MENS, Rhône, Address available on request

Details :- Reference: PFYR-T171545. <strong>Summary</strong><br /> A house (155 m2) and working mill (grains and nuts) in a beautiful natural setting. <br /><br />A small lively town with all necessary amenities, a rich cultural life and numerous artisans at 2 km distance. The owners are offering this property at a bargain price because they want to set up next door to their elderly parents.<br />The property dates back to 1300 and is located in the Southern Alps, 45 km from Grenoble (Isère). The property sits on the banks of a small stream. You can enjoy views of the mountains Grand Ferrand, Obiou or Mont Aiguille.<br /><br />Property description<br /><br />A set of several buildings, including:<br /><br />> main building consisting of:<br />- a flour mill electrified in 1966 (wheat rooms, mill, cleaning room, conditioning room, wheat storage cells) (225 m2, divided over 3 levels)<br />- a house, including living room, kitchen, dining room, three bedrooms and a bathroom (total living area of 155 m2)<br /><br />> building consisting of a 72 m2 barn, and a 33 m2 apartment in use as a laboratory for making dried pasta, and a stable/poultry house<br />> building containing the walnut oil mill (in operation) 40 m2, and a straw loft<br />> building for receiving, cleaning and weighing wheat, with three adjacent grain silos<br />> storage shed 216 m2<br />> garage 50 m2<br /><br /> <strong>Location</strong><br /> You are some 2 km from the village of Mens, on a low-traffic departmental road. Mens is known as the capital of the Trièves because of its size. The Trièves is a region full of beautiful nature and impressive mountains. Grenoble is 55 km from Mens and the A51 motorway is 20 km away.<br />The region's climate, which used to be characterised by cold winters (snow) and hot summers, tends towards milder winters and warmer summers.<br />Activities nearby include: mountain hiking (l'Obiou at 2,790 m altitude), with many marked routes, skiing in ski resorts just 45 minutes away, windsurfing on the lakes of Monteynard-Avignonet or Laffrey, and relaxing at several lakes...<br /><br /> <strong>Access</strong><br /> Grenoble is 55 km away.<br />The A51 motorway is 20 km away.<br />The nearest train station is 18 km away. <br />Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport is 97 km away.<br /><br /> <strong>Interior</strong><br /> The house is heated by a system of solar collectors and a wood pellet stove. Renewable energy that gives you comfort without the cost of heating oil<br /><br /> <strong>Exterior</strong><br /> There is a spring between the buildings, which has never dried up.<br /><br />Numerous other outbuildings, including several cellars, a workshop and the building housing the micro-hydropower plant, which is operational but in need of renovation, with a rated capacity of 25 kWh.<br />The property is sold with a water right to the river (updated in 2014), a water collection and intake canal and a pressure basin.<br /><br />The total built-up area is about 1,000 m2 on a plot of 5,941 m2.<br /><br /> <strong>Additional Details</strong><br /> The company operating the wheat mill, walnut oil mill and dry pasta is a SARL (limited liability company). The property and the business are offered for sale in one deal. The accounts can be consulted on site.<br /><br /> <strong>Revenue Generation</strong><br /> The business has a loyal clientele and an annual turnover of €100,000. <br />The owner earns a salary + rental income from the company. This way taxes are kept low.