LAUZUN, Aquitaine, Address available on request

Character property close to a medieval village and close to the bastide town of Eymet, Dordogne. 3 hectares of grounds, stone outbuildings and swimming pool. 
30 mins from Bergerac and its airport.

A unique opportunity to purchase a stone property in a bucolique setting.

The airport and town of Bergerac is approx 40 minutes and about 1 1/2 hours from Bordeaux benefitting from international flights.

This charming stone property is approx 6 kms from the charming small town of Lauzun with shops and restaurants and 13 kms from the vibrant bastide village of Eymet.
There is a Montessori school located in Lougratte 10 minutes drive.

The property enjoys a secluded private and tranquil setting, nestled in the surrounding valley and at walking distance a lake and woodland offering a variety of walks and bike rides. 

The house is served by its own private driveway at the end of a lane with surrounding orchards and fields

The house, which dates back to 19th century and has open views across the valley to the woods and hill beyond the lake. (The lake itself cannot be seen from the house ) A large barn and old farm buildings, which include a cowshed/ workshop, two store rooms, a pigonnier and a bread oven, form the courtyards west side. The pool-house and an artists studio are along its east side. The buildings have stone walls under canal-tiled roofs. The Courtyard features two covered au-vents for parking, the well, an ancient millstone, plus a mixture of lawns, mature trees and shrubs.

The covered terrace (6.56 x 3 54m) facing east onto the main garden to ponds, fields and woods and southwards, with oak beams, and benefiting from a tiled floor. Entry into the kitchen through glazed french door.
There is another open east-facing terrace (4.63 x 3.54 metres) which has tiled paving and access to the lawn in the north garden and to the main bedroom through another double glazed door.

There is a secondary, north-facing open terrace outside the corner of the house with paved surface and paved access from the courtyard and along the side of the house.

The fitted Kitchen (4.51 x 5.35 m) has exposed internal stonework around the main window onto the courtyard and the view across the valley. Glazed double doors and a side window look out onto the covered terrace and the view down the east garden lawn. Oak door to dining room. Many low level and high level Mobalpa units with light oak fronts and tiled work surfaces. Stoves range cooker with 7 ring bottled gas hob and 4 electric ovens (one with grill). Rosires extractor fan. Miele built-in dish washer. Double sink.

The Dining room (4.29 x 5.58 metres) has exposed stonework around the window and the three door openings  to the kitchen, to the sitting room and to the corridor. Magnificent fireplace with prominent stone hearth, iron fireback and sealed chimney, old stone sink
Two large storage cupboards with traditional wooden doors. Window onto courtyard.

The sitting room (6.49 x 5.58 metres) has exposed stonework on all walls. Fireplace with Godin insert/ glass-fronted wood burner. Door into dining room. Glazed double door to corridor. Windows onto courtyard and rear terrace. Tiled floorsThe Sunroom which can also be used as a main entrance to the property (3.65 x 1.55 metres) on the front elevation of the house

The Master bedroom (5.66 x 4.30 metres) Two windows onto the rear garden. Glazed double doors onto open terrace and main garden. Doors from corridor and into en-suite shower room.

 Shower room (3.29 x 1.88 m) serving the master bedroom. Small window onto rear garden. Fully tiled walls. Walk-In shower with Grohe thermostatic shower unit. Low level Wc unit. Bathroom cabinet (double doors, single shelf on top of 2 drawers) under wash hand basin inset into marble top, heated towel-rail

Main bathroom (2.56 (max) x 2.72 metres). Door from corridor. Window onto rear garden. Half tiled walls. Full length bath with hand-held Grohe thermostatic shower attachment. Walk-In shower also with Grohe thermostatic unit. Low level Wc unit. Bidet.

Laundry/ Boiler room (2.70 x 2.75 metres) added to the property 2005. Glazed door to rear terrace. Buderus oil fired central heating boiler with built in hot-water tank. Single bowl sink inset in laminate work-top with tiled splash-back
French glazed door leading to the rear open terrace

From the sitting room elm wooden staircase leading to the first floor landing

These rooms have been created in the roof space of the traditional part of the building. Their ceilings slope down from the centre to low exterior walls which are in exposed stone.

Landing (3.20 x 3.71 metres). Fitted carpet. Small (oeil de boeuf) window

Bedroom 2 (5.58 x 2.59 metres) Double doors from landing with restricted height (1.25 metres ) under a low beam. Fitted cupboard. Velux window. Small (oeil de boeuf). Fitted carpet. Radiator.

Bedroom 3 (5.78 x 4.45 metres). Door from landing. Built-in cupboard. Velux window. Small (oeil de boeuf) window to courtyard. Attractive tiled chimney feature. Structural beam 1.25 metres from floor . Fitted carpet. This bedroom leads to a further room that could be used as an office or dressing room

This study/dressing room (5.69 x 4.96 metres) is currently used as an office. Access into rest of room is under a low beam (1.00 metres). Velux window. Small (oeil de boeuf) Partial fitted carpet.

Upstairs bathroom (3.27 x 1.73 metres). Door from landing (1.74 metres, ). Bath (1.52 metres,) Wash hand basin. Low level Wc. Bidet, heated towel rail.

Exterieur

Most attractive garden with lawns, fish/ lily pond, natural pond, and many mature trees. Orchard

The well benefits from a tiled roof and stone surround . A submerged electric pump supplies well water to a tap at the well-head and to a mechanism in the cellar.

Cellar (5.50 x 3.00 metres approx) reached by attractive external stone staircase down from courtyard., loose pebble floor. Radiator. Insulated ceiling. Taps to shut off water supply to within house, to swimming pool and outside tap.

Heated swimming pool (11.00 x 5.00 metres) benefiting from fringed palm trees, the pool-house, hedges and shrubs which give privacy and shelter from the wind. Shallow end and all-round safety ledge (about one metre deep). Paving all round including large sun-bathing/ sitting out area. An electric air-to-water heat pump heats the pool water. Water purification by salt water electrolysis. Electrically operated roll-up cover for heat conservation. Retractable steps.
Exposed stone Pool house.

Covered sitting area with tiled floor, open front to pool

a changing/ storage area Slatted wooden floor.
an equipment room (locale technique). Accessed from paved pool surround.

There is a car port (8.3 x 3 metres), a covered area long enough for two cars . Concrete floor. One wall is of open timbers (colombage) with some of the openings between timbers closed by the glass windows and sliding glass door to:

the glazed north facing artists studio (3.4 x 2.2 metres and 2 metres minimum height under sloping ceiling). Tiled floor. Enclosed on all four sides by glass windows approx 1.4 metres high set on stone walls with tiled tops approx 60 cm high. Two sliding windows.


The barn and former farm buildings on the west side of the courtyard include:

an au vent or open-fronted covered area (about 11.80 x 4.00 metres and maximum height 4.70 metres). Space for parking with concrete floor. Wide double doors leading to the

Superb hay-barn (8.84 x 5m )under a pitched canal tiled roof. And benefiting from a concrete floor. Electrics. The higher part of its north side is open to a mezzanine storage area. Cow byres

Workshop (8.61 x 4.3 metres) with electrics

Storeroom (approx 9.00 x 3.67 metres) with earth floor, recently reroofed ancient doors.

Wood store (approx 4.00 x approx 7.00 metres), earth floor, remains of two fireplaces/ chimneys, remains of a prune oven , double doors onto a small au vent, low opening with no door to rear. An opening to a bread oven

A pitched roof pigeonnier (about 4.54 metres wide, 2.75 metres deep and access through a low hatch at ground level outside at rear. It contains the bread oven which opens from the woodshed.