luxury houses with pool for sale France (page 283)

A restored sheep barn, with outbuildings and 1.5 hectares of land with a swimming pool, in the Gers area, 40 minutes from Agen and 1 hour from Toulouse. A country road leads to a group of stone houses that are overlooked by a 13th-century Gascony castle that dominates the valley. Just a few metres and a further bend separate the edges of the hamlet from the entrance to the property, via a discrete stone paved drive leading down to a grassy area where several vehicles can be parked. On the hillside, opposite the valleys of the Gers almost reminiscent of Tuscany, the buildings are so well integrated into their environment that they are almost invisible. Tucked away among the vegetation, only a small part of a roof peeks through the foliage, revealing the presence of a house. In the same alignment, two recently constructed buildings with wooden cladding are set against a backdrop of lime trees that provide shade on sunny days. They nestle into the hillside and are well integrated into the grounds. Between them, a concrete staircase leads to the upper part of the plot where the main residence and an outbuilding standing opposite can be found. Inspired by Provence, small stone walls underline the terraced garden, filled with many tree types typical of southern France. From a patio adjoining the residence’s southern façade, a flight of steps leads to a vast swimming pool area, surrounded by lush and exotic vegetation. The buildings overlook the various terraces in the grounds and approximately 1.5 hectares of land on which there is an orchard and a meadow, bordered by old trees.

20 minutes from Rennes, by its private pond, a vast renovated manor with a swimming pool and outbuildings. By its pond, the large 16th-century manor is surrounded by a wooded park of more than 1 hectare, crossed by canals and waterfalls. The renovated exterior is complemented by a contemporary interior, where a large indoor swimming pool connects to sauna and hammam areas. The main living space, with nearly 400 m² of habitable space, is complemented by an independent apartment of approximately 80 m², a gîte of about 40 m², and garage-workshops of nearly 220 m². After taking a large wooded driveway and walking along the canal where ducks and water hens frolic, the residence reveals itself in front of a vast grassy parterre, surrounded by large trees. The main building is made of granite and covered with a slate roof with hips. It consists of a central body raised over two levels, with window frames made of cut stone, flanked by two towers topped with pavilion roofs. Adjacent to the main residence, a long house from the 19th century and its wooden extensions house the independent apartment and the garage-workshop. At a right angle, a granite outbuilding with a slate roof houses the gîte and its garage. At the back of the manor, the park extends, featuring a golf practice area and terraces located by the pond, which is itself surrounded by weeping willows and white poplars.This description has been automatically translated from French.

2 hours from Paris, in Burgundy, on the edge of Puisaye, an elegant country residence with its park and swimming pool. Numerous roads crisscross the hilly and lush countryside to serve the hamlet of a few houses where the property is located. The residence, built in 1870 and accessible by a path, is presented as a master house with three levels including one in the attic. Its main façade, facing west and composed of five symmetrical bays, is punctuated by numerous large-pane windows, with solid wooden shutters on the first two levels. The ground floor is distinguished from the upper level by finely wrought railings as well as a molded and painted wooden door, which serves as the main entrance. Corner chains in white cut stone rhythm the façades, which are made of plastered stone or bricks. The Mansard roof, redone in 2020, is covered with slate and punctuated by dormers, a few chimney stacks, and a weather vane. The rear façade, facing east, overlooks the park planted with shrubs of various species and occupied by a swimming pool. A stone staircase leads to a terrace, also made of stone, near an opening that leads to a functional layout of a back kitchen, which communicates with a workshop. While the ground floor typically gathers the living spaces, the upper floor houses the four bedrooms of the residence along with their shared shower room, with the attic being occupied by a convertible attic. Finally, a small stone and tile outbuilding adjoins the house, adorned with a wisteria that runs along the façade. A straight stone staircase leads to the upper floor.This description has been automatically translated from French.

