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| With 44 Acres: A 4/5 Bedroomed House + Barns With Total Privacy YET Two Minutes from a Village and 10 Minutes Drive from the Regional Town of Parthenay with All Its Excellent Facilities And Particularly Good Climate: This Property is Worthy of Very Close Examination! | ||
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Location: Near Parthenay, Département of Deux Sevres, Poitou-Charentes Price further reduced now €342,000 Status: For Sale Reference ID: 364 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. Parthenay - 6 miles Poitiers Airport – 35 miles La Rochelle Airport – 69 miles Paris – 237 miles Caen Ferryport – 216 miles Le Havre – 265 miles Calais Ferryport – 378 miles BRITISH OWNED and IMPROVED Purchased in January 2004 by a British family who originate from Dorset, this excellent property was built in 1990 and extensively re-fitted under the present ownership. SUPERB LOCATION Not isolated (since it’s only a couple of minutes from the nearby village), it provides perfect privacy because it is located down a small lane and the house is surrounded by its own land. LOCAL FACILITIES The facilities “on the doorstep” are excellent – partly owing to the proximity of the fine regional town of Parthenay. Parthenay has all the large supermarkets (including small sections with English food!). Parthenay’s weekly market for cattle and all produce is on Wednesdays. There are two leisure centres, an indoor swimming pool and various other sports facilities. An excellent hospital is only 10 minutes drive from the property. The local doctor speaks English and is located in the village of St Loup-Lamairé. EQUESTRIAN SUPPLIES AND SERVICES In Parthenay there is an agricultural supply merchant and an English speaking Vet. In the village of Clessé (15 kms) is a lady Vet. In La Peyratte (16 kms) is a seed and feed merchant who sells all sorts of horse supplies including tack. There is an equestrian centre in the nearby village owned by an English family with 2 daughters who are keen riders. They have various facilities including a sand arena. In the local village there is an excellent restaurant open from 6.00 am to 10.00 pm. which provides excellent meals to all and sundry (the workers and the bourgeoisie) and sells newspapers and bread. In the village there is also a garage for car repairs, a village hall and a sports field. The Mayor’s Office has internet access for use by village residents, while the property itself has telephone with Broadband facility. If you do not wish to stir from home you may take advantage of the mobile shop and bread delivery which calls every day at the house. The convenient village of Gorgé has several shops and restaurants. TOURIST FACILITIES At Lake Sevron there are boating and swimming facilities. SCHOOLS The present owners’ grandson, who is 14 years old, receives very good schooling in Parthenay at the College of St Joseph where he goes daily by bus from the village. There are primary schools at Amailloux and St Loup-Lamairé. PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS Since acquisition in 2004 the present very careful owners have carried out the following improvements: a re-fitted kitchen and shower room and addition of a new en-suite facility to the master bedroom. The oil fired central heating was upgraded in 2004 by the installation of a new boiler and new oil storage tank. All windows are double glazed and the outside woodwork has been re-painted (2007). Externally a large area of concrete slabs has been made adjoining the house and new doors to the Workshop have been installed. Five drinking troughs (300 litre capacity and with auto-drinkers) have been installed in the fields with mains water piped to them. Post and rail fencing has been erected to the surrounds of the house, and all fields have been fenced and gated. THE HOUSE The accommodation comprises :- Spacious Living Room: 18’ x 14’ An attractive room with open stone fireplace. French doors leading to covered patio. Large Dining Room: 23’ x 17’6 Kitchen: 12’ x 10’ Fully fitted with quality units and appliances. Cloakroom: With W.C. Family Bathroom: 10’ x 7’ Master Bedroom 1: 14’ x 13’6 En-Suite Bathroom: 11’ 6 x 7’ With bath, separate shower unit, handbasin, W.C., fully tiled walls. Bedroom 2: 12’ x 10’ Bedroom 3: 14’ x 10’ Bedroom 4: 14’ x 9’ En-Suite Shower Room: Shower unit, handbasin, W.C., fully tiled walls. Leading from the Dining Room by way of an oak staircase is :- Mezzanine : At present used as Bedroom 5. Velux rooflight. OUTSIDE Large Garage with mezzanine loft area. Workshop: 40’ x 33’ With 14’ wide entrance door. Concrete floor. NOTE: To the rear of this building, footings have been dug ready to commence the erection of a new barn 60’ x 40’ (if required). Large Modern Barn: 79’ x 55’ With 23’ wide doors, (15’ in height), installed in 2006. FENCED FIELDS The owners currently run 12 Charolais cattle in the 12 fenced fields. Clearly with the five piped water troughs these fields are very suitable for horses. LAKE There is a large lake stocked with carp and roach. The lake has an island which adds visual interest. There is a fenced area at one end of the lake used to keep chickens and ducks. There are plenty of mature trees (oaks, willows and birch) and also a number of fruit trees. |
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