Superb Gîte Complex, on high ground with spectacular views in the Lot department. Main house with spacious accommodation, 2 bedrooms and an apartment for 2-3 people. Two well restored barns sleeping up to 14  people.  All in very good condition.  Lots of character. Various terraces. Beautiful swimming pool. Land of 3500sq.m.

Price 488,200€

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REF BG 488-2412

LOCATION

This fine property is in the département of the Lot, in a small hamlet about 18 kms. east of the popular market town of Gourdon.  It is in a superb position on high ground with magnificent views.  There is a village with day-to-day facilities at about 3 kms.

DESCRIPTION

The property consists of the stone built main house incorporating gîte number 1, an old barn of 8m.x 7m. contains gîte number 2, a second old barn of 12m.x 6m. converted into gîte number 3.  In addition there is an ancient stone bread oven, two terraces with superb views, another terrace with a barbecue and an enclosed tile painted swimming pool of 9m.x 5m with a flagstone surround.  The gardens of 3,500 m² are terraced with stone walls, shrubs and flowers.

Gîte no. 1 is at garden level and caters for 2/3 guests. It is on the ground floor of the house. The accommodation has burnt earth tiled floors and exposed beams and stone walls.  It has a farmhouse kitchen of 12 m² with French doors to the terrace, a corridor leading to a bedroom of 11 m² with a wall niche and shelving, a tiled shower room with a shower, wash hand basin and an old évier and a separate loo.

The house.  Also at this level the house has a cave and a utility room with a hot water cylinder and gas central heating boiler.  Both spaces have cement floors.

On the main floor there is a large sitting room of 60 m² with a burnt earth tiled floor, a fine old stone évier, a stone fireplace, exposed beams and stone walls and a main door.  The room has an open ceiling, a staircase, two French doors to a terrace and a mezzanine.  The kitchen has oak fitted units and a wooden door to a terrace with superb views over the valley.

On the first floor the rooms have exposed beams.  There are two bedrooms with wooden floors, the one of 42 m² has a mezzanine.  There is also a bathroom with a bath, wash hand basin and loo and, in the pigeonnier, a study of 4 m².

Mains water, electricity, telephone and two new fosse septiques are connected.  There is gas central heating.

A summer dining room and barbecue have been created in the 20 m² old stone bread oven with its burnt earth tiled floor, exposed beams and stone walls

Gîte number 2 sleeps 2 to 4 guests.  On the ground floor there is a farmhouse kitchen with a wood burning stove and fitted kitchen area and a double bedroom, both with exposed beams and stone walls.  The shower room has a shower, wash hand basin and loo.  There are lovely views and a terrace with a barbecue.

At garden level there is a room of 7m.x 8m. to restore, at present used as a workshop and storage area and a guests utility room also housing the pool machinery.

Gîte number 3 can sleep 8 to 10 guests.  On the main level there is a terrace with a pergola.  All the rooms have wooden floors, exposed beams and stone walls.  There is a very nice living room with a fitted kitchen area, a salon with French doors to a wooden terrace, from where there are superb views, and a bedroom.

At garden level all the rooms have burnt earth tiled floors, exposed beams and stone walls. There is one bedroom for 1 or 2 guests, a second for 2 and a third for 3 or 4 children.  The shower room has a shower, wash hand basin and a loo.  There is also a cave.

This is a magnificent property allowing for an extended family as well as creating an income.

PRICE 488,200€  including Agents' fees.

The above details are meant as a guide only.  They are only indicative of the property, do not form any part of a contract and may be changed.