Between Montpellier and Nîmes, a former agricultural estate of 7 hectares, with a 17th-century farmhouse, a master house, outbuildings, and a 19th-century wine cellar. Less than 1 km from Quissac, the 7-hectare estate extends to the east and west, on either side of four buildings grouped together in a private hamlet: a wine cellar, a large farm known as 'le grand mas', a dovecote, and the winemaker's house. Access to the property is via the road that serves the former agricultural courtyard. The master house, which is reached through the countryside, is located opposite this departmental road, facing the vineyards and woods. Strongly testifying, through the articulation of its elements, to a past viticultural activity, the property has evidently undergone several destinies. An artisanal silk production activity may have preceded viticulture, before land fragmentation put a stop to it. Other uses followed – thus the former wine cellar has today been transformed into workshops and reception rooms. On the foothills of the Cévennes, the construction of the buildings, often austere, obeys only the laws that labor and rural habitation could dictate over time. The construction periods vary from one element to another and essentially oscillate between the beginning and the end of the 19th century, with architectural interventions also aimed at unifying the whole in the 20th and 21st centuries. The master house, built at the end of the 19th century, has rather curiously adopted the model of the local silk farms, modest and largely open to the south. The wine cellar, built at the same time, was renovated after the roof of the central part collapsed. The 'grand mas', which was undoubtedly a rural dwelling with its few vaulted low rooms, provides a clear example of construction carried out on earlier remains, likely from the late 17th century or early 18th century. The dovecote, made of red bricks, built on the roof of outbuildings used for housing, dates from the early 20th century and is surrounded by a series of small adjoining houses currently serving as rental accommodations. The whole, whose appeal is enhanced by the preservation of the natural environment from various damages, offers an interesting testimony to the daily life of Cévennes viticulture. Its contemporary rehabilitation, unfinished in places, has granted it a certain homogeneity.This description has been automatically translated from French.

An entirely renovated 17th-century mill, with its swimming pool and outbuildings on 7,500-m² grounds, to the north of the Luberon Mountains. Thanks to its environment and impeccable preservation, the property enjoys a verdant setting where a river still supplies water to the mill. From a secondary B road, a lane winds its way through a forest of live oaks, before reaching the mill, built in a clearing at the top of a small hill and accessible via a carriage entrance at the end of a gravel drive. Shielded by a curtain of vegetation, a peaceful river borders one side of the property’s fertile grounds, while, a little further on, a wooden pedestrian gate, located at the top of a flight of stone steps and framed by two cypresses, opens on to the swimming pool area, concealed from view by a pointed stone building on one side and a hedge on the other. In addition, behind the carriage entrance, three buildings, one of which is placed at a right angle, are grouped around a central cobblestone courtyard, which is closed off on one side by a low stone wall overlooking the grounds. Topped with barrel tile roofs, the one crowning the main dwelling is highlighted by a double genoise cornice.

10 minutes from Saumur, in an event venue of nearly 5 hectares, a 17th-century manor with a dovecote, outbuildings, a body of water, and moats. From the entrance of the city, a gravelled path leads to an imposing wrought iron gate, flanked by two horse chestnut trees and framed by two stone pilasters with bossage, topped with Médicis vases. The former manor is arranged in a rectangular layout. The noble dwelling occupies the southern side. Raised over three levels in tuffeau under a slate roof, it features façades adorned with numerous openings with varied arches: round, basket-handle, or flat-band. Gables with triangular or capucine pediments punctuate the roofs on both slopes. At a right angle to the west, a square stone dovecote is topped with a four-sided roof, pierced with bull's-eye windows and surmounted by an openwork lantern. The building is flanked by two wrought iron glasshouses. To the north, two barns close the courtyard, one of which is now used for receptions. A slightly recessed building to the northwest houses two lodgings and garages. The park is organized around a body of water and an orchard to the north, as well as a French yew garden, extended by a tennis court to the southwest. Water-filled moats delineate the spaces.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A large 18th-century Provencal country house, with its gardens and sea views, in the middle of the world’s perfume capital. A few minutes from the historical downtown area of Grasse, the property is made up of a group of buildings surrounded by vegetation, in the middle of the city, while, perched halfway up the hillside, it enjoys unobstructed panoramic views of the sea and the neighbouring countryside. Situated on a plot of land of more than 4,000 m² and nestled within a rolling landscape, it is made up of a long rectangular main building, as well as a caretaker’s cottage. The first is a three-storey construction typical of the 18th century, which was most likely extended lengthwise later on, judging how its roof changes in height almost at its centre, while the second building, located at the property’s entrance, is more modest in size, of similar craftsmanship and from the same period as the main dwelling. Featuring solid constructions, with thick local stone walls covered in light-colour plaster, rectilinear windows placed densely and symmetrically throughout, ashlar stone window/door surrounds or brick window ledges, as well as barrel tile gable roofs, the property also includes, in front of the main dwelling and facing mostly south, a flat swath of lawn with a swimming pool as well as a terraced garden flourishing with vegetation.

