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An Exceptional Property With 14 Acres: A Very Pleasing Large House of Character (With 10 Bedrooms) PLUS 4 Gites of Differing Sizes and a Range of Large Stone Barns: All Situated in a Beautiful Country Position Yet Near a Village and Only 15 miles from Caen and 23 miles from the Sea: Here a Hospitality Business may be Run to Financial Advantage

Location: Near Bayeux, Département of Calvados, Normandy Price: €850,000 (£671,500 @ £0.79p to the Euro) Status: For Sale Reference ID: 285 The above price includes Estate Agency Fees. A figure of 6.5% approximately should be added to the above to cover Tax & Notary and Registration Fees Bayeux – 10 miles Caen – 15 miles The Normandy Coast – 23 miles This ivy-clad house of pleasing proportions stands facing south and looking immediately over a large courtyard surrounded by its own massive barns. Enter the house and look to rear: there are views up the hillside and across one’s own 14 acres of grassland. So the by-word is peace and tranquillity: so peaceful and so tranquil a spot that the property was acquired 20 years ago by a French yoga teacher who created a centre for yoga courses. Then in 2001 the property was bought by an Anglo/Irish couple who very astutely allowed the yoga courses to continue (the owners provide the accommodation and the food, not the yoga teaching). And the yoga groups from Paris continue to visit. They come for weekends and six day residential courses 5 or 6 times a year – they are accommodated in the ten bedrooms of the house and in the four gites. The original yoga room on the second floor created 20 years ago is still in use. If you don’t speak French – don’t worry – it can all be done with the English language ability of the visitors with some sign language and some simple French phrases which you are bound to pick up! During the rest of the year a gentle, no fuss, B + B business is pursued. Various nationalities have stayed over the years. A Judge visiting Caen for seasonal courts once stayed – to the great delight of the local gendarmes ! Yet no dramatic promotions are pursued - just recommendations from the local tourist board for B & B and for the letting of the gites plus repeat custom – this is the formula of these quiet owners. Now a desire to “finish business”, to travel somewhat and to attend to family matters in different parts of the world causes this property to be available for sale. Although it’s only the property that is for sale, it is quite clear that new owners may continue the same business formula and develop or change the activities according to taste – the addition of a swimming pool, the use of the barns for indoor activities or for stables – there are many alternatives. Here is the legend which appeared on the promotional card of the French owners for fifteen years and continued by the present owners – and it still applies:- “Un lieu paisible, simple et convivial, en campagne, proche de la mer, pour respirer et se ressourcer …” which could be freely translated as - “A peaceful place, simple and convivial, in the country, within reach of the sea, to breathe again and to renew one’s mind and spirit … “ THE HOUSE Large Sitting Room: 21’ x 19’ Open fireplace, glazed door from outside. Fine views over meadowland and hillside. Cloakroom: Hand basin and WC. Inner Lobby: With stairs off Dining Room: 19’ x 17’6 Marble fireplace, parquet herringbone floor. Large Kitchen: 19’ x 13’ Utility Room: 9’9 x 9’9 Deep sink, plumbing for washing machine, hot water heater. On the First Floor Main Landing 1: Family Bedroom 1: 14’ x 13’ 9 (one double, two singles) En Suite Shower Room 1: Shower cubicle, handbasin, WC. Shower Room 2: Shower cubicle, handbasin, WC. Bedroom 2: 15’ x 8’9 (two single beds) Handbasin, electric radiator. Bedroom 3: 15’ x 7’ Handbasin, electric radiator. Landing 2 Bedroom 4: 15’ x 10’6 Handbasin, electric radiator. Bedroom 5: 15’ x 10’6 Handbasin, electric radiator. Bedroom 6: 13’6 x 9’9 plus Entrance area: En Suite Shower Room 3: Shower cubicle, handbasin, WC. Shower Room 4: Shower cubicle, handbasin, WC. Bedroom 7: 11’ x 9’2 Radiator from central heating system. En Suite Shower Room 5: Shower cubicle, handbasin, WC. Bedroom 8: 10’9 x 8’ plus entrance area. Radiator from central heating system. En Suite Shower Room 6: Shower cubicle, handbasin, WC. Bedroom 9: 10’6 x 8’ Lovely window overlooking meadows. Radiator from central heating system. En Suite Shower Room 7: Shower cubicle, handbasin, WC. Linen Room/Wardrobe Cupboard: 11’ x 6’5 Bedroom 10: 14’6 x 13’6 Plus 13’ x 7’9 Shower cubicle, handbasin. En Suite Bathroom 8: Bath, handbasin, WC. On the Second Floor Activities Room (known as “the yoga room”): 34’ x 20’6 Velux rooflights, two radiators off central heating system, two electric radiators. 2 WCs (Male and Female), 2 basins. Shower cubicle. THE GITES Gite 1: A 2/3 Bedroomed 2 Storey Unit: Ground Floor: Living Room/Kitchen, W.C. First Floor: Landing /Sitting Room/Bedroom 3, Two Bedrooms, Shower Room Gite 2: A One Bedroom Apartment: Living Room/Kitchen, Bedroom, Shower Room Gite 3: A One Bedroom Apartment: Living Room/Kitchen, Bedroom, Shower Room Gite 4: A Studio Apartment: Bed Sitting Room/Kitchen, Bathroom Store Room: 8.5m x 6.8m THE OUTBUILDINGS Stone Barn 1: 16.5m x 7.5m A very tall two-storey building. Stone Barn 2: 6.5m x 3.5m Used for tractor/vehicle storage. Barn 3: 16m x 12m Used as garage and machinery store. Barn 4: Wine Store: 5.8m x 4m Main Area: 10.3m x 5.8m Workshop: 8m x 5.8m First Floor Massive Open Area: 22m x 5.8m with good solid floor – good for parties. This part of the building has 3.25m to eaves height therefore would accommodate a further floor (a second floor) if required. Light and power. Old House (Just a Shell) 12.5m x 7m Old Milking Parlour: 23m x 4.3m and 5.6m x 4.4m With concrete floor, light and power. External WC/Shower Room: Shower cubicle, handbasin and electric radiator. Services: Mains water and electricity. Two septic tanks. THE LAND The land is mainly meadowland and extends to 6 hectares (14.8 acres) Note: For all further details or an appointment to view, please ring our office on 01799 543211. Back