Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées 31000

A large property with two Neo-Basque style houses and grounds of 8, 000 m on the banks of the Garonne River, less than 10 minutes by car from the centre of Toulouse. The property includes two houses surrounded by grounds of approximately 8, 000 m, bordered on one side by the Garonne River flowing towards the city and, on the other, the road running alongside the river. The first house, which dates from the end of the 1930s and requires some renovation work, has a floor area of 224 m, while the second, built at a later time, but inspired by the same architectural style, has a floor area of 136 m. Both are extended by a patio and face the grounds that gently descend towards the banks of the Garonne. The property is accessible via two entrances from the road that runs parallel to the river and leads to the city centre, while an exterior private parking area adjacent to the property has enough room to park five vehicles. The first entrance opens onto a landscaped space, where it is also possible to park a car, and from which a path using irregular cut stone, in the Ancient Roman style, leads to the main house. Alongside the landscaped garden softly descending towards the river, the first house on the right includes a cellar, ground floor, upstairs and an attic space. A patio abuts its western faade and provides a vertiginous view of the carefully maintained garden, followed by the Garonne River peacefully flowing towards Toulouse. The path then continues and goes past a covered agricultural storage building, which has enough room for three more vehicles, followed by a French-style landscaped garden before ending with a green lawn in the middle of which lies the rectangular turquoise blue swimming pool. The second house is located in the property's southeast corner and includes a cellar, ground floor, an adjacent garage and an upstairs, while its patio overlooks the lawn descending towards the river. Like the main dwelling, its understated faux timber-framed and plaster-coated faades are cadenced by a variety of rectilinear windows, while its overhanging gabled roof is covered in barrel tiles.