A medieval castle with luxuriously restored, furnished bed and breakfast accommodation, 35 hectares of woods and a truffle oak grove, on the outskirts of a Lot-et-Garonne village. On the outskirts of a village with a population of around 350, this estate includes two separate buildings fitted out with taste, a small lake and a swimming pool, in 36 hectares of mainly woodland, in which there are notably 1,450 truffle oaks. A lane running due south at the outskirts of the village leads to the 15th-century residence, which is both imposing as well as welcoming in several ways and is chiefly oriented north-south. The entrance can be found past the two towers and bailey and can be reached via a large stoop with two flights of steps, in the centre of the main façade. This four-storey castle boasts immense cellars on the garden level and forms a quadrangular shape. It is made of rendered stone topped by a roof of half-round tiles and is surrounded by partially destroyed walls. It was transformed into a more modern edifice thanks to renovations that left their mark in the 18th and 19th centuries, not forgetting a more recent interior restoration. The current occupier, an interior decorator from America, has provided all the necessary comfort and decoration for a pleasant life within its walls. The approximately 3-metre-high bailey had up to four towers in the past, one of which is separated from its twin sister by a large patio and still possesses its conical tower. The windows of the residence and the watch towers have been altered to take advantage of the surrounding countryside. The farm buildings situated to the north and west of the castle possibly date from the 19th century, as might the small, converted chapel built to the west of the residence. These outbuildings have been transformed into a separate house. A stone well stands in the middle of the paved courtyard, which is surrounded by hundred-year-old trees dotted around the vast meadow. Lastly, nearby there is a recently built swimming pool with stone decking surrounding it.

To the west of Var, in nature and 20 minutes from the seaside, a restored stone farmhouse with a swimming pool, outbuildings, and unique accommodations. The farmhouse is accessible via a small communal road and then a dirt path about a hundred meters long, which also serves two other properties. A parking area protected by vegetation precedes a stone shed and marks the entrance to the property, whose ground is treated with gravel. The farmhouse, dating back to the 19th century, bordered by a terrace covered with travertine, is oriented to the south. It opens onto a vast flat area overlooking a swimming pool. Its unjointed stone facades are topped with a two-pitched canal tile roof and edged with a two-tiered cornice. Elevated over two levels, the main building has four upright openings on the upper floor and three French doors on the ground floor, whose masonry frames are typically southern. Attached to its eastern side is an independent studio that opens onto a terrace through a wide double French door. Its roof is flat and serves as a terrace and access, via a back staircase, to a second, larger studio. In front of the terrace delimited by a dry stone wall and two mulberry trees framing a few steps, extends a gravel and grassy area, from where there is a wide view of the vineyards in a hilly landscape. At the eastern end of the land, among hundred-year-old olive trees, two boxes with their private spaces have been arranged for 'unique' seasonal accommodation. To the west, below the swimming pool, there are a vegetable garden, fruit trees, and a well that provides them with the necessary water.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A 16th-century manor, its outbuildings and 10-hectare grounds, nestled within the countryside of the Guérande peninsula. Along a secondary road bordered by trees, a gate marks the entrance to the property. From a car park, a drive leads to the main courtyard, around which the buildings are grouped, whereas the estate itself was originally built for a lord from the Guérande peninsula and was modified and adapted over the centuries in several different stages: the dwelling’s central building was extended in the 17th century, a floor was added atop the right-angle wing in the 18th century, before being renovated and modernised in the early 2000s. To the east, the 16th-century main dwelling features two storeys as well as an attic level, while the central building and its right-angle wing create an L-shaped ensemble, connected by a staircase tower tucked into its interior angle. Topped with gable roofs, each building features a visible gable end, whereas the dwelling’s extension to the south is topped with a hipped roof. As for the two parallel 17th-century outbuildings to the north, they are accessible from a second entrance in the back. In addition, a path between the manor and the outbuildings leads to a private garden, whereas the grounds are enclosed by walls, thick hedges as well as tall trees, which help shelter the property from view. Lastly, the property’s woods extend over approximately eight hectares on the other side of the country road.

