Quality 6 Bedroom Stone House with Pool and Gardens

Property Description

Summary
Located on the edge of a pretty hamlet not far from Varen with views over the pool and grounds and surrounding countryside, this immaculately presented stone house (196m2) has 6 bedrooms (one on the ground floor) and 3 bathrooms, a large kitchen/dining room and separate salon with fireplace, utility room and many character features including exposed rood trusses on the first floor, exposed stone walls in places and old eviers. The fittings are of excellent quality with solid oak doors, quality kitchen fittings , double glazed windows and doors with electric heating and tiled floors throughout which when combined provides a premium property.

Outside, there is a gravelled courtyard outside the kitchen on one side with lawns and gravelled pathways giving access to the 12m x 6m swimming pool with safety fencing, a large stone built games area and covered seating and eating area and a double open fronted garage with adjacent store and with the adjoining paddock, the whole property extends to about 0,7 ha

In summary, this is a rare example of a imaginatively designed house with high quality fittings which is currently very successfully used as a gite presently with VRBO with a 5* rating and 4* rating in France but equally could be used and enjoyed as a family home. There is lots of scope for walking and cycling in the area with lovely views and access to many local tourist attractions.

Not to be missed!!

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Location
Varen with its excellent restaurant , commerces and medical centre is a short drive by car and Verfeil sur Seye with its boulanger is in easy reach. Najac, Villefranche de Rouergue and all the other medieval bastide and other villages with the gorges at St Antonin Noble Val provides plenty of activity in the summer.

Access
The property is within easy reach of Toulouse Blagnac airport (90 minutes) and Rodez for summer flights from the UK (60 minutes). Train station

Interior
In greater detail, the house is entered via the

Hallway (3m x 2,2m) (6,9m2) With stairs to first floor and doors to reception rooms

Cloakroom (3,5m x 3,2m) (3,5m2) With WC and a basin in a vanity unit with tiled splash back.

Salon (8,3m x 4,0m overall). (30,9m2) Two sets of double doors to outside, fine stone built fireplace (scope for a wood burner) and beamed ceiling.

Kitchen/dining room (8,2m x 4,3m) (35,4m2) Two sets of doors to outside, U shaped kitchen units with granite worktops, butler sink, Leisure Cuisine Master 100 range with a halogen hob, 2 ovens, grill and warming oven, Bosch dishwasher and American style double fridge.

Step up to

Second hallway with stairs to first floor and door to

Bedroom 6 (5,2m x 3,5m) (18,6m2) With beams and feature stonework.

First Floor Access from two sets of staircases allowing the bedrooms to be separated.

Bedroom 1 (4,6m x 3,2m including ensuite) (18,8m2) With cathedral style ceiling, dual aspect windows and door to large ensuite with large shower cubicle and rainhead shower head, basin with cupboards under and WC.

Sitting area (2,8m x 2,5m) A quiet spot to sit and read with staircase to ground floor. Passageway on to

Bedroom 2 (4,5m x 2,5m) (10m2) With beams, old stone evier and views over the pool.

Shower Room 2 (2,8m x 2,3m) (6,6m2) With large Italian style shower, basin with cupboard under and tiled backsplash and WC.

Bedroom 3 (4,3m x 3,6m) (15,9m2). Opening doors with false balcony, stone features and ‘A’ frame timbers.

Landing area with stairs down to second hallway

Bedroom 4 (5,6m x 2,3m +) (15,3m2) An L shaped room with doors to outside and stone steps down to the garden and ‘A’ frame timbers.

Steps down to

Bedroom 5 (4,1m x 4,1m) (17,0m2) With exposed A frame timbers, stone evier, insulated walls, dual aspect windows with a door to the outside and stone steps to the garden.

With access from the gravelled courtyard to the side of the house, there is a

Utility Room (4,2m x 3,7m) (15,8m2) With two hot water tanks, one of which has an air source heat pump but needs repairing but works off electricity. Washing machine point.

Exterior
Covered games/seating area (5,1m x 5,1m) (26,3m2). A stone built structure with a tiled roof and concrete floor and presently is used for the table tennis table and seating which overlooks the pool at the side with lawned area to the front and gravelled pathway up to

Garage (5,5m x 4,9m) (27,7m2) An excellent stone built and open fronted structure under a tiled roof with a concrete floor ideal for two cars. At the back, there is a store room (5,6m x 2,4m). (13,9m2) with a concrete floor. Electricity is connected to the garage. In front of the garage, there is a gravelled driveway giving access to the road through the village. Further areas of lawned garden to the side and also a number of plum trees and a stone wall separates the road from the garden.

Swimming Pool. (12m x 6m) With roman steps at the end, this salt water pool had the liner and the electroliser replaced in 2022. Pool house to the side with the pump, electrolyser and sand filter which is also new. The pool with its terraces and gravelled area is surrounded by a wooden picket security fence.

There is a small paddock to the side which presently has lucerne planted by a neighbouring farmer.

Additional Details
Mains water and electricity, electric radiators for heating, Klargester septic tank and ADSL.

Revenue Generation
The property is presently let through VRBO very successfully and has attained a 5* rating.