PARADOU - IN THE HEART OF THE ALPILLES — 240 m² of living space, 2,251 m² of landscaped grounds, 4 bedrooms, swimming pool with a view of the Alpilles. — 240 m² of living space, 2,251 m² of landscaped grounds, 4 bedrooms, swimming pool with a view of the Alpilles.

Facing the cliffs of the Alpilles, a contemporary property where a landscaped architect's garden, shaped and enhanced year after year by its owner, creates a living landscape around an open-air swimming pool on the rock.

There are houses that you visit, and places that you inhabit just by looking at them, even before you step over the threshold. This one belongs to the second category.

Just a few minutes from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, in a discreet fold of the Alpilles massif, a dead end leads to a contemporary property where the architecture seems to fade away in front of the landscape — to let it in better. Here, it is not the stone that imposes its presence, but the light: it flows through the floor-to-ceiling windows, glides over the pale oak floors, lingers on a crystal chandelier suspended above an open staircase leading to the tops of the poplars.

A garden that has not been planted but composed.

What distinguishes this property cannot be measured only in square meters. The 2,251 m² garden that wraps around it is the work of its owner, a landscape architect by profession — a garden thought of as a score, where every perspective, every essence, every projected shadow responds to an intention. It did not stop evolving on the day the work was completed: for five years, its creator's hand continued to sculpt it, allowing it to mature, making it evolve with the seasons. An avenue of centenary olive trees, a Mediterranean garden in successive layers, lemon trees laden with fruits under a wooden pergola, carpets of succulents irrigated by canal water — nothing is left to chance, and everything continues to grow there. It is a rarity on the market: an exterior that is not just a decor, but a living work of art, whose value continues to be written.

The house as a dialogue with the massif.

Inside, the generous volumes and ceiling heights tell of a contemporary architecture without ostentation. The living room, inhabited by a vintage movie poster and large deep sofas, opens seamlessly onto the terrace. The kitchen, sculpted around a veined black marble island, invites long meals and summer evenings. The bedrooms, dressed in driftwood and vintage pieces, all look out onto the garden or the limestone ridges. And the main bathroom, with its old mirror in green patina, reminds us that true luxury sometimes lies in the time it takes for objects to become beautiful.

A swimming pool facing the rock.

Then comes the swimming pool, and with it, the image that lingers long after leaving the place: the turquoise water, the lawn, and in the distance, the white cliffs of the Alpilles that seem to watch over the property like an immutable backdrop. Few places offer such a direct dialogue between the intimate and the monumental.

Air-conditioned with splits, equipped with a garage and private parking spaces, connected to the main sewage system, this 240 m² house combines contemporary comfort with a rare soul — that of an author’s garden that continues to be written.

A property to discover, for those who seek less an address than a way of life.

For the organization of the visit, a piece of identification will be required. Information about the risks this property is exposed to is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

Contact Laurence ISSELIN at 06 31 95... (siren 943 598 ...)

This description has been automatically translated from French.

House with poolParadou (13)
Price :
$2,275,600
($9,482 / m²)
Surface240 m²bedrooms4 bathrooms3 land2,251 m²

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