Volet Lavande

For Sale

For Sale

Volet-Lavande.com – Puits D’Ardanne, Chalais, France 86200

A beautifully proportioned and presented French house, for sale at €280,000 Euros*. That can be your home in the sun, or the continuation of the sucessful renting business....The house has been successfully rented to holidaymakers over the past 5 years and everyone who has stayed at the house have thoroughly enjoyed themselves and acknowledged how wonderful the house and the surrounding area, plus how well the house is located for getting out and about to all that Central France has to offer.

The sale includes not only the house, but the sucessful rental business as well. We have been fully booked every summer since 2005 and the bookings for 2010 (therefore a guaranteed income to offset any expense you may have), plus this web site - www.volet-lavande.com form the overall sale. The furnishings and electrical goods are available for sale separately.

 

Why are we selling? So that we can repeat what - we believe – was/is our success story for this house, somewhere else in France.

Key Features:

  • Condition: Main house fully converted and decorated to the highest standards.
  • Bedrooms: 3 generous bedrooms; master bedroom with private en-suite bathroom. Further family bathroom/separate toilet
  • Kitchen: Fully fitted kitchen from the UK
  • Habitable Space: 180m2
  • Swimming Pool
  • Outbuildings that could be converted to additional accommodation or other uses.
  • Oil fired central heating
  • Newly installed Franco Belge wood burner

The Ground floor…. From the large fronted double-door entrance, the tiled reception area gives access to the main ground floor of the house - lounge and kitchen – and the staircase to the first and second floor of the house. There is tiled flooring throughout all of the ground floor.

The Lounge is generously proportioned, and features the newly installed log burner, two large shuttered windows and two central heating radiators. Tiled flooring.

The Kitchen comprises of quality units and cupboards to provide sufficient storage and cooking-ability for six adults. There is an built-in dish washer and ‘range’ cooker (plus extractor).

The First floor….from the wooden staircase, the Master Bedroom has spacious dimensions to support a super King-Size bed, and a large Gentleman’s wardrobe, matching dressing table (available by separate negotiations). The flooring is strippedvarnished pine.  There is a built-in storage cupboard that currently hosts the linen for the house.

Furthermore, there is a ceramic floor tilled en-suite with a corner shower unit with Grohe shower, a counter sink (plus cupboards), and a toilet.

The Family Bathroom accommodates a bath with a built-in shower in Grohe shower, plus a sink. A separate Toilet (with sink) is in the adjacent room.

Bedroom 2 and Bedroom 3 complete the houses accommodation.


Property Details (all sizes are approximate):

Ground Floor

Kitchen

6.4m x 4.9m x 2.8m

Lounge

6.4m x 4.9m x 2.8m

Reception

6.4m x 1.9m 2.8m

First Floor

Bedroom 1 – Master Suite

6.4m x 4.9m x 2.9m

Bedroom 1  - En-suite

1.9m x 2.0m x 2.9m

Bedroom 2

3.8m x 3.0m x 2.9m

Bedroom 3

3.0.8m x 2.8m x 2.9m

Family Bathroom

1.9m x 2.0m x 2.9m

Toilet

0.9m x 2.0m x 2.9m

 

Second Floor / Loft (Not Converted)

Total area available to convert or to use as a games room / play area.

12m x 6.4m

 

Outside

Gite – not converted to habitable accommodation, but does have electricity and water supply. Includes terraced area. Secondary car access to the property.

Xxm x yyym

Cave (Cellar) – including historic wine press

 

Longier – not converted. Very large potential accommodation. Houses central heating boiler, and is main car access to house

Xxm x yyym

Swimming Pool and pump/filtration unit

4m x 7m x 1.5m

Mature gardens

Xxm x yyy



Annual (or re-occuring) Running Costs

 

House Insurance – buildings,  contents and 3rd party liability

€400/annum

Tax d'habitation

Other local tak

€347.56/annum

€685.00/annum

Electricity

Depends upon usage, but approximately €1,000 a year

Water

Is metered and depends upon usage, but approximately €400 a year

Sewerage

Currently, this needs emptying - depending upon usage – approximately 3 times a year, at €80 each time.

Direct sewerage connection should be completed during 2010

Telephone

€30/quarter (currently with France Telecom)

Broadband

€15/month (currently with SFR)

Web site

£300/annum - UK hosted and supported – with no additional charge for email service

Advertising

We advertise on the following websites:

www.ownersdirect.co.uk (reference FR1988). The cost of this is £57/annum, and

http://www.pawsforawalk.co.uk/france.htm#poitou which is £25


FURTHER INFORMATION

If you would like to know more information – or see more pictures – we would be only too happy to advise. Many thanks for looking


NB * The price excludes any agency commission or notaire fees. This is approximately 10% of the sale fee for both the Notaite and estate agents (Immobilier).


 

Contact Us

Email:

info@volet-lavande.com 

 

Telephone:

+44 (0) 1386 46 26 70

For Sale