Chaumard, Burgundy 58120

Old farmhouse (3 bedrooms) renovated by an architect from 2018 to 2021, according to ecological principles. The house is organised as an independent and closed space to limit its energy expenditure around a central axis with a two-flight staircase, designed as a living space in its own right, which distributes the garden on the north side, the barn and then the upper floors on its intermediate level. Very bright house openings in all rooms and roof windows allowing you to see the surroundings of the house, the land and the lake The heating of the house is based on wood heating: insert in the center of the house heats the living room, the kitchen and the two bedrooms upstairs. A duct has also been created in the kitchen for the installation of a small wood hair/stove to complete the device. And an electric heater: managed by a thermostat that can be equipped with an interface allowing it to be managed remotely. The heating terminals are of the electric underfloor heating type on the ground floor in order to compensate for the coolness of the ground, the ground floor being built on the ground. Upstairs, the terminals are of the electric inertia convector type. The house has exceptional insulation: 30 cm of insulation on the roof and 15 cm on the walls. The floor of the living room, the bedroom on the ground floor and the circulation have been insulated with 20 cm in crossed cork panels. Vmc Hygrometric class 3 which treats bathrooms, dry toilets and storage rooms under the stairs. Water: The houses that make up the hamlet are fed by a single spring, whose reservoir is located north of the garden of the house. Recovered rainwater: The house is designed to recover almost all of its rainwater, which is stored in three tanks (Optim'eau) of 7000 liters and one of 5000 liters, i.e. a reserve of 26, 000 liters. Two overflows, about 3m2, store additional water that is currently available to animals and insects. This rainwater is used via a pump that feeds the washing machine and the water toilet on the ground floor through an independent circuit. There are dry toilets on the 1st floor but a wait is also planned to replace it with a water toilet if necessary. sanitation is provided by reed filters according to the Aquatiris system, the only one to receive approval from the State services. The grey and black water is collected by a pump. The garden: the old fields were planted from 2017 onwards with old species of fruit trees that had benefited from the region's subsidies under the safeguarding orchards . The species represented and declined in different families are apple, pear, cherry, plum, quince, medlar, apricot, vine peach, chestnut ... Small fruits and more exotic trees complete the subjects of the region: persimmon trees, almond trees, sugar trees, fig trees as well as small fruit trees: blueberry, raspberry, chokeberry, Japanese gomi... but also non-fruit-bearing species: Japanese cherry, black locust, birch, etc.