Located outside a small hamlet in a village of the Millevaches Regional Park in Limousin, on a plot of almost 3 acres with no close neighbours, these two stone farms await the DIY whizz who will bring them back to life! They consist of two former houses with adjoining barns and bread ovens, several storage outbuildings, a well and an underground spring. In the smallest house, everything is structurally sound, there is everything to create inside, with possibilities for expansion in the barn. In the largest house, the roof also needs to be renovated. You are in a quiet place, at the top of a hill, bordered by small country roads, where the only noise comes from the occasional passage of a tractor and where the pretty red Limousin cows are queens! This dual project would be particularly suitable – but not only (!), for young people brave enough to take on their first real estate adventure or for a buyer wishing to create holiday cottages, whether they already live in the area or not! If the project seems too big, it is possible to acquire one (ref. 905) or the other (ref. 927) of these farms, either with a plot of land of over an acre (905), or with almost 2 acres (927). Visit the respective advert pages for these properties on our website for more information.

The village-style house
It has the style, not of typical Limousin farmhouses, but rather of village houses with larger windows and above all further ceiling height than in a farmhouse (here it is 9’1” high on the ground floor). Its large "dormer" window in the attic also gives it greater convertibility potential, and it is south facing. On the ground floor, there is an entrance hall (~11’4”x8’3”) on the North side incorporating the attic staircase. From the entrance, the kitchen (~13’6”x11’4”) with a large fireplace and an entrance on the South side giving access to the land. From the kitchen, the staircase goes down to the cellar under part of the house. Next to the kitchen, two bedrooms (~11’4”x9’8” & 10’6”x10’), one facing North, the other facing South.

On the 1st floor, a convertible attic (~19’6”x15’5”; 19’6”x22’9” on the floor).

The house is not currently connected to mains water, but to an underground spring running from a neighbouring plot, located just across the hamlet road. However, there is the latest generation electric meter in the kitchen. It will be necessary to plan not only the complete renovation of the house’s interior, but also roofing work and putting a septic tank in.

The small farmhouse
Facing due west, the house, built during the first half of the 20th century, is partly built on a cellar and includes two main rooms on the ground floor, including the old kitchen (~19’x11’3”) with a very pretty pebble floor to renovate and a large open fireplace, inside which is the entrance to the bread oven. The second room, the former bedroom (~19’x10’8”), includes the staircase to the open attic above (~22’3”x10’5”), which could be converted into a large master with private ensuite bathroom! All the building’s openings currently face west. There is a mains water meter and an electric meter, a water tap and basic fittings for a washing machine, and then the rest is to be created…

Two small stables, located on either side of the bread oven, could, after connecting them with the kitchen, be converted into a utility room and a storeroom.

The outbuildings
There are 3 additional buildings to the large house. The two barns adjoining the house each have a floor area of ca. 26’x23’ and 20’x23’ and are in poor structural condition. Plan for masonry and roof/framework renovation. But since the buildings are inside the building area of the village's planning rules, it is possible, after permission is granted, to seriously consider increasing the livable area of the house, and this, on two floors, if desired.

In the other extension of the house, under the same roof, there is a lean-to (~18’x6 ½’) connected to the north entrance of the house and a bread oven with an old awned bakehouse in front (~18’x16’4”). Its roof, although damaged, is still there and you can still hope to save this essential element of Limousin rural heritage.

The Limousine barn, adjoining the farmhouse, is on a single floor and has an area of approximately 29’5”x24’6”. It consists of an open section up to the roof’s apex and a cattle shed with a hayloft above. It is possible either, subject to permission, to convert everything to considerably enlarge the habitable area by creating two usable levels, or to convert the stable part by creating an extension on two floors enclosed by a complete partition wall and retaining a garage/storage area next door.

Two open sheds round up the buildings to create a garage, a woodshed or even, after authorization is granted, perhaps a separate dwelling, why not, because all the buildings are in the buildable area of the village’s planning rules, the eastern part being in the agricultural (i.e. non-buildable) area of the property. 

A large relatively flat garden awaiting division
The buildings of which the largest dwelling is part being located on the top of the hill, you can enjoy very beautiful views of the countryside. You can see, behind the hazelnut hedge bordering the land, the roofs with solar panels of the neighbouring agricultural buildings, and further away, the green and wooded hills of this pretty corner of nature. The land is flat near the buildings, then very gently sloping beyond. The small farmhouse has a well just in front of the buildings. The total land of almost 3 acres, currently maintained with cows by a local farmer, is freehold, but will have to be divided before completion, because access from the road allowing the animals to change pasture, must be created within the large existing plot.

Access and amenities
The house is located in the village of La Croisille-sur-Briance, 5 minutes from the village centre and about forty minutes from Limoges centre. The village has all the basic amenities, as well as a local school and an community café, and is just over 10 minutes from the shopping village of Châteauneuf-la-Forêt, to the North, with its swimming lake, its campsite and its large supermarket.