A 12th-century chateau with ramparts and 15 hectares of grounds, listed as a historical monument and looking down over a valley by the Pyrenees mountains. From a bird’s-eye view, the chateau seems to be perched atop a wooded hill like a sentry looking out across the undulating landscape of France’s Couserans province. Around the chateau, there is a patchwork of gently sloping meadows, woods and fields that lines the serrated horizon of the Pyrenees mountains. Your gaze, first struck by the relief of the land, is eventually drawn to the oval form of the chateau’s enclosing wall that encircles a plain mass of barrel-tiled roofs and pale stone elevations. All aspects of this chateau give the impression of a calm, dense, unshakeable unit. As you leave the local village to approach the chateau, the modern world fades away. The road becomes a country lane and later becomes a shady track. The driveway to the chateau is flanked with oaks and beeches and edged with stone bollards crowned with orbs and linked with a chain. This driveway seems like a formal route, rigorously plotted and solemnly discreet. There is no showy gate here, but just the murmur of the wind, sunrays filtered through leaves and a rare feeling of slowly ascending to a dwelling inhabited by something other than everyday life. At last, the chateau’s facade comes into view between the trees. Plain yet welcoming, the chateau adjoins its rampart like a hand fitting into a glove. A door in an arch that cuts through the full thickness of the enclosing wall marks the entrance. Beyond this archway, you find yourself in an inner court, some of which is grassy. Here you can see different tokens of the chateau’s past: a well dug into the rock, the Romantic ruins of outhouses waiting to be brought back to life, a square tower, adjoining annexes and successive recesses of architecture that has adapted over time without ever betraying its origin. The chateau was built in the 12th century. In the 17th century, it was turned into a summer holiday home. Today it is listed as a historical monument. The chateau has kept its structural coherence and residential design.

An 18th-century dwelling and its outbuildings, including 8 accommodations for rent, surrounded by 58 hectares of grounds, farmland, woods and a pond, in the Seine-et-Marne department. The property, with more than 58 hectares and only partially enclosed by fencing, includes landscaped grounds, approximately 23 hectares of farmland rented out under two 9-year, renewable leases (annual rent of €2,880), as well as woods, pastures, a pond of nearly 3,000 m² and a natural spring with an overflow catchment area. The property’s two entrances – an electric gate with an entry code and a manual wrought-iron double-leaf gate – open on to two passable drives, which provide separate access to the estate’s many different buildings, including the main dwelling, a manor, a garage, a tower, a greenhouse as well as the accommodations for rent, comprised of flats and small cottages. As for the estate, it is split into two different sections: 1) the private quarters, accessible via the double-leaf gate, which includes the dwelling and its outbuildings: - the dovecote - the garage and the upstairs office-atelier - the manor, in need of a full restoration - the greenhouse - a workshop - a storage shed - a saddle room - a swimming pool - a fisherman’s cabin near the pond - a hunting lodge (metal cabin) - two horse shelters 2) the rental quarters, accessible via the second electric gate, includes 8 accommodations, each with their own patio or garden as well as two parking spots. With five triplexes, three with 63 m² and two with 53 m², an 80-m² flat, a one-bedroom flat of 40 m² (all floor areas approximate) and a small cottage, it is also possible to create two other dwellings, while a single-story house, of approximately 120 m², with an 800-m² garden, is occupied free of charge by the former caretaker, who is allowed to live out her remaining days there. It should be noted that, currently, the property’s two different sections communicate with one another, but could be completely separated if need be.

A manor house, completely renovated, with nearly 285 m², a patio and swimming pool, facing a landscaped garden, sheltered from view, in Fontainebleau. Set back from a boulevard lined with tall plane trees, the dwelling, with approximately 286 m² and featuring the kind of stately architecture typical of family homes in Fontainebleau, stands discreetly behind its fence and metal gate, preceded by a small gravel courtyard large enough to park two vehicles. Elegantly clad in white plaster with wrought-iron guardrails for its windows and bannisters for its stone front steps topped with a glass awning, it has three storeys in the front, including one under its sloped terracotta tile roof, which is, in turn, cadenced by three dormer windows. In addition, the dwelling also includes a garden level in the back, accessible via a small path that descends towards a landscaped garden of 1,200 m², which is overlooked by an immense patio. This recent extension of the ground floor, which spans the house’s entire width, provides breath-taking views of the turquoise waters of the swimming pool below as well as the verdant foliage along the horizon.

