scullery/boiler room (13’4”x13’1”) built against the bank, with to its right a bathroom/WC and a hallway (9’8”x8’5”) opening onto garage 1 with a utility area (19’x13’1”) that has direct street access. To the left of the scullery, a garage 2 (22’x10’3”), a side door of which opens onto a secondary entrance/stairwell with a pantry below it (22’x5’5”). Thanks to that extra entrance, it would be possible to create here a separate flat with its own garage.

The flat is located on the first floor and is at garden level to the rear, but it is not currently habitable and will require complete renovation. A small landing leads to a former streetside bedroom (13’7”x12’9”), which has an old fireplace (from which the chimney was removed at roof level), windows and a wide plank wooden floor. A stairwell leads from this room to the storage attic above. On the garden side, a former kitchen (13’1”x8’8”) with a fireplace still present and a door to the garden. To its right, a former bedroom (13’1”x6’9”).

A stone dividing wall separates this apartment from the one located above the ground-floor kitchen. From that kitchen the staircase leads up on the garden level to two front bedrooms (14’2”x10’1” & 14’2”x9’5”). A staircase leads up from the larger of the two bedrooms to the unconvertible attic above. This room also has an original open fireplace. Note that the ceiling in that part of the living area is 6’7” high. A corridor (14’7”x2’5”), located behind those bedrooms, provides access to a storage area (a storage area of 11’9”x6’7” and a storage room of 9’8”x6’9”), then out to the garden via an awning housing the oil tank of the central heating system (14’7”x5’4”).

Finally, a third habitable flat located on the garden level, accessible via the central flat or through a separate entrance door on the gable wall, consists of a kitchen (9’8”x9’3”), then a corridor (9’2”x3’2”) leading to a separate WC (4’2”x3’2”), a basic shower room (5’10”x3’2”), and a bedroom (10’3”x9’6”) over solid chestnut flooring).

The habitable parts require general modernisation (plumbing, electricity, interior decoration), but the basis is solid and useable straight away. Some of the windows are double glazed with manually or electrically operated roller shutters. The building is connected to the village’s mains drainage system, which will at least save on costly septic tank upgrades. The house has oil central heating, but the boiler will need to be checked by the future owner to ensure that it is working properly. The boiler room is large and can accommodate a new heat pump, wood, or pellet system with a storage silo. The choice is yours!

The garden
It has a surface area of just over 1/3 acre and is level with the 1st floor of the house. It can be accessed by vehicle, if necessary, after permission is granted, on a neighbour's land. Right outside the rear of the house, there is a flat lawned terrace with a brick garden shed (former henhouse?) with a cement fibre roof, then a pedestrian gate provides access to the fully fenced garden behind. You can keep small animals there or make a large vegetable garden or a play area for your children in complete safety. On the right-hand side of the house, a staircase leads to a concrete terrace and a second gate also allows pedestrian access to the garden.

Access and amenities
The house is located in the village of Linards, about half an hour from Limoges’ centre. Linards has all the essential amenities and is just over 5 minutes from the larger village of Châteauneuf-la-Forêt and all its amenities and swimming lake.