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Two houses and a garden that an artist has turned into an original haven, nestled in France’s Yonne department, 100 kilometres from Paris. The property’s current owner, an artist who produces paintings, turned this ordinary two-floor farmhouse into a unique haven. The artist sought harmony here, using their own creativity and drawing inspiration from the aesthetic qualities of fine materials and from local craftsmanship. The result is today’s highly original property. Close attention has been paid to making it unique yet coherent. The property is enclosed behind walls on a quiet street. It enjoys absolute privacy and calm. From outside, it does not suggest the originality that it hides. A large double-leaf metal gate framed between two brick pillars leads straight into a grassy garden dotted with various water features. To the left, on the south side, there is a guesthouse with a central tower capped with a pyramidal roof that is crowned with a finial. To the right, on the north side, there is the main dwelling. It is an elongated building that faces south-east. A wing protrudes at a right angle to the main section at its west end. Just behind this wing there is a bakehouse. In front of the main dwelling there is an ornamental pond. An arched bridge of old flat tiles crosses it. The bridge is edged with a metal balustrade adorned with volutes at the end. Flat Burgundy tiles are the only material common to all the buildings on the property. Beyond the ornamental pond, an archway beneath a circular opening takes you to the other side of a decorative wall of round tiles. The property’s second section lies there. A vast space extends in this second section. Its south-west corner is marked by a retreat with a slate roof and stained glass of different colours. Alongside this retreat, there is a terrace covered by a canopy of glass and metal.

A California-style house with panoramic sea views set in 4,000 m² of grounds in the hills above Toulon. The property is located halfway up a sloping cul-de-sac, with an automated gate marking the main entrance. There are two secondary entrances on the south and north sides of the property. Once through the gate, five parking spaces are available, either directly in the large basement or outdoors. The house has three levels, extended by terraces. Each storey is set back from the one below: almost all the walls are of glass, with sliding glass doors and some concrete walls painted white. The flat roofs are either painted white and covered with gravel or form terraces, the largest of these extending across the first level, which includes a swimming pool. The roof of the second level is entirely covered with solar panels, for complete self-sufficiency in electricity.

A manor house awaiting renovation with outbuildings, a swimming pool, a lake and almost seven hectares of tree-dotted grounds, nestled in France’s Vexin regional nature park, just north of Paris. The edifice stands on grounds that cover almost seven hectares. You reach the property via a lane lined with woods and partly edged with the property’s outer wall of exposed stonework. A gate leads onto a long, paved driveway, framed between lawns and box shrubs. A caretaker’s house and a garage stand beside this driveway. Straight ahead, there is the manor house, which was built in the 17th century. It gradually comes into view. The edifice has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. It stone facade is coated with pale rendering. Its roof of small, flat tiles was fully renovated a few years ago. On the other side of the building, beyond a terrace next to it, there is a vast area of parkland with a large swimming pool, another outhouse, a tennis court to be renovated, an orchard and a wood that surrounds a lake.

A set of three houses renovated into a comfortable holiday estate on the banks of the Loire River near the city of Angers. From the lane that runs through the hamlet, two entrance gates lead into the property. The first one leads into a courtyard, from where you can enter the main house and the two secondary dwellings, which outbuildings adjoin. The main house is made of rubble schist with pointing. It has a ground floor and a first floor in the roof space. Its gabled slate roof is punctuated with dormers with triangular pediments. The quoins, cornices, and window and door surrounds are made of tuffeau-stone ashlar. An extension with large, workshop-style glazing on three sides takes up part of the western gable end. This extension is also crowned with a slate roof, which has three slopes. An outdoor flight of slate steps climbs up the western gable end too. A stone terrace edges the facade and another stone terrace edges the rear elevation. The second gate leads into another courtyard, where there is a car park. The grounds extend on the south side. A former orchard lies beyond the walls, which partly enclose the grounds.

A grand house with a remarkable view, overlooking the banks of the River Erdre, 15 kilometres from Nantes. The entrance to the property is via a motorised, wrought iron gate at the end of a cul-de-sac off a small local road. A drive traverses a thicket and runs around the back of the house, leading to garages and a Directoire-style terrace. From here, the majestic view opens out over the parkland below and the Erdre at its widest point. The steeply sloping grounds, planted with centuries-old trees, end in a bank almost 100 m long, featuring a private jetty. A small country house built by the town's former mayor on the banks of the River Erdre in 1821, it was subsequently remodelled with the addition of a Directoire-style double dormer window. Two wings were added in the early 20th century, lending the residence its true 'folie nantaise' (Nantes folly) appearance, named after the summer villas built by wealthy industrialists at that time. The rectangular folly has a central section with three bays, flanked by two single-bay wings. At the top of the grounds, close to the entrance gates, there are discreet outbuildings used for parking vehicles and storing equipment. Their coursed schist masonry walls and tiled roofs stand in no contrast with those of the noble building, with its rendered facades and slate roof.

