Manor House, Guest Cottage and Land

This beautiful Maison de Maitre is situated in a dominant but private position near to Penne d'Agenais. Accessed by a long impressive driveway, this lovely manor house has been thoughtfully renovated keeping original features whilst adding a modern twist, providing 3 bedrooms and a large amount of entertaining space.

There is also a fully equipped guest cottage and large swimming pool as well as a tennis court, fishing lake and stabling and outdoor manege. What more could you wish for?

It comes with a 5 hectare plum orchard - a readymade revenue source enabling immediate registration in to the French health care system, with a manager already in place to look after the plum orchard and its operation.

Maison de Maitre :

Covered entrance veranda with pigeonnier roof

Impressive entrance hall (18m2)

Fully equipped luxury kitchen with island counter (Schmidt) (20m2)

Utility room with matching storage cupboards and sink, door to side terrace (7.5m2)

WC with hand basin

Sitting room with wood burning stove (25m2) leading to

Office (10m2)

Large formal sitting room with dining room (60m2), stone fireplace, french doors to sun terrace

Bespoke stair case and balustrade to the...

First Floor :

Landing (50m2) with impressive galleried ceiling

Master bedroom (37m2) with private balcony and ensuite bathroom (7m2) with luxury shower, hand basin and wc

Bedroom 2 (14m2) with private balcony

Bedroom 3 (10m2) with fitted wardrobes

Large family bathroom (8m2) with bath, hand basin, separate shower and WC

Oil fired central heating with radiators throughout

Basement approx 80m2 independently accessed housing boiler and storage

Outside :

Large terrace, full width of the house, giving wonderful views towards Penne d'Agenais and of the pool.

Sun terrace from kitchen giving views of the plum orchard and lake

11x 6 swimming pool with sun terrace with automatic hard cover

Pool house with small kitchenette, shower room with WC

Garage (72m2)

Dog kennel with outside run

Outside fenced arena (manege) with sand floor and drainage

Fenced all weather tennis court

Guest Cottage (75m2) :

Fully renovated with 2 ensuite bedrooms, open planned living area/fully equipped kitchen, double glazed windows with electric heating. Sun terrace with bbq area.

Stables :

3 stables with automatic water feeders

Hay store and tack room

Electric and water on site. Fenced paddock

Private fishing lake fully stocked with carp

Land :

7.5 hectares of gardens including plum orchard. Private gated driveway

A further hectare of pasture is rented but available to purchase

ADSL available, 3 septic tanks, 2 wells.

Tax Fonciere 3564 euros a year.

Tax habitation 1230 euros a year.

Business :

5 hectares of plum orchard, supplying the famous prune d'Agen to a local distributor France prunes. A manager is already employed to look after the orchard, its maintenance, harvest and sales. A European grant is available and together with the manager the business looks after itself whilst providing you with an income and allowing immediate registration into the French health care system.

A very impressive and well presented manor house, just 5 mins from Penne d'agenais, 1 hour to Bergerac airport, 1hr 30mins to Toulouse airport.

The department of Lot et Garonne in Aquitaine has many small yet lively villages and this department in the south of France is a real find for both nature and culture lovers.

One of Lot et Garonne's assets are the views afforded by the properties over the Garonne or the Lot lush countryside with woodland and lots of leisure activities. The residents have invested well with most of them living in detached houses that are their principal residences. There are however lots of holiday or second homes to choose from.

Compared to the more expensive Perigord or Gers, the Lot et Garonne still holds some bargain French property buys. Perhaps a village home or a traditional stone house in a green environment is what you are looking for, if so, this area is the perfect place to invest in a second home.

Stripping out the usual fluctuations, the housing market in the region has been steadier than most. Long term investments may offer a good return in the future as the Lot-et-Garonne is increasingly appealing amongst foreign purchasers, just like the whole of the region of Aquitaine.

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