village house for sale Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais

Pretty stone house set in a quiet village between Calais and Boulogne sur Mer. 15 minutes from the sea and 10 minutes from an international train station with free parking – Lille 30 minutes, London 60 minutes, Brussels 72 minutes, and Paris 90 minutes. The Transmanche métro shuttle train service to the UK is due to start in 2012. 5 minutes to the motorway and 15 to the Channel Tunnel.

The house was a barn until the 19th century when half of it was converted (the rest is the utility room and garage). It is in a good general state of repair and comprises:

Ground floor: Entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom (bath, shower, washbasin, heated towel rail/radiator), separate toilet, big utility room. All tiled except the bathroom where the floor covering is lino.

First floor: Two big bedrooms, one with walk-in wardrobe. Wooden floors.

Heating by electric heaters and by two Godin wood-burning stoves with system of vents to allow the heat to reach the bedrooms.

Attic

Cellar

Very big garage – space for at least three cars plus a large loose-box currently being used as a wood store.

Pretty walled garden with lawn, flowerbeds, big terrace, vegetable garden, greenhouse, and garden shed and woodshed, both in stone.

Roof replaced 3 years ago. Three more bedrooms could be made above the utility room and garage.

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The house stands on 622 square yards of land.

Taxe d’habitation €530 per year; taxe foncière €130 per year.

Electricity 2009/10: €90 per month

There is the possibility of renting grazing 2 minutes walk away from a local farmer– a field of 8000 square metres.

In the village there is a baker/general store and a bar/restaurant. Shops, doctor, pharmacy etc can be found in Hardinghen, just over a mile away. In Guines, about 3 miles away, there are three restaurants and three supermarkets, as well as a traditional open-air market every Friday. Nearer Calais, at Coquelles, there is one of the largest shopping centres in the north of France, Cité Europe, as well as factory outlet shops (15 minutes drive).

• original information in French