A country house to be renovated with two barns and one hectare of grounds, nestled in the Périgord Vert region, near the village of Excideuil. The house was built on a hillside, next to a hamlet that spreads along the hill and over the plateau. At ground level, the property’s rear side is edged with a public track that leads to a craftsman’s barn before running along the river. On the other side of the track, a triangular plot of land offers space and light in front of the entrance, ensuring privacy from the house opposite it. Further up the track is a second barn, surrounded by two gardens. It looks over a raised terrace on one side of the house. Two old lime trees cast shade over this raised terrace, which forms an undisturbed sanctuary as it is largely enclosed by a protective ruin and a high stone wall against which an access staircase has been built from scratch. Several steps further down lies the garden level, made up of a vast terrace that overlooks a sheep meadow. Its sweeping 180-degree view takes in the valley, the river and the village. A stone’s throw away, on the plateau, a plot of orchard land that can be built upon is offered as an option. It covers around 1,300m².

An 18th century mansion house, with an interior courtyard and a terraced garden, in the Touraine region. This mansion house is on a privileged site below the royal town of Loches, adjoining its ramparts and very near to the town centre. The main entrance, in a quiet street, is reached via oak wood carriage gates and an entrance porchway. The latter leads to an interior paved courtyard, overlooked by a good many of the house’s windows. A passageway leads from there to a wide terrace and then, via a few steps, to a garden. The main facade faces a mall.

A Belle Epoque villa, with grounds, a swimming pool, outbuildings and a view of the village perched on the hill, at the foot of a royal fortified town in the Lot-et-Garonne area. From the country road and just a few minutes from all essential amenities, a private, 300-metre-long drive forms a lengthy spiral around the property from the north, lined by woods and tall trees, up to the property’s gate, from where the eastern façade of the elegant, late-19th century residence looms into view between the trees and shrubs in the garden. After the entrance gate, the gravelled drive widens before the stoop, allowing visitors to disembark from their vehicles, before continuing to the garages several metres further on. The approximately 350-m² villa stands out thanks to its balanced proportions and immaculate architecture, that of a bourgeois residence, in which the façades are punctuated by regular rows of windows and discrete decorative elements, revealing a carefully thought-out construction. It is made up of a vast kitchen, a lounge, a dining room, six bedrooms and four shower rooms, as well as several service rooms. It pays witness to Belle Epoque period architecture, with its brick and stone, light-coloured rendered walls, inspired by spa town edifices. The large and perfectly aligned windows are fitted with wooden, louvred shutters painted in a warm brown hue that combines well with the decorative details in brick. The gable end is dotted with decorative oculi while the gabled roof is topped by finely crafted ridge cap, giving the building a silhouette that stands out in the Lot-et-Garonne landscape, in the midst of 2.5-hectare grounds boasting tall cedars, oak and ash trees as well as flowering shrubs, in an orderly and harmonious whole. To the south of the house, the stone and wooden outbuildings are made up of a garage, a barn and stables with a riding area. To the west, there is a large patio at the end of which stands a period ornamental balustrade, followed by the swimming pool and view up to the royal fortified village.

