luxury houses with pool for sale Parthenay, France

A large, elegant and comfortable house and its neighbouring building in need of restoration, in a beautiful dry-stone village in the upper Sèvre valley. The main house, built out of rubble limestone, overlooks, on its garden side, the Sèvre River from all four of its storeys, while its other façades look out on one of the most beautiful villages in the department with its medieval chateau. All the living spaces are located on the ground floor, which includes: a large living room, a small sitting room, a library or office and dining room, all decorated with nailed wide-plank hardwood floors, a variety of different fireplaces and ceilings with exposed beams or delicate stucco patterns, while the kitchen, left in its original state, has an antique square terracotta-tile floor. In the other building, a vast room, called 'the chapel', accessible via the small sitting room, could be used for galas, concerts or theatre performances. The first floor contains four bedrooms, each in a unique style – one of which has a powder room with lavatory – as well as a vast separate shower room with lavatory. On the second floor, under the insulated roof, a lounge space opens onto the staircase, while a last bedroom, bathed in sunlight, is located near the bathroom with lavatory. The rest of the floor is reserved for the attic space. As for the garden level, it includes a summer kitchen and furnace room (wood-pellet central heating), a workshop, a summer shower room with lavatory and a cellar. The house’s tile roof is in great condition as is the roofing for the outbuildings, while most of the windows are double-glazed. The garden is organised into six spaces, including the courtyard enclosed on three of its four sides by two barns and the deep, asymmetrical quadrilateral swimming pool. The four storeys of the house in need of restoration – which a small courtyard separates from the first – are accessed by a spiral staircase, which is undoubtedly older than the date displayed above the building’s arched front door: 1724. Although some of its window frames have been changed recently and the shutters are new, there are eight rooms in total that need to be refurbished, in addition to three cellars and two attic spaces. An interior garden, in which a palm tree provides a Mediterranean touch, opens onto a patio under which, thanks to the slope of the street that descends towards the bridge over the river, a garage was created.

All that remains of the fortified castle today is the Orangery, listed as a Historic Monument, and its defences dating from the 13th to the 15th centuries. Converted into a farmhouse in the 17th century whilst retaining their defensive features, they constitute, with their high walls and two medieval towers, the oldest and most imposing buildings in the village. Arranged in a right-angled layout, the Château’s defences combine charm, rich heritage and practicality. Each building is extended by an adjoining plot. The house offers 390 m² of living space across two floors. It comprises eight bedrooms (two on the ground floor with access to the garden, six upstairs), two shower rooms, three toilets (two of which are separate), two medieval towers (one square, restored with the help of the Fondation du Patrimoine, and one round, each containing a bedroom), a 37 m² fitted kitchen with a Godin stove on original flagstone flooring and an adjoining 20 m² entrance hall, a large 42 m² living room with a grand fireplace and underfloor heating, featuring 4.80 m high ceilings, a small sitting room, a 28 m² library with 3.50 m high ceilings, and a total of five large fireplaces. A property in excellent condition The renovation took place between 2010 and 2015. In addition to the south-west facing living area of the main house, there is: - A 130 m² loft with potential for conversion - A 15 m² vaulted cellar - Outbuildings totalling over 700 m² These outbuildings comprise: - Six barns and adjoining utility rooms (including a boiler room, pool room, woodshed, etc.) totalling over 290 m² at garden level; upstairs, two barns with beautiful high-ceilinged timber frames, one measuring 220 m² and the other 140 m². - A 23 m² garage and adjoining 22 m² workshop - A 4x8 m in-ground swimming pool with Roman steps, enclosed by fencing, salt electrolysis and bag filtration. New robot, pump and liner. Covering an area of 4,300 m², the property is divided into two fully walled sections: at the front, a 2,200 m² garden with trees, including a garage and swimming pool; at the rear, the former moat converted into gardens and an orchard (cherry, pear, apple, hazelnut, fig and raspberry trees, etc.). A gate on the moat side opens onto a narrow lane, putting the village centre just a 2-minute walk away. Potential for all your projects - The attic above the guard room in the square tower is, like the tower itself, 15 m² in size. Formerly occupied (two windows available, a third bricked up), their proximity to the mains drainage system makes it possible to plan an additional bathroom. - The 130 m² of the adjoining attic, in one continuous space, is suitable for conversion. The height is 1.85 m under each of the four tie beams and 4.75 m under the ridge beam. It is accessed via the beautiful staircase in the square tower, which opens onto the first-floor corridor and the garden, making the square tower and attic independent. - Barns with potential access to the house via a corridor. Features: - Oil-fired heating - Domestic hot water: 2 electric water heaters - Kitchen: outdoor gas cylinder - Wastewater: mains drainage - Internet: fibre broadband available from all providers This property is a 2-minute walk from a lively town centre (festivals, markets, exhibitions, etc.) offering all amenities (primary school, secondary school, banks, pharmacies, medical centre, various shops, supermarket, France Services centre, post office, etc.). The property is a 30-minute drive from Niort and 15 minutes from a TGV station, and the town has a TER station with services to Paris Montparnasse and Bordeaux Saint-Jean, both 2 and a half hours away. Sale price including agency fees: €519,750. Agency fees payable by the buyer. Agency fees: 5% (including VAT) of the price excluding agency fees. Sale price excluding agency fees: €495,000. Energy rating: D. Climate rating: D. Estimated annual energy costs for standard use: between €7,670 and €10,430 per year. Prices indexed to 1st of January 2021. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

