Longere with Outbuilding

SOLID STONE BUILT traditional two bedroom Longere with OUTBUILDINGS and landscaped gardens offering the quiet life and ready to move into now.

Set amongst corn fields and with the surrounding land designated 'agricultural' and therefore cannot be built on, this property with its landscaped gardens and generous outbuildings offers true tranquillity for a quiet life.

The property is not overlooked at all - the one neighbour (the local Mayor) is 100m away and facing away from the house. The front of the house and its gardens are south-facing and its slate tiled roof is in very good condition. The house offers 93m2 of living accommodation and the overall plot size is in the region of 4,500m2.

THE ACCOMMODATION:

A solid wood entrance door leads into:

ENTRANCE HALL - spacious with a tiled floor providing access to:

LOUNGE (approx 33.8m2) - with a tiled floor and attractive solid oak beams to the ceiling, a stone fireplace with built in wood-burning fire, two electric heating radiators (rarely used as the wood-burning fire provides a substantial heat source) and a patio door opening onto the outside terrace. Large enough to serve as a lounge / dining room, there is a three-piece suite which is available to purchase if required.

KITCHEN / DINING KITCHEN (approx 14.7m2) - with attractive oak beams to the ceiling, a tiled floor and electric radiator, fitted cupboards and drawers in wood with a tiled worktop and surround. A double sink, a decorative extractor hood over the four-hob gas cooker, a tall fridge and a delightful traditional Breton storage and display unit in wood, all of which are included in the sale price.

ANTE ROOM / SHOWER / WC - referred to as a 'back kitchen' by the French, this L-shaped room has the potential to be converted into another bedroom and has a shower room with wash basin and WC next to it. The ante-room has a floor space or approximately 22.2m2 and the shower room with toilet approximately 4.6m2.

The staircase from the entrance hall is made of the increasingly rare solid elm and brings you to the carpeted corridor landing on the first floor featuring built-in wall cupboards along most of its length:

BEDROOM 1 (approx 14.7m2) - with a double bed, wardrobe and bedside tables, all of which are included in the sale. There is an electric radiator which is rarely used as the heat from the lounge fire below rises up the chimney breast and warms this bedroom.

BEDROOM 2 (approx 10m2) - with a carpeted floor, large single bed (120cm) which is included in the purchase, wallpaper and a radiator.

BATHROOM (approx 6m2) - with decorative ceramic tiles to the floor and most of the walls, a bath, wash basin, WC, bidet, wall cabinet, towel rails and a radiator.

LOFT AREA (approx 32.3m2) - a large room on the same level as the bedrooms with a boarded floor covering the area of the downstairs kitchen, shower room and ante room, thereby providing substantial storage space in its present form. It has the potential to be converted into at least two further bedrooms and a bathroom, the pipework for which can be passed through the floor to link up with the bathroom below. Natural lighting is through two Velux windows and a smaller skylight window. A large attractive wooden wardrobe (which otherwise could be placed in bedroom two) in this room is included in the purchase price.

THE EXTERIOR:

A large stone-built garage with a tiled roof (approx 42.7m2) and concrete floor provides space for two or three cars. Annexed to this is a store room (approx 20m2) with its own separate access door. Alongside, you'll find a 'piste de boules' for a leisurely game of boules (petanque) and two small sheds with pens, previously used to house chickens and other small animals. A further store / workshop provides an additional 27m2 of storage space.

The professionally-landscaped garden features a few mature trees (including apple) and a natural well which provides a source of water for garden irrigation. A small grass field provides an ideal grazing environment for a horse.

To the rear of the house is a good-sized vegetable patch and water butt to collect rainwater, along with a further outbuilding / hangar / workshop in stone and wood, currently used for storing a tractor and other machinery with a floor area of approximately 79m2.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The house is about 1km from the main road which runs to Guingamp (12km / 8 miles) to the north and south towards Callac (18km / 11 miles) and Carhaix-Plouguer (37km / 23 miles) in central Brittany. At Guingamp you can join the main arterial RN12 dual-carriageway (Brest to Rennes) and France's famous high-speed TGV train to reach Paris and further beyond serves Guingamp.

The ferry ports of Saint Malo (serving Portsmouth and Jersey) and Roscoff (serving Plymouth and Cork) are 133km (83 miles) and 77km (48 miles) away respectively and Dinard airport is 119km (74 miles) away, all easily reached with the journeys being largely by dual carriageway. Ryanair fly Dinard to Stansted several times per week all year round and to East Midlands currently (as at September 2016) between April and the end of October.

The airline FlyKiss (www.fly-kiss.com) is to commence a service from Brest to Luton in mid-2017. Brest airport is 99km (62 miles) away and Rennes airport is 147km (92 miles).

Garage
Off Road Parking
Un-Furnished
Fitted Kitchen
Private garden
Rural setting
With Outbuildings
With land for horses and stables
Patio
Wood-Burning Stove

The department of Cotes d'Armor is the northern most department in the Region of Brittany, with the English Channel to the north, Ille-et-Vilaine to the east, Morbihan to the south and Finistere to the west it is a sunshine gem.

The picturesque Émeraude Coast looks north to the English Channel and is packed with charming seaside resorts and old fishing villages. Most of the towns of the interior were founded in the Middle Ages. The department's southern half is crossed by the Noires Mountains that run west to east with rivers emptying to the south into the Bay of Biscay and to the north into the Channel.

Along the coast, fishing was once important but is now secondary to the cultivation of fruit, oats, potatoes and wheat and of course tourism.

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