A Gascon chateau, a commandery of the Knights Templar and their many outbuildings around an enclosed garden, in the centre of a charming and historic village, at the gates of the Gers department, one hour from Toulouse. Built on a rocky outcrop and enclosed by fortified walls, the detached complex of buildings overlooks the village's few neighbouring houses and enjoys a 360° view of the surrounding rolling countryside from each of its edifices. Sheltered from view, the property is also steeped in silence given that the secluded village is only accessible via one small road. The adjacent buildings that compose the architectural complex surround a grassy courtyard as well as the former chapel of the “Knights’ Manor”, which became a church in the 15th century. Although it forms a harmonious whole with stone exteriors topped with barrel tile roofs, different buildings stand out due to the masonry of their exteriors, their roofs and other architectural elements specific to the successive periods in which the property was remodelled, such as its patios or windows. Consequently, the chateau that houses the current 330-m² dwelling distinguishes itself from the rest of the property thanks to its towers that cadence its exterior walls clad in stone and small bricks, as well as its many windows and immense patio of more than 100 m², highlighted with authentic balusters. As for the former Knights Templars monastery, which was later used as a wine storehouse and then a residence, it is a perfect example of medieval architecture. The horseshoe-shaped building presents traces of its former functions as a fortified chateau as demonstrated by the arrow slits, loopholes and scars resulting from the multiples modifications to its exterior over the centuries. With a surface area of 450 m², it has two storeys, including the attic space, and is topped with a gabled roof bordered by a triple Genoise corbel, while its exterior walls, composed of an amalgam of unpointed massive rubble stone masonry and ashlar stone, are characteristic of medieval constructions. Nestled next to one another, the outbuildings – former barns, stables, wine storehouse and other storerooms – are arranged between the two main buildings in such a way as to create a single edifice, which acts as the village's epicentre. It was only recently that a tree-filled landscaped piece of land below the village was annexed to the property. Today, sheltered from view, it includes a swimming pool and pool house in need of a bit of refreshing.

A large bourgeois house from the early 19th century and its grounds with swimming pool, one hour from Toulouse, in the Comminges region. The property is accessible from the street via a large gate, which opens onto a small drive. The staff lodgings, which could be included in the sale, have been restored and are located along the wall that separates the two buildings. The manor house, built in 1870, has either two or three storeys, depending on its various volumes, and is topped with single-pitch, gable, three-sided and hipped slate rooftops. Built out of ashlar stone and covered in ochre-colour plaster, three rectangular sections or foreparts as well as a square tower make up the asymmetrical and elegant building, the various features of which recall the Gothic Revival style. With an exterior designed in such a way as to provide the dwelling with both its character and identity, its light-colour ashlar stone pilasters with smooth rusticated stonework and sharp corners accentuate its various angles. The house’s colourful friezes with geometric patterns in blue, red and cream, crenels and stone or zinc mouldings along the cornice, wraparound stringcourses as well as the roofs’ projecting eaves, all contribute to the building’s overall elegant appearance and characteristic ornamental grace. The pinkish ochre of its exterior walls highlights all of its decorative elements, while the plain stone or beige-colour plaster-coated window and door surrounds, corners, foundation and stringcourses showcase the structure of the architecture’s volumes. The manor’s large-paned windows and doors, mainly rectangular in shape, have flat or moulded surrounds, some of which are highlighted by a windowsill, an entablature, fanlights or a balcony with a stone guardrail for those facing south, while the tower, with mostly rounded or dropped arch windows, is illuminated by triple windows on each side of its top floor. In addition, a round oculus crowns the manor’s central second-floor window to the south and an arched window overlooks the rectangular glass doors that open onto the first-floor patio facing east.

A large burrstone house to be reinvented, with vast living spaces, four bedrooms, a workshop and two enclosed garages, nestled in Châtillon, bordering Clamart. Dating back to the early 20th century, the three-storey burrstone house with a basement level is highlighted on its exterior by beige and red brickwork, cast-iron lintels adorned with glazed-ceramic flowers, and Art Nouveau guardrails. The reception room, which opens onto the garden through a large bay window created in the 1990s, measures over 55 m² and features a working fireplace. A terrace on stilts provides access to the garden. The lounge is adjacent to a kitchen with a glass roof that is accessible after descending a few steps. The kitchen overlooks a room that could be used as a conservatory or workshop that communicates with the semi-underground basement level. The first floor includes three large bedrooms, which look out over the calm neighbouring gardens, as well as a bathroom with a window and a separate lavatory. On the second floor, there is a spacious bedroom with an open bathroom, a separate lavatory and a terrace built into the roof. Lastly, in the garden, a separate workshop with an arched window and its own shower room and lavatory, blends harmoniously into the vegetation and adjoins two closed garages – with surfaces of 14 m² and 16 m² – that can be easily reached from the road.

A 19th-century manor and its grounds of nearly 3,000 m², zoned for construction, in the centre of a lively Breton village, 5 minutes from the ocean. The property is located on a street adjacent to the main road, a 6-minute bike ride from the ocean. Slightly set back from the street, the manor house elegantly stands out from its immediate environment. Safeguarded by a pedestrian semi-openwork wrought-iron double gate, flanked by two square pillars topped with capitals decorated with sculpted stone vases, this entrance is bordered on either side by a low enclosure wall topped by a wrought-iron fence with defensive spikes. In addition, a wider entrance in the form of a carriage door was created in the façade, which, protected by a gate, provides access to a short driveway that ends at a double garage on one side of the house. Behind the fence, several verdant shrubs and flowers grow: hydrangeas, lilacs as well as agapanthus, while hidden by this abundant vegetation is a small granite patio facing south off of the kitchen. Entirely enclosed by walls, the property also has a third entrance at the bottom of the street, via an alleyway that runs alongside one of the lateral pavilions, followed by a high protective stone wall and lastly an old arched door, which provides access to the back of the grounds.

