House And Gites

Fully renovated house, B&B and 2 cottage gites with proven income. In general the property can be divided into three sections; one residential, one for holiday rental plus from the owners residence a extremely successful B&B/Chambre d'hote has been run for the last two years which has achieved the highest rating on Booking.com in this area to date. The two Gites generate a good income for End of July - End of September but this period could be extended if a new owner so wished. Viewing is essential to fully appreciate the present quality and the further potential that could be reached. The property is situated in the countryside in 8300m2 of land and has an indoor heated swimming pool.

Residential

The residential section is primarily the "Barn". This house consists of :-.

Ground Floor

Lounge - The lounge is approximately 6M x 4.5M with a large wood burning stove, fully ceramic tiled floor, network point for the computer, recessed lighting, & Ceiling Fan
Kitchen - The kitchen is fully fitted with Gas Hob, Electric oven, Integral Fridge & Freezer, A Rayburn multi-fuel oven / boiler, Dishwasher recessed downlighters, Ceiling Fan, Granite work tops & under wall unit lighting, The floor is fully tiled with ceramic tiles, and there is a recessed door mat to the entrance door.
Dining Room room - This room is now the new dining room it has a solid wood table that will seat up to six persons, and has a large Armoire that houses a deep freezer and the hot water tank There is also a Chest of drawers that is used for storage of cutlery napkins table cloths etc as required for the B&B
Ground floor wet room - There is a large wet room next to the 3rd Ground floor room which has a shower, toilet, and hand basin.
Generally There are 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, lounge, kitchen & dinning room. All floors have central heating using waste wood,or logs, or charbon, or even a mix of all three utilising either the heating unit in the laundry, or the Rayburn cooker or the villager fire in the lounge, also on this floor can be found the fuse board and the central heating control section.
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First Floor

* Main Bedroom - The large main bedroom has its own ensuite shower room complete with shower, half inset hand basin, concealed cistern toilet, genuine oak flooring, heated towel rail, granite surfaces and is fully tiled, there is also a walk-in wardrobe that has background heating in it. A flat screen television is also installed and the room has views of the garden and over and across the nearby forest. Facing east, the rising sun reaches this room early in the morning.
* 2nd Bedroom - The second bedroom is a large, light & airy centrally heated room facing both west and south and has its own En-Suite bathroom
* 3rd Bedroom - The third bedroom is a good size and faces south, it easily accommodates a double bed. and has its own Private bathroom
* Generally the 1st floor is fully centrally heated throughout, the access stairs and upper hallway are well lit with ample switches at all points.
* Staircase - The staircase is concrete and fully tiled with oak trimming and a stylish glass bannister with a solid timber handrail, all of this is demountable to allow easy movement of furniture at any time.
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Externally of the Barn

The whole of the barn has been re-pointed in the local traditional manner. The front is covered in the summer with climbing roses and passion flower. The beds at the front have roses, with various bulbs and small shrubs so that especially during the summer there is always colour at the front entrance. There are two satellite dishes so that both British and French TV can be received. .

Rental Gites etc.

There are two gites / cottages here at La Peignardiere. Full details of them can be found at http://www.brittanycottages.com/. Briefly, one Gite is a two bed roomed unit, with a sofa-bed, meaning it can sleep up to 6 persons, and the other unit is a three bed roomed unit plus a sofa-bed, which means it can sleep up to 8 persons. Both units have a Television with UK free to air, Internet access, CD player, radio, washing machine, fridge freezer, central heating and a fully fitted kitchen including microwave, cooker etc. All the furniture now in the houses will be sold with the property so that they are ready for rental income at all times. Turnover figures for these units will be made available to genuine enquirers..

Swimming Pool

The swimming pool is indoor and heated, because of this there is very little maintenance, perhaps less than 15 minutes per week in the high season. Special filter medium is used to increase the purity of the water (not sand based) and ultra violet light is used to kill all bacteria. This means that chlorine need never be used, thus eliminating that strong smell associated with pools and damage from the bleaching effect of chlorine. The only chemicals that may be used are to keep the Ph levels steady when required, but even this is rare. Heating of the pool is from two sources one being solar panels, which are efficient during bright days summer or winter and maintenance free, the other comes from the same boiler system used to heat the houses (see next section) when required..

Boiler System & Heating

The main heating system for the property is from a boiler situated in the Laundry. This boiler runs on wood pellets, which is considered very 'green' as it does not burn any fossil fuel and uses very little electricity. It is possibly the least expensive method available at this time for large scale heating. The boiler can be turned on to heat the gites or to boost the swimming pool temperature on cloudy days when the Solar system may struggle. During times when there are no guests in the houses who need heat then it can be switched to heating just the Barn, thus making this system very flexible..

Workshop

Over the swimming pool area is a large workshop fitted with racks / shelving / and work benches, this is ideal for all the property maintenance that may be required. For large items there is an electric hoist in place that is capable of lifting or lowering up to a quarter of a Tonne. All fixtures and materials will remain upon the sale of the property..

Laundry

The laundry room lies in the furthest section of the Longere to the right-hand end i.e. next to the Main House. In here is the washing machine, tumble dryer & work surfaces plus storage for all the linen & towels for the gites. Also in this room is the boiler and by placing it here the heat given off by the boiler during its use enables laundry to be dried during the most inclement of weather without resorting to the tumble dryer..

Office

The office is situated over the laundry and is accessed via its own staircase. Within the office are 2 desk-top areas, and the routers for controlling the internet network for the Office, the Main House, and the gites..

Income Potential

This property is ideal for a family or a couple who are looking for a well renovated property with a ready made income to augment a pension or salary etc but where there is a possibility of increasing the existing income from the gites with very little effort. The property and gardens are in a generally good condition and the Gites are rented on a regular basis. The successful purchaser would be expected to honor all existing lettings, and the present owners would pass any outstanding rental income to the new owners. All furniture in the Gites would stay with the property if required and be treated as a separate sale, most furniture and white goods in the house would also stay in the house if required and be treated as a separate sale thus offering the successful purchaser the opportunity to take possession without many great problems, The septic tanks & filters are new and meet current the current EEC regulations & standards, all renovation works have been carried out professionally and meet regulations in force at the time. This is a property that must be viewed by the couple or family who are serious about making a living in France and taking on a already successful established rental property.
In the event of a successful Sale / Purchase all or any fees including legal fees etc are to be paid by the purchaser
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Comfort

Energy Report - DPE (French Equivalent) - E (231 - 330).