A former presbytery from the 16th century that has been fully renovated, with outbuildings, a covered pool and a tree-dotted garden, nestled in France’s Ille-et-Vilaine department. The former presbytery dates back to the 16th century. It has been remarkably well preserved. It lies in a village, just a stone’s throw from the village hall square. A 5,200m² tree-dotted garden surrounds the rectangular house, which stands by a gated gravel entrance court embellished with flowers. The main house offers a floor area of around 350m². It has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor. It connects to a 76m² adjoining garage that protrudes from it at a right angle. The elevations and roofing have been renovated. Their brightness is underlined by the beige and ginger tones of the sandstone laid with lime-pointing. This brightness is also brought out by the white of the lintels and the red of the painted wooden shutters. Opposite the house, there is a 76m² outbuilding that houses a cellar, a boiler room, two separate bedrooms and a spa room that connects to a covered swimming pool space, which looks out at the garden with its remarkable trees and orchard.

A 19th-century Bourgeois home between the River Seine and the Vexin hills, in Vétheuil, with outbuildings and a more than 3,900-m² walled garden. The residence dates from the first half of the 19th century and displays all the characteristic elements of bourgeois architecture. The symmetrical, three-storey building stands on a base of cut stone equipped with basement windows. The combination of red brick and light-coloured stone underlines the regular shape of the tall window frames, fitted with louvred shutters and moulded lintels. The roof is punctuated by dormer windows while three tall, slender chimney stacks stand out from its silhouette. The building stands in the centre of a vast, almost 4,000-m² garden and is set back from the street behind a gate and small wall. To the rear, it opens onto a slightly sloping garden. There are several outbuildings requiring renovation set away to the side of the house. A rotunda style 19th-century veranda stands on the south-facing patio. A flight of stone steps, with well-pruned hedges on either side, leads up to the main entrance door. The property’s balanced structure and fine proportions have been preserved, making this sober edifice typical of the tastes of an era in which secondary homes had to combine distinction, comfort and openness to the surrounding landscape. Refurbishment work will be necessary but the edifice boasts remarkable potential for restoration.

A large, luxurious home, its guest house and its annexe buildings set in pleasant parklands in Narbonne, first daughter of Rome. Seen from above, the buildings are laid out in an L-shape. They include the main house, spanning approx. 280 m² with 8 bedrooms, an adjoining outbuilding, set out as an 80 m² guest house with 3 bedrooms, a garage and a shed. This property, just a stone’s throw from the centre of Narbonne, is kept out of sight of onlookers by approx. 4,630 m² of wooded parklands. These grounds shelter a large swimming pool, with a pool-house, and a vegetable garden. The main building spans up to four levels in the right-hand wing, giving it the appearance of a tower with a slate roof. The other buildings have tile roofs. In front of the facade, an age-old magnolia and cypress trees stand tall in Mediterranean-style parklands, enhanced with large, natural, versatile areas, bordered by immaculately trimmed hedges. An ornamental pool with aquatic plants, colonnades and Art Deco style ornaments embellish the garden. Tall entrance gates and a driveway leading from the main road are not currently used, the owners preferring to access the house via a side entrance in the parklands. Originally the holiday home of a wealthy merchant, this residence is now in the town, despite initially having been secluded, surrounded by vines and fields. Its impressive facade made it possible to conceal the wine storehouses at the back.

