Chambéry, Rhône 73000

The mere arrival on site immediately provides the feeling that you are about to experience something unique. As soon as you pass through the magnificent wrought iron gate of this property, time stops. It is as much because the welcoming courtyard harmoniously serves the three historical buildings of character and suggestively reveals, a little further away, the 2500m of gardens and its paved paths leading to the Pool House, as it is because, with closed doors, the peripheral stone walls of the estate provide the place all the prestige and elegance of a fortified house from the 17th century, rich in history, with a dominant position and view over the valley and the surrounding mountains. The property is located on the very first balconies of the sought-after commune of Le Motte-Servolex (the 4th largest city in Savoie), in perfect tranquility, on the foothill of the chain of the pine. Situated less than 15 minutes from the agglomerations of Aix-Les-Bains, among the three most attractive medium-sized cities in France according to nearly all surveys in the last five years, and Chambry, a city of history sublimated by the Albertville Winter Olympics, this unique estate, with remarkable and protected character, benefits from an absolutely privileged location. The motorway is 5 minutes away, bringing Lyon, Geneva, and Grenoble within less than an hour's drive. The city center is just 3 minutes from the house. And yet, without being isolated, the property is a true haven of peace, on the edge of countryside and forest. Set on 3700m of flat, lawned gardens bordered by a peripheral wall keeping the entire estate private, the latter consists of 5 volumes and its gardens in the center. The welcoming courtyard (possible parking area of about 400m), at the southern boundary of the property, serves two initial volumes to the East and West: 1) A secondary independent building on 3 levels, hosts, on the ground floor, 150m of outbuildings including 45m converted. 2 apartments of 70m converted in 2015 on the first floor, accessible by a covered external staircase. 200m of attics above (covered staircase). The building is made of stone (19th century, local stones assembled with mortar). 2) A barn, arranged over two levels, with two rooms of 42 and 32m on the ground floor, and 82 m open upstairs, accessible by a staircase. A reconstruction was not completed, the intermediate slab, the gables, the staircase, and the balcony are raw, ready to welcome a new project. A second traditional gate, a little further away, delineates access to the gardens (2550m) divided by the accessible paths leading: 3) On the left (west side) to the remarkable main residential building over 3 levels, of which 2 are converted, totaling 350m of living space (the attics, at the top level, are 200m). Likely based on a 17th-century structure, fully restored in 2002, it currently comprises: - Ground floor: living room, dining room / kitchen, pantry, toilets, hall, a large room, a bedroom with toilet, and access to a cellar (hygro-regulated) through the main living area. - First floor: Landing, corridor leading to 4 bedrooms including a master suite, an office, a billiard room, 3 toilets, 3 bathrooms. - Unfinished attics. - Annexe: Wooden shed. 4) On the right, ornamental and vegetable gardens host the pool and its 40m Poolhouse with a bread/pizza oven, summer kitchen, and shower room. The 5 10m pool built in 2009 has no overlooking neighbors. (reinforced PVC, sand filtration with electrolyzer, submerged curtain). 5) At the end of the garden, facing the Dent du Chat, the former dovecote transformed into a chapel overlooks the neighboring farmland. On the technical, energy, and financial side: - The property is connected to the public sewer. - The diagnostics are sound on the main building and the Pool House. Probable presence of fiber cement on the 2 annex buildings, currently under diagnosis. - Presence of an unused well for several years. - Property tax: 6000. - Heating: Wei