Chemin Bas | Les Gordins
Detached 3-story, 1860s farmhouse for sale, with independent gite and swimming pool
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Located within short walking distance of the busy market town of Ruffec, with its restaurants, bars, cinema, theatre, public swimming pools, gyms, supermarkets and boutiques and Ruffec railway station with direct lines to Angouleme, Poitiers and Paris, which is only two and a half hours away. The house is nestled on the edge of Ruffec Forest with a back gate opening straight into the woods.
The properties have in total, 4 bedrooms (with loft space to add another) and has been recently renovated to high standard retaining its original features, oak floors, fireplaces etc. The electrics are new, as is the plumbing with a newly certificated septic tank. All the wood/beams have been pressure treated.
The farm house
Ground floor
Entrance - 3m2, rustic oak floor
Kitchen - 25m2, brand new fitted kitchen with range cooker, oak floor, oak beams, fire place with 12kw log burner
Reception - 25m2, oak floors, fire place with ornate Godin log burner
Guest bedroom - 15m2, wood floor, on-suite washroom - 3m2, WC and handbasin
First floor & loft
Bedroom - 20m2, wooden floors, open views
Bedroom - 20m2, wooden floors, walk in wardrobe 2m2, fire place
Bathroom - 6m2, wooden floor, original 1930s Porshe roll-top bath CP Hart London mixer-taps
Loft - 60m2, fully insulated and could easily be converted into an additional bedroom
Lower Ground floor
Cinema room - 36m2 exposed stone walls, oak beamed ceiling, built in TV, 500l built-in aquarium
Bathroom - 6m2, original 1930s Porshe cast iron roll-top bath with CP Hart London shower mixer taps
Possibility to change to a self-contained apartment. Access via stairs from kitchen, barn or back door to orchard garden
Gite
Open-plan Lounge - 15m2
kitchen - 5m2, newly fitted with four ring gas hob, electric oven, extractor
bedroom - 12m2, 2 x double patio doors opening onto outside pool/BBQ area
bathroom - 4m2, hydromassage shower
Part double glazed
Outside
100m2 stone barn, with 40m2 mezzanine
Laundry room
Swimming pool
6.4 x 4m above-ground pool with raised decking terrace and bar, perfect place for alfresco dining
Enclosed private gardens - 1054m2, direct access into the woods through garden gate, orchard with pergola and fruit trees; figue, grape vines, plum, cherry, peach, apricot. Small garden pond. There is also a well, attached to an underground stone room with a vaulted ceiling, used as a collection space for water, but could be converted into a cave.