In the south of Lot-et-Garonne, a restored family home with outbuildings and a swimming pool, set on 2.9 hectares of meadows and woods. From the departmental road that serves it, the property is accessible via a grassy dirt path, on either side of which extend vast meadows, punctuated by the presence of a neighboring plot and lined with trees that emphasize the natural boundaries of the estate. At the entrance, a first outbuilding stands like a lookout, marking the threshold of the property. Further along, another building distinguishes itself along the path to the house. Built at the back of the property, the house features an architecture inspired by Basque-Landes residences, a style recognizable here by the large awning that shelters the main facade, to the east. It is bordered at this location by a large terrace defined by a low wall, creating a pleasant and covered outdoor living space. A secondary awning, smaller in size, also creates a covered passage in front of the north facade. The elevations, made of stone, are all coated in plaster, simple, and pierced with straight openings of various formats and irregular arrangements, framed by wooden shutters painted in Basque red. The dwelling is topped with a two-pitched roof, renovated about ten years ago as part of works carried out to unite two small buildings into a coherent whole, raised over two levels. The wooded area surrounding the home creates a green environment with grass and trees while the swimming pool and the area set up for equestrian activities are located near the meadows.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In the Occitanie region, between Toulouse and Montauban, along the Tarn River, a 19th-century farm and its outbuildings sit on a park spanning over 4 hectares. Accessible via a path leading to its entrance gate, the property is introduced by a landscaped and wooded park, consisting of meadows, adorned with alcoves of bushes and flower beds, as well as a spring that flows downstream towards the banks of the Tarn. At the end of a wide, winding gravel driveway, behind wooded areas, the facade of the main body of the farm reveals itself. This includes three single-story buildings: a barn serving as a spacious garage, a pigeon house, and the main dwelling. On a wall of the attic, the date of construction of the farm is inscribed: 1854. The buildings, traditional in style, are made of local bricks, wood, and canal tiles, with roofs that are either gabled or hipped; the modeling is understated, and the openings are straight or arched. The complete renovation of the buildings has been carried out according to professional standards: special attention has been paid to the conservation and enhancement of ancient elements, the use of noble and eco-friendly materials, as well as modern equipment and technologies, such as salt treatment for the swimming pool and double glazing for the joinery. The various buildings are connected by the gravel path, which also leads to the swimming pool. Opposite them, an oak forest leads to the spring and pond included in the park.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In the green Beaujolais, in a village near the Lake of Pines, a 190 m² master house from the early 20th century on a plot of 3,440 m². Not far from the church but oriented towards the outskirts of the village, the sloping land faces the forest-covered Beaujolais mountains. Crossing the entrance gate, on the flat part of the estate, the main facade of the house emerges, built in the early 20th century, with a detached porch dedicated to vehicle parking, around a gravel courtyard. Built according to a classic square plan, the main living area follows the codes of the bourgeois country house of its era: topped with a four-pitched roof, part of which is visible in slate, pierced by large openings, it is characterized by an architectural feature of its designer, borrowed from Anglo-Norman houses: a 'bow-window' or 'glazed oriel' projection with a polygonal shape on the ground floor, surmounted by a balcony on the first level. To the south, from the side of the elevated terrace, the land extends towards the river, with a view that stretches far over the surrounding countryside and the geometrically shaped swimming pool.This description has been automatically translated from French.

An elegant residence with a swimming pool in an ornamental garden, on the right bank of the River Seine, in Saint-Germain-les-Corbeil. This more than 200-m² house was built in the late 19th century and is part of a lush green environment, between the grounds around the mansion and the municipality’s park, a public gardens and the house’s own 1,700-m² landscaped garden, from which the bell tower of the neighbouring church can be seen. The residence can be reached via very peaceful small street. The façade, composed of millstone and light-coloured cladding, blends discretely into the landscape. Part of the residence is three storeys high, while another only possesses two. It overlooks a walled garden, courtyard, patios, outbuilding and a swimming pool tucked away from prying eyes. Ivy, Virginia creeper and wisteria freely espouse the façades punctuated with many basket-handle arched or half-moon arched windows. The carefully renovated and decorated interior encapsulates the same attention to elegance with which the current owners have infused the entire property.

In Marseille, near the Calanques, a villa with a pool on nearly 1600 m². In a cul-de-sac, away from the noise of the city, an ornate iron gate marks the entrance to the property. A driveway initially runs alongside a pool, then crosses the landscaped park before reaching the villa, hidden in the greenery, which provides a welcome coolness during the summer heat. The property consists of three buildings arranged to form an inverted U, each covered with mechanical tiles. Large bay windows, protected by wooden panels or shutters in need of restoration, break up the façades. The first, central building, oriented east-west, serves as the main entrance, slightly set back from the other two. It houses a kitchen and distributes to two other volumes as well as a garage. On the first floor, two units with bedrooms, bathrooms, and toilets are extended by terraces. The second building, to the west, connected to the previous one by a diagonal south-west/north-east, contains a living room equipped with a fireplace. Finally, the third building, located to the east, perpendicular to the main body along a north-south axis, comprises three bedrooms as well as a shared bathroom. The ground floor alternates between terracotta and cement tiles. The house is equipped with electric heating and air conditioning.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A specially designed house with a swimming pool and 3,500m² of grounds, nestled near the town of Montfort-l'Amaury in France’s Yvelines department next to Paris. The property, which covers around 3,500m², lies just outside the village. A lane runs alongside the property and leads to the forest. The plot is located on the edge of this forest. A hedge and a sliding gate hide the house, which is surrounded by a tree-dotted garden. The dwelling is set back from the road by around 20 metres. Just in front of the main door, there is an outdoor entrance area where several vehicles can be parked. A car shelter stands in this space too. The house dates back to 1976. It is built of pale ashlar. Its slate roof was entirely renovated in 2022. A vast terrace of exotic timber extends on the house’s west side. A heated swimming pool sits in this terrace. The pool is eight metres long and four metres wide and is fitted with a counter-current system. The terrace looks down at a sloping lawn. This commanding position underlines the impression of space on the property. And the garden is not at all overlooked, which also underlines the sense of space here.

