LECTOURE, Midi-Pyrénées, Address available on request

For centuries this charming timber framed property has graced the heart of an ancient Gascon village, a testament to time. Some fifteen years ago, the entire building was dissected, and rebuilt, so that it could see in the next millennia. Today the property oozes character. Imagine a drawing in a book of fairytale fables: this could easily belong to Hansel and Gretel, or just as easily be a drawing in a book. However, it is a real property with heart and soul  and when we open its cute and characterful blue door, trailing with honeysuckle, the inside is as warm and welcoming as it promises from the outside. The property is attached on one side, to an equally charming home, and to the front of the house, there is an area with a table, pots, and plants, which although forming part of the main square of the village, is used by both neighbours to create an attractive area to sit for coffee or lunch. At a short distance from the house on foot and at the bottom of the village, there is a private garden, with fabulous view over the valleys of the Gers to the south. Here the owner has installed a top of the range sauna and built a platform that overlooks the views. There is a non-adjacent garden, and the property has two bedrooms, kitchen/dining-room, 2 reception rooms, one downstairs shower-room, 2 WCs. The property has two bedrooms, kitchen/dining-room, 2 reception rooms, one downstairs shower-room, 2 WCs.