A 400-m² stately dwelling and its garden, 20 minutes north of Béziers in the centre of a village in the Hérault department. With approximately 400 m², the four-storey house, facing southeast, was built in the third quarter of the 19th century. Accessible via two separate entrances located on either side of the house, the front gate opens onto the house’s garden level from the street, where a staircase ascends to the patio and front door, while, the second entrance, giving onto a small back street behind the house, which winds its way around the village bell tower, provides direct access to the ground floor. As for the dwelling’s main façade, adorned in climbing, flowering plants, it is cadenced by four rectilinear windows and five sets of glass doors safeguarded by wooden shutters, which provide ample sunlight for its interior. In addition, a stone niche framed by pilasters and topped with an entablature contains a statue of Saint Joseph on the house’s top floor, whereas a set of glass doors and ten windows punctuate the house’s rear exterior. Coated in understated brown plaster, the house’s only decorative elements are its moulded window/door surrounds, windowsills and entablatures as well as a keystone above the front door, while its barrel tile gable roof is highlighted on either side by a cornice. Lastly, the house also comes with a garage, accessible from the main street and topped by a patio, which stands next to the former stables and outbuildings, today converted into a secluded, and partly covered, enclosed garden.

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.

A house steeped in history, from the 14th, 17th and 18th centuries, with a separate garden and barn, in the heart of a bastide in France’s Landes department. The old square Place Royale is picturesque on all four sides: a 12th-century fort-like church stands on one side and arcades forming galleries line rows of houses, which are mostly half-timbered. The village is full of buildings that date back to periods between the 14th and 18th centuries. Almost all of them have been masterfully restored. They are hidden among the countless alleys that form a grid leading to the square. Today, this historical square is a hub for encounters and conviviality, fostered by the presence of several restaurants and a parking ban here. Nearby, artists’ studios and a range of curiosities line medieval streets. For example, there is a Protestant church built in 1607 that has been turned into an exhibition centre. On the square, the house lies opposite the church. The dwelling is known as the most beautiful house in Labastide-d'Armagnac. It has a ground floor, a first floor and a loft that could be converted. It is nestled on the square’s north-east corner, so it has two entrances beneath its galleries: one leads in from the square Place Royale and the other leads in from a side street. The house faces south-east. It stands on the edge of the square, blending harmoniously into its architectural environment. The dwelling is crowned with a roof of monk-and-nun tiling on which a gabled dormer stands. The facade’s upper section, made of brick and lattice-patterned timber framing, rests upon a thick stone wall and solid beams and joists, which are supported by two stone pillars – part of a former gallery of shops. On the first floor, three segmental-arch windows with crosspieces stand behind wrought-iron guardrails. They are fitted with wooden shutters. At the back, on the north side, there is a small terrace on the first floor. Lastly, in line with the house, there are two small rooms in a section with an entrance from outside: a fitness room with a wine cellar and lavatory and a space with a recent oil boiler and its tank.

In Finistère, with a 4000 m² garden and 800 m from the beach, a 1970s house decorated by architect Jacques Couëlle. Set slightly back from the village, a small road frequented by locals runs alongside several homes before reaching the property. Two independent driveways lead, one to the garage, and the second to a space where several vehicles can park. On one side, three granite outcrops protect the land and shelter it from view and winds. On the other side, the house is surrounded by a large wooded and flowered garden, as well as a terrace. A typical construction from the 1970s, it stands three stories high, including a basement, on an L-shaped plan. The slate roof is gabled and pierced with dormers. Windows with granite frames illuminate the rendered facades. The entire property was decorated, at the time of its construction in 1974, by Jacques Couëlle, whose work is marked by the movement of architectural-sculpture, with its unique shapes in sprayed concrete. Numerous paintings by him adorn the various rooms of the residence. Slightly tucked away behind the rocks, a granitic rubble outbuilding serves as a garage, workshop, and games room upstairs. It is accessible by vehicle independently.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A dwelling from the Art Deco period with Haussmannian-style interior décor and its garden of nearly 900 m², near Nantes. Located on a one-way street, the property is accessible via a wrought-iron gate, framed by square pillars, as well as a second gate, which leads to the garage, while a tall stone wall and dense hedges shelter the property from view. Built in 1931, the completely detached villa of approximately 240 m² embodies a period marked by the transition between the Art Deco movement and the first signs of modernism, which results in a two-storey building topped with a roof terrace. In addition, the dwelling faces an ornamental, grassy garden of nearly 900 m², which is completely sheltered from view thanks to dense landscaped copses and tall stone walls, while a garden shed is located to the west of the edifice.

