Restored 3 bedroom Farmhouse with Pool in Vendee, France

La Chabossière,
Saint Avaugourd des Landes €250,000

REDUCED TO €225,000

Built over 150 years ago, this former farmhouse and dairy has been lovingly restored by the current owners and La Chabossière has now become a comfortable three bedroom home with a swimming pool in the garden.
It is set on the edge of a village, has uninterrupted views of the countryside from the front of the house and is only 14km from the beaches at Jard-sur-Mer in the Vendée.

This house is well laid out and is in walk-in condition. It boasts many original features and there are several large oak beams on show throughout. The current owners have well-insulated the house and installed a wood burning chimney insert in the ground floor living room that circulates warm air through ducts around the house. There are radiators in the rooms as well as a backup.

There is also an efficient wood burning stove/cooker in the kitchen and plenty of insulation in the walls and ceilings. All windows are double glazed (tilt & turn), with the exception of the small windows in the bathroom area.

The house faces south east and has uninterrupted views across open countryside to the front. To the left hand side of the house is a gateway, with a gravelled drive leading around to the back garden and garage area. The main entrance is via the kitchen door on the side of the house. Along the side of the house, you will also find a covered wood storage area and an exterior staircase leading to the first floor lounge.

The living room has a tiled floor and exposed oak beams, along with an open staircase (with anti-slip varnish) leading to the first floor lounge. A wood burning chimney insert with brick & stone surround was installed only 3 years ago. This circulates warm air throughout the house - great in winter! The TV and telephone points are located in this lounge. The house has a good broadband connection, with Ethernet cables connecting computers around the house. (Wi-Fi is not available, due to thick walls)

The kitchen has plenty of storage space and can accommodate a table and chairs in the centre. There is a ceramic sink & drainer and several wall and floor units. The wood burning cooker is included with the sale and there is also a two ring gas hob (bottled gas). The plumbing for a washing machine is located in the shower room area next to the kitchen.
The tiled shower room has a hand basin, bidet, walk in shower cubicle and separate WC. The 200 litre hot water tank is in this area and there is a small area for storage nearby. An electric radiator is in the shower room.

Leading from the living room is a corridor where you will find two decent sized double bedrooms - one with a built in wardrobe and both with tongue & groove panelling across the ceilings. Both bedrooms face the front of the house, so have plenty of sunlight coming in. Both bedrooms have warm air vents from the living room and radiators as a back-up.

Taking the internal staircase from the living room, you will arrive in the first floor lounge - a 6m x 6m room, with great views across the fields in front of the house. This area would make an ideal office area or play room for children. There is a storage cupboard under the eaves to one side of the lounge and a doorway through to the master bedroom.

This large double bedroom has a feature ceiling - with many original oak beams on show. The main beam is 175cm (5feet 9inches) above floor level and this spans the width of the room. There is an en suite WC and hand basin in the bedroom and windows to both the front and rear of the property. The first floor of this house is carpeted throughout.

The rear gravelled drive leads to a garage with an up and over door and a large mezzanine storage area (25m²). There is also a small lockable cupboard to the rear of the property that houses the swimming pool machinery. To the side of the house is a large covered well that has an emersion pump and is used for watering the garden, as well used in the washing machine and partly for re-filling the pool. Rainwater is also collected to use around the property - keeping the annual water bill down!

The garden area directly behind the house contains an 8.5m x 4.5m covered swimming pool. The cover is a rigid metal frame construction, and has panels along both sides that slide up over the roof to allow for good air circulation during the hot summer months. The cover allows the pool to be used from Easter until mid-October. There is also a summer roll-out cover for the pool. The pool is salt based and is not overlooked by any neighbours.

Next to the pool is a newly constructed large wood store with lockable shed and covered seating area. The seating area has a concrete base and is 4x5m in size.

To the side of the house is a large garden area that is laid to lawns and has several mature fruit trees. The gas tank is located next to the garden area (surrounded by hedging so as not to spoil the view.) This area of garden has 'permission to construct' and could be a potential development project.

To the side of the garage is a room that is currently being used as a workshop. This could quite easily be converted into a house bathroom for the two ground floor bedrooms. There is also a wood burning stove in this room.

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