Luxury houses for sale Champdeniers-Saint-Denis, France (page 2)

The sober chapel of the former Niort Carmelite convent, a haven of calm and serenity very close to the centre, overlooking the town. The chapel owes its proud appearance to its height - it seems to spring from the ground - and its pure dressed stonework. Projecting buttresses line the facade and punctuate the bays on the outside. The openings are round-headed, and a rose window crowns the portal facing the street. By using the Romanesque architectural style, the 19th century builders opted for sobriety, in keeping with the religious congregation for which they worked. The interior is striking for its sheer size, which seems to exceed a floor area of 352 m² and a height of 14 m at the crossing. The interior also exudes an immediate sense of peace of mind. The limestone slab-paved floor rises slightly towards the raised choir. Barrel vaults separate the three bays of the nave, once you have passed through a sort of narrow narthex under the gallery alongside the facade. The transept is short, with a semi-dome apse. The stained glass windows are still in place, most of them in good condition. The slate roof was redone after the storm of 1999, and the interior was thoroughly cleaned in 2005, resulting in a much brighter appearance.

An old, well-developed house that towers over a beautiful village in the Gâtine poitevine. The main dwelling faces southwards, standing between a round tower and a square one that was reduced in height. A terrace extends in front of it, providing space for meals, conversations, naps and reading on sunny days. The reception rooms lie either side of the house’s seventeenth-century entrance door, which takes you into a spacious hall. To the right is a parquet dining room with a fireplace and to the left is an equally sumptuous living room. A boudoir, or office, separates the living room from a large bedroom that includes a washstand and an Empire-style bath. This bedroom leads out into the garden. The room connects to a bathroom in a seaside-resort style that takes up the round tower’s ground floor. A kitchen and scullery lie parallel to the dining room towards the middle of the edifice. The kitchen opens eastward to the outside. The scullery leads to a patio with access to a woodshed, boiler room and former laundry. Two staircases take you to the first floor, which is made up of three bedrooms, a linen room, a bathroom, an office and two lavatories. In the middle of this storey lies an extensive playroom under exposed beams. The room has many purposes. For example, it can serve as a children’s dormitory, a television room or an area for fun afternoon snacks. Almost all the windows are double-glazed. Most of the ceilings are insulated and large cast-iron radiators emit the heat produced by the oil boiler very effectively. Most of the roofs are new or recent. The cellar is spectacular under its ribbed vault (transverse arch in the middle). The annexes adjoining the house include a former stable, a garage and a storeroom under an extensive attic. The sanitation system needs to be only partially changed. The lush garden, which leads right up to the house, offers a delightful bucolic view over a 2,800m² area of flower beds, trees and grass. On the other side of the small access road lies a half-hectare meadow with a row of walnut trees running across it.

On the edge of the medieval town of Parthenay, a country residence which is a great place to live. The residence, soberly elegant, is a blend of a manor house, a bourgeois house and a farmhouse. The main facade offers two parts without any unnecessary frills. The staggered rear facade overlooks the vast swimming pool and the park, meadow and forest, covering almost 2 hectares in total. The reception rooms are on the ground floor of the two main buildings, open on one side or the other: billiard room-library, lounge with woodwork and fireplace, dining room with fireplace, large study opening onto the entrance hallway, near the main staircase. The property offers a large number of utility rooms: a kitchen where the family can share their meals if they so wish, a scullery, a laundry room, a larder and a toilet. The first floor comprises five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a shower room and two toilets. Not to mention a small games room and three dressing rooms. On the third floor, a hallway boasting a Japanese garden serves particularly spacious areas: a bedroom under the impressive exposed framework, a dressing room, a bathroom with round bathtub and a toilet. The roof, windows, electricity and plumbing have recently been renewed. In addition to the 472 m2 of the villa, there are the pool house (summer dining room and sanitary facilities downstairs, gym upstairs) and the outbuildings: small orangery, dovecote, shed, garage, bicycle shed. Two heat pumps (the swimming pool has its own) supply in turn radiators that are both imposing and discreet, clearly demonstrating the extreme care taken to ensure the comfort of the premises. All windows and doors are double-glazed. Several VMCs (whole-house mechanical ventilations). Partial cellar.

IN CELLES SUR BELLE. Bucolic environment for this property enclosed with walls, crossed by a river, with a lake fed by a stream, a swimming pool 14x6m, and many outbuildings. The main house of approx. 400 m² of living space consists of several reception rooms, five bedrooms, a study, three bathrooms. Among the outbuildings, a chalet to renovate for guests, a horse box converted into a garage, a former mill with mechanism, a garage, a 100 m² former stable, a bread oven... The all set in 2.62 hectares of park and hillsides. THE MAIN HOUSE On ground floor - 50 m² large living room east-west with mezzanine passageway, with tiled floor (height under ceiling : 5.23 m), double door communicating with : - 31 m² study or small living room with fireplace (height under ceiling : 2.57 m), communicating with : - 54 m² dining room, large bay window, wooden staircase leading to first floor (height under ceiling : 2.60 m) - 18 m² home cinema (height under ceiling : 2.66 m) - 4.50 m² passageway (height under ceiling : 2.16 m) with toilets and washbasin - 28 m² kitchen with dining space (height under ceiling : 2.58 m), French window facing south, access to garden on river side - 21 m² back kitchen (height under ceiling : 2.53 m) On first floor - 30 m² landing / passageway / mezzanine, tiled floor, beams (height under ceiling : 2.64 m) - 28 m² bedroom with large cupboard, carpet floor above cement floor - 6 m² private bathroom (bath, washbasin, wc, towel rail) (height under ceiling : 2.62 m) - 20 m² parents bedroom ensuite with visible beams and coconut parquet floor (height under ceiling : 2.78 m) - 11.40 m² bathroom (bath, shower, 2 washbasins) with cupboard - 2.50 m² passageway - 10.50 m² study or dressing - 1.85 m² WC From passageway-mezzanine : - 5 m² passageway - 3 m² dressing - 5.80 m² bathroom, beams, tiled floor (washbasin, bath) - 2.30 m² WC - 9.80 m² passageway - 18.80 m² bedroom, beams, fireplace, carpet floor above cement floor (height under ceiling : 2.71 m) - 20.20 m² dormitory room with cupboard (height under ceiling : 1.90 to 2.62 m) - 17.50 m² bedroom - 3.50 m² room 21 m² buried cellar with air-conditioning, access by back-kitchen 34 m² garage (height under ceiling : 4 m) Oil-fired central heating, 3000L tank, consumption about 5000 €. Tiles roof, fully redone in 2012 (including outbuildings), roof cleaned in 2021, photovoltaïc system (2019). Sanitation : micro-station installed in 2022. THE OUTBUILDINGS - 200 m² chalet (floor surface), possibility gite or guest house - Horse box converted into garage - Approx. 30 m² mill with original mechanism - 30 m² garage with automatic gate - Workshop - Former 100 m² stable, photovoltaïc system connections - Bread oven - Approx. 14x6m swimming pool, in need of full restoration, with outdoor shower - 12 m² technical premises in verandah LOCATION 20 min South-East of NIORT, town with TGV station 15 min from a motorway access 50 min from POITIERS, airport 1h45 from BORDEAUX and NANTES Sale price including fees : 714,000 euros. Buyer's fees. Fee : 5 % VAT of the price excluding fees. Sale price excluding fees : 680,000 euros. Energy class : E. Climate class : E. Estimated annual energy costs for standard use : between 6,680 and 9,090 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