A renovated village house with authentic charm, a guesthouse and a tree-dotted garden full of flowers, nestled in the south of France’s Touraine province. The property’s two houses share a courtyard and garden on a walled plot that covers around 1,100m². From a village road that runs alongside the main house, a low wooden gate leads onto a drive that takes you to a courtyard between the two dwellings. From a village square, a second gate, which is tall, made of wrought iron and framed between tuffeau stone pillars, leads onto a gravelled driveway that takes you into the garden. The different buildings are separate from one another. They face east and west. There is a main dwelling, a guesthouse and a small outbuilding. Exposed stonework forms the elevations, dressed tuffeau stone forms the window and door surrounds and flat tiles cover the roofs. Each building has a terrace. In front of the guesthouse, there is a lush lawn embellished with many clusters of flowering plants and dotted with trees.

A restored former farmhouse in the Quercy area, near Cahors, with a guests’ house, barn, swimming pool and 9 hectares of grounds. Seen from above, the property seems to spread over the Causse de Gramat plateau. Its light-yellow colour, typical of the Quercy region, contrasts nicely with the green meadows and woods. At the end of a private lane, the two-storey main residence, its traditional agricultural outbuildings and a remarkable, circular dovecote pay witness to the estate’s historical agricultural status. The volumes of the main house are laid out on a horizontal axis in keeping with tradition. Its walls made of local limestone are a natural match for the landscape and its authentic as well as characteristically brown tiled roof protects the rooms below. The farm buildings - a barn, workshop and bread oven - are set around the house on several sides. A little further away, a traditional building, which has now been converted into a guest’s house, overlooks the swimming pool. The garden is a mixture of flat and gently sloped areas surrounding the house. A patio sheltered by climbing plants on a pergola and lawns in the shade of oak trees make up some of the different areas. In the middle of this landscape, a swimming pool provides a refreshing note. The property spreads over several hectares, enclosed by dry stone walls and hedgerows. It follows the relief of the land and boasts wide open views of the Causses plateau and surrounding valleys.

An elegant 360-m² manor house with a 1,100-m² garden, in the Hauts-de-Seine area, between Sceaux and Fontenay-aux-Roses. Two centuries of history are engraved in the walls of the property located on the edge of several green spaces. The manor house was built in 1899 very close to Sceaux and was a place where Parisians would come for a weekend to enjoy themselves and sate their appetites, taking advantage of the clean country air. A wrought-iron entrance gate leads into the property’s grounds. The front façade of the building is made of ashlar and includes eight windows, while on the rear red-brick façade there are seven. The mansard style roof is made of zinc and slate tiles. The house is made up of a basement, a ground floor and two upper floors, with a total of eleven rooms. The ground floor houses a vast living room, an office and a kitchen, all of which are bathed in light. The first floor and second floor each possess four bedrooms and one bathroom. A lean-to standing against the house is used for storing logs and for drying laundry. The large, lush, approximately 1,000-m² garden is lined by tall trees, with a central lawn. To the rear of the house, a south-facing patio covered by a pergola on which Virginia creeper grows makes it possible to enjoy warm sunny days in total peace and quiet. The utility room can be reached from the exterior, at the rear of the house. At the end of the garden there is a garage with capacity for one car. The heating is gas powered and all the windows are double glazed.

