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Beautifully Situated on its Own in Land of 51.46Ha (127.10 Acres), A 6 Bedroom Farmhouse, Pool and Outbuilding surrounded by Meadows and Woods. Perfect for a B&B Business and the Creation of an Equestrian Facility.

Location: Near Langon, Département of Gironde, Aquitaine.
Price: €840,000
Status: For Sale
ID: 544

The above price includes Estate Agency Fees. A figure of approximately 6.5% should be added to the purchase price to cover Tax, Notary and Registration Fees.

Langon 8.5 kms
Bordeaux 48 kms
Bergerac 112 kms

The nearest village is 2 minutes away by car, 5 minutes by bicycle or a 10 minute stroll. There one can find a grocery store with excellent meat, run by the son of the local Mayor, who breeds sheep and Bazas beef (the French equivalent to our Aberdeen Angus). The bakery offers not only the usual bread & croissants, but also very good pizzas, and has a small bar which will shortly have a tobacco licence. The Mairie and primary school are also in the village square and there is a hard tennis court open to residents.

The nearest Town is Langon 7, minutes by car, with a complete range of amenities, shops and services: Leclerc hypermarket, DIY, garden centre, cheap petrol & car service centre. There are three other supermarkets: Intermarché, le Mutant and Cocinelle, plus three hard discounters: Leader Price, Lidl and Netto. There is a station with 30 min connections to Bordeaux, TGV to Paris & Strasbourg direct. Two motorway access points, A62 to Bordeaux city & international airport, 35-40 minutes and A65 to Pau opening March 2011. Excellent hospital, two vet clinics, all major French banks, a lycée & two secondary schools, plus private agricultural college & other agricultural colleges in the nearby towns of Bazas & Sauternes.

Tourist Facilities
Brand new indoor public swimming pool (25m x 10m) in Langon, the “Spadium”, with a 25m toboggan run and free access to indoor & outdoor Jacuzzis, Turkish bath, sauna and massage jets and an excellent 18 hole golf course.
The areas of Sauternes and Graves are the two leading Bordeaux AOC wine-growing areas with 24 chateaux to visit and wine to taste within a half-hour drive. The presence of the English during medieval times gave rise in part to the building of many of the fortified towns and castles you can see and visit, notably three classed as historical monuments: the châteaux of Roquetaillade, Cazeneuve and Malle, still inhabited by descendants of the old noble families who built them, and nearby Bazas, with its cathedral and medieval town square.
Canoe and Kayak trips on the river Ciron at Bommes, pony rides at Fargues and Roaillan, paintball club at Saint Pardon de Conques. Lac de Hostens (artificial) for swimming, pedalo and picnics. A multitude of cultural events, music, jazz, pageants, etc.

Equestrian
There is a specialised equestrian centre near Coimères; a livery yard for boarding and training top-level jumpers. There are two stud farms at Bazas, 10 km, and two other breeders nearby; one of which produces endurance horses.
Other breeds represented in the locality include Arabs and American horses. There are several horse trails nearby, including one starting direct from the property. In the countryside around the property, many fields are rented for grazing.

There are nationally-ranked jumping competitions in the summer at Bazas and Bordeaux, a horse racing course on the outskirts of the village. There is an English-speaking farrier at Gans near Bazas and in addition to the two vets at Langon, there are three more at Bazas. There is a specialist horse feed supplier at Bègles, 25 minutes by car.

The House (335m²)
Completely renovated 18th century farmhouse plus adjacent outbuilding, in magnificent setting offering peace and quiet, in a dominant situation completely surrounded by woodland enclosing open fields, with lawns and garden around the house.

Large and spacious, the house has been carefully restored under architect's supervision, retaining the warmth and charm of exposed stonework and beams.

Entrance Hall: 17 m². Feature stone walls, quarry tiled floor, staircase to first floor.

Living Room: 44m². Double-height room with timbered cathedral ceiling, gallery, feature stone walls, signature open fireplace, glazed end wall with French windows opening onto south-facing terrace.

Kitchen/Dining Room: 44m². Tiled floor, French door to outside.

Library: 28m². Original open stone fireplace, tiled floor, French door to garden.

Hallway: 3 m². Closet

Master Bedroom: 22 m². French door to garden.

Bathroom: 13 m². Double washbasins, WC, bidet, walk-in shower.

WC: 2 m²

Boiler room: 5 m²

Pantry & laundry room: 10 m²

First Floor

Bedroom 2: 20m²

Corridor: 3 m²

Bathroom 13 m². Bath, WC, washbasin.

Bedroom 3: 28 m². Family room, sleeps 4-5.

Mezzanine: 35 m². Overlooking the living room.

Bedroom 4: 18 m² Washbasin en suite

Landing: 11 m²

Bathroom: 4 m². Shower, WC, washbasin.

Bedroom 5 : 18m². Washbasin en suite.

Bedroom 6: 14m²

Outside

Outbuilding: 45 m². Consisting of:

Garage: 36 m²

Wine store

Pool machinery room

Barbecue

Covered terrace facing pool

Covered space for wood storage

Swimming pool with solar heating: 70 m² / 100m³

Gas central heating. All windows and external doors are hardwood and double glazed, with wooden shutters. Ground floor tiled throughout except master bedroom. Internal walls are exposed stonework and traditional roughcast stone finish. All rooms have exposed beams. All wiring, including TV, hi-fi and telephone is hidden in walls or floors. Broadband (5 meg); 2 landlines installed.

Services
Mains electricity. The house water is supplied by well (cost nil). Mains water connection just outside house (mainly used to top up evaporation losses in swimming pool during hot summer months).

There is a spring-fed pool in the garden holding approx. 350 m3 of water. Another spring approx 200 yards from the house flows into the stream marking the western boundary of the property. There is a small “reservoir” fed by this stream, which was originally created by an earlier tenant farmer who needed a supply to water his fields.

Fosse septique.

Taxe Foncière (2009)

Buildings: €700
Land: €636

Note: For further details or an appointment to view, please ring our office on 01799 543211