An elegant manor, with a holiday cottage, outbuildings and grounds, overlooking the Sèvre River valley and the small town of Saint-Maixent-l’Ecole. Resembling a small and immaculately designed chateau, the manor is topped with two pyramidal roofs, each punctuated by a dormer, which crown the main façade and its three rows of vertical windows, while, on either side, two short wings, with the same height as the central structure, are set back slightly. Facing the grounds, the three-storey dwelling boasts an exterior with five rows of vertical windows, whereas the living areas – a drawing room, a study, a dining room, flanked by a cosy breakfast nook, and a contemporary kitchen – can be found on the garden level on either side of a wide, dual-aspect and sunny entrance hall. As for the small adjacent extension, it contains the service areas, such as a former kitchen, a workshop, a (fuel oil) boiler room and a lavatory, while the five first-floor bedrooms, in a variety of sizes, provide a number of different views and amenities, such as a bathtub in the bedroom itself and a large shower room for one, a shower room and a lavatory for another, a bathroom for the third, as well as a separate lavatory with a washbasin. In addition, the second floor is made up of four bedrooms (including one with a shower room and lavatory), as well as a bathroom and a lavatory, whereas a large portion of the manor's electrical system and plumbing has recently been redone. With a fuel oil boiler powering the radiators, three hot water heaters are used to provide hot water, while the dwelling also features fibre-optic Internet as well as a cellar extending under half of the edifice. Abutting the manor, a holiday cottage (currently occupied by a three-year lease), with pointed stone walls and giving directly on to the 10 x 4-metre swimming pool, includes a bedroom with a wardrobe and a shower room on the garden level, as well as a sitting room, a bedroom, a bathroom and a lavatory upstairs. On the other side of the courtyard, the outbuildings, cadenced by seven rows of vertical windows, are conducive to a number of current and potential uses, whereas the grounds, of more than five hectares and completely enclosed by a wall, fencing and a moat, are planted with many different trees, which not only offer welcome shade, but plenty of beauty as well.

This 1.55-hectare property comprises a main house with 211 m² of living space, an annex of approximately 60 m², and various outbuildings, all set within a courtyard, garden, and meadow. Located in the countryside, very close to Saint-Maixent-l'École, it benefits from having all amenities nearby (shops, services, schools, colleges, TGV train station, motorway access). The main house comprises, on the ground floor, an entrance hall with a wooden staircase (17 m²) and WC, a tiled living room with a fireplace (27 m²), a kitchen/dining room (36 m²) with stone and tiled flooring, and a utility room and boiler room (17 m²). On the other side of the entrance hall, you will find an office with oak parquet flooring, a fireplace, and a wood-burning stove (30 m²), a tiled veranda (34 m²), and a garage/workshop adjoining the veranda. On the first floor, the landing with wooden flooring leads to a bedroom with original wooden flooring (17.40 m²), its dressing room (7.60 m²), and a separate toilet (2.20 m²). The landing also opens onto a bathroom with double vanity, with wooden flooring (6.40 m²), and another bedroom with wooden flooring and a fireplace (30 m²). On the second floor, the 3.60 m² landing provides access to a bathroom with a wooden floor (6.30 m²), a carpeted bedroom, and an easily convertible attic (28 m²) with an uninsulated attic space (27.70 m²). The roof is covered with clay tiles. The windows are double-glazed and single-glazed wood and PVC. Heating is provided by a Viessmann oil-fired boiler. The annex offers, on the ground floor, a living room with a kitchenette and bread oven (28 m²), and a toilet (2 m²); and upstairs, a bedroom with an en-suite shower room (28 m²). The outbuildings consist of a barn, a stable, and a former pigsty. The garden features an above-ground oval swimming pool. Sale price including fees : 396,000 euros. Agency fees at seller's expense. Energy class : D. Climate class : D. Estimated annual energy costs for standard use : between 2,881 and 3,897 euros per annum. Prices indexed to 1st of January 2021. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Georisques website : www.georisques.gouv.fr