St Martin De Connee

Property Overview
A large detached country house on three levels situated in a little, wooded valley. The house is deceptively large with a balcony overlooking the garden. Built on 3 levels it has 3 bedrooms, 2 lounges, fitted kitchen and extensive attached outbuildings. A large field, barn and about 150 metres of river bank are included with the property.

Ground Floor
The house is entered through the main door into the fully fitted kitchen. A doorway from the kitchen leads into the large dining room and lounge with woodburning 'insert' and underfloor heating. A double French window opens onto the balcony which is big enough to take a garden table and chairs. This balcony provides a magnificent view over all of your property and gets the sun throughout the day in the summer.
Leading from the dining room there are two double bedrooms with large windows at the front and back of the house. All the windows in the house are double-glazed and all the rooms have plenty of radiators. With the woodburning stoves, underfloor heating and efficient insulation this is a very warm house in the winter and refreshingly cool in the summer.

Lower Ground Floor
Steps lead down from the balcony to the garden and Orchard with a patio area and also to the lower utility room which houses the oil central heating boiler, storage rooms and stone vaulted wine cellar.

First Floor
From the kitchen are stairs to a small landing leading to a double bedroom going into the eaves with a double-glazed skylight and a shower room with washbasin and WC. A door from the landing opens onto the huge second lounge. This room features the original oak beams together with pine cladding, a dormer window and skylight windows on each side making this an incredibly bright room with lovely views to the front and back of the house. The current owners use this room to entertain family and guests, a fantastic space to top off an amazing house.

Dependencies
The habitable space is matched by a similar volume of stone-built storage rooms, barns and a garage ripe for conversion. In addition there is a separate, large hangar/barn which has planning consent for conversion into a gite or house next to the trout stream.

Garden and Trout Stream
: yes, a trout stream! Every year the stream is stocked with rainbow trout and other fish ready for the fishing season; and it's on your doorstep for you, your family, friends or guests.

There is a small garden with shrubs, a large walled 'orchard' and a large field of about 2 acres suitable for horses with the trout stream along one side.

Locality
Orthe is a small hamlet, part of St Martin de Connee which lies on the main road from Mayenne to Le Mans about 13 Km from Sille le Guillaume. About 3 Km away is a British run 'pub' and about 12 Km away is a popular lake resort known as 'Coco Plage' with its bars, restaurants, beach, boating and pony riding. Le Mans itself is only about 20 minutes away.