A 20th-century Mediterranean villa with a sea view and over 5,000m² of grounds, nestled near Toulon in south-east France. An electric metal gate leads into the property. A winding driveway, lined with stone walls and vegetation, stretches 150 metres. This drive leads to a gravelled court where two age-old olive trees tower. The dwelling has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. It offers a liveable floor area that is currently around 250m². A basement adds 130m² to the floor area. The villa is classical in style. It faces north and south and is made of rubble stone, coated with pale ochre rendering. Many openings punctuate the facade, with large-paned windows and glazed doors fitted with shutters painted green. The edifice is crowned with a gable roof of barrel tiles, underlined with a double-row génoise cornice. The window surrounds and roof stringcourse are white, bringing out the ochre tone of the rendering and all the other colours of the whole. On the south side, there is a terrace with a court with olive trees. Here you can admire a view of Toulon’s natural harbour and the sea. On the west side, there is a second terrace. It offers a view of the surrounding hills and the grounds, which are terraced with dry-stone retaining walls.

A group of Renaissance-era buildings, renovated into guest accommodations, with a swimming pool and one-hectare grounds bordered by a river, 1.5 hours from Paris. It is impossible to pass through the gate’s two brick pillars without noticing their sculpted lace-like stone pinnacles, vestiges of the property’s past splendour. Overlooking the countryside, an impressive circular tower, originally from the late 15th century and rebuilt in the 19th century in brick, is topped with stone machicolations and a slate pepperpot roof, while two additional towers can also be found on the property: a hexagonal one and a smaller circular one. As for the former staff quarters, now converted into guest rooms and caretaker’s accommodations, they are accessible via the grounds’ many pathways and were once connected to the chateau itself, which no longer exists today, whereas the property’s chapel has been transformed into the main dwelling. Featuring homogenous architecture, typical of the late Gothic period and a precursor to the Renaissance, its brick walls are cadenced by stone window/door surrounds topped with ogee arches, small-paned doors and windows, some of which are mullioned, as well as quoins, which highlight the buildings’ edges and slate rooftops. Last, but not least, a covered swimming pool is located in front of the main dwelling and extends the view towards the grounds, enclosed by walls, fencing and a river on one side.

2 hours and 30 minutes from Paris, in the Nivernais countryside, an authentic manor surrounded by a park of about 3 hectares. A country road lined with a few traditional farms crosses vast meadows occupied by Charolais cattle. Gradually, the property appears: a manor inspired by British architecture set in the midst of a park planted with ancient trees.A gravel flowerbed surrounds the building and allows for vehicle parking. Not far away, an elongated outbuilding faces a well equipped with its wheel. To the south, there is a swimming pool and its technical room. Several Medici vases mark the main entrance. Built entirely on a basement, the manor has three levels. The facades present a polychrome composition with stone and brick, rhythmically adorned with numerous large-paned windows topped with stone lintels. Two balconies animate the elevations, one of which highlights the main entrance extended by a stone staircase with a wrought-iron railing animated by volutes echoed on the balustrades. The intermediate chainings combine brick and stone, similar to the frames of the windows.A tower attached to the building reinforces the verticality of the whole. It retains corner chainings in brick as well as bands that mark the different levels. In the upper parts, the facades are clad in regional bricks pierced with windows topped with small glazed imposts adorned with gables. The slate roofs have been entirely restored. Some are hipped, particularly those of the tower, while others are gabled.