For Sale Exceptional House and Gites in St-Priest-la-Plaine - Creuse
Offered for sale is this exceptional barn conversion with the addition of 2/3 gites in the commune of Saint-Priest-la-Plaine in the Creuse.
The owners originally lived in one of the gites and were gradually working on their dream project, with a view to then carrying on and turning the barns into gites also; but the views from the barn were so beautiful that they decided to turn that into their perfect home instead.
So, in total you have one exceptional barn conversion, with a 8 x 4m inground heated swimming pool and attached outbuilding/workshop; one gite immediately ready to rent out, one gite which is almost there and a third building which could be converted, if required. The house is in a small rural hamlet but only 8kms from a village with everything you need, including a superette, bank, garage, boulangerie and boucherie. A little further afield a mere 18 and 20kms respectively are the towns of La Souterraine and Gueret.
La Souterraine is a traditional town: with 5000 inhabitants it is the largest town in the west of the Creuse. An undiscovered gem in the middle of France, the town is surrounded by pretty villages on a rolling landscape of lakes and hills. Just outside the town you will find the Etang Du Cheix, a popular leisure lake with a sandy beach where you can relax with the family. If there is a fisherman in the house, you also have Étang de la Chaume again with tourism facilities. The town itself has everything needed for everyday living.
Getting to the area is easy with flights from many UK airports into Limoges (75km/49 minutes) the nearest train station is in La Souterraine with direct links into Paris, Limoges and Toulouse, to name but a few. From Paris you have links to London as well as many other European destinations.
The main house has a beautiful double height entrance hall with plenty space for an office area and a room with a downstairs washroom/WC, the living dining kitchen area with underfloor heating is superb and has the most amazing countryside views. Upstairs you have another impressive landing area with doors to a master suite which has its own shower room with WC; a family bathroom 2 further large bedrooms. With gardens to three sides a large barn/workshop and a swimming pool; this really is an exceptional property
The completed gite, is exceptionally cute with many original features, it has 2 bedrooms and its own private garden.
The gite to finish again has many original features, together with an impressive landing, 2 good sized bedrooms and its own private outside space.
The barn to renovate would make a nice ½ bedroom gite should you need more!
Fibre, mains water and electricity; gas (Bottled), are all connected, and nearly all the windows (just a few left to do in the gite) are double glazed, Drainage is to fosses which all conformed at their last inspection.