A chateau, redesigned in the 18th century, with large annexes, a 1,200m² floor area and 14 hectares of grounds with a moat in France’s Gers department, 100 kilometres from Toulouse. You reach the 14-hectare property from a country road that edges its west side. A low stone wall protects a front section of the grounds where many outhouses stand. A shady path lined with towering horse chestnuts crosses a grassy expanse and leads up to the chateau’s main entrance. On the south side, a long separate building made of rubble stone demarcates this front section and marks the edge of the property. Storehouses lie at the sides of the grounds. These structures have been partly renovated to become a caretaker’s lodge and a workshop space, but much of the roofing on them needs to be restored. On the north side of the grounds, a small house with a dovecote and walls of repointed exposed stonework stands among farming annexes that include vast barns and other buildings. On the east side of this front section, a two-storey building with a tiled roof separates the old farm complex from the chateau, giving the latter complete privacy and calm. The chateau lies beyond a tall wrought-iron gate that stands in a covered carriage entrance. The edifice dates back to the Middle Ages and the time when the lords of Armagnac reigned here. It was built in the centre of its grounds, surrounded by a gravel terrace. A chapel protrudes at a right angle to the main section at the chateau’s east end. And a wing of annexes with a covered carriage entrance extends at the edifice’s west end. This wing is flanked with an adjoining tower crowned with a windmill. A remarkable mechanism in this section brought running water to the property at the end of the 19th century. The mechanism was invented by Élie Coulange, the property’s owner at the time. An ornamental pond and stone pedestals supporting bronze vestals echo the typically 18th-century traits of the chateau’s south and east walls. These statues were ordered by the famous countess Marie-Jacqueline de Biran d'Armagnac. Beyond the ornamental garden, and hidden behind a hedge, lies a swimming pool with a clear view of the surrounding countryside. The grounds are as majestic as the edifice: the vast plot is punctuated with wells, water-filled moats and a wide range of age-old trees, including cedars that line a long path.

In a village in Vendée, near Les Herbiers and Puy-du-Fou, a 19th-century school converted into a guest house and gîtes, with a garden. Built in the mid-19th century, the property is an old school that underwent extensive renovation starting in 2010 and continuing until 2024 (some parts are still under a ten-year warranty). The entrance gate, topped with a finely crafted pediment, marks the entrance to the property. The main building is two stories high, under a tiled roof. The dwelling is extended by two wings that form a square courtyard. Its gables include, on one side, a covered area and, on the other, an additional wing for the private part of the house. In front of the northeast facade are a terrace and a garden, with a heated swimming pool. A second terrace and a covered area ideal for children's games complete the outdoor spaces. An independent apartment, separate from the areas reserved for guests, consists of three bedrooms and a spacious living area.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A chateau and its outbuildings set in a vast 160 ha estate comprising plains, forests, olive groves and vineyards in the heart of Green Provence . The chateau comes into view at the end of a long drive winding through a lush green plain with vineyards, olive groves and streams. A long driveway lined with box hedges leads to the residence and splits into two symmetrical tracks surrounding a large lawned garden with an oval pool at its centre featuring koi carp. The atmosphere calls to mind a noble Italian villa, dominating the vineyards and nearby olive groves. Four large plane trees rise above the south-facing terrace, providing shade and freshness all summer long. A flight of steps takes you down to a large lawn below. The outbuildings are within easy reach, scattered around the chateau while retaining their independence and discretion. The buildings are of dry stone, typical of the region. The main facade of the chateau is rendered in ochre roughcast, with darker, slightly projecting window surrounds and cream-coloured stone sills. There are twelve arched openings on each of the two storeys of the south-facing elevation, with original casement and French windows illuminating the rooms. Two square towers flank the main facade to the east and west of the structure. There is a chapel alongside the eastern end of the building. The wooden main entrance door has a cream-coloured stone surround and is topped by a transom with an intricate wrought-iron grille. The hallway is accessed via a stone step.

A manor house and a swimming pool on 5,600-m² grounds, 30 minutes from a high-speed rail station, in the middle of a village within the Sâone-et-Loire department. From the street, a wrought-iron gate and a pedestrian door both open onto a wide central path, which, after ascending a flight of stone steps, leads to the house’s front door. Built in the 17th century, the main dwelling, located in the middle of its tree-filled garden, was thoroughly reorganised in the 19th century, providing it with its current configuration. Rectangular in shape, the two-storey building’s main façade, nearly symmetrical, is flanked on either side by two taller wings as well as a one-storey extension to the south, while the entire dwelling is topped with a barrel tile roof, typical of the region, and surrounded by a patio. Mostly enclosed by stone walls, the property also includes a swimming pool, slightly set back, and an adjacent summer kitchen, thereby creating a separate outdoor living space during the summer months. It should be noted that thanks to its meticulous upkeep and periodic renovations, the property is in overall good condition.

A 17th-century mill, with water rights, on two hectares of grounds including one kilometre of riverbanks, nestled within the Green Périgord region of Dordogne. At the end of a tarmacked lane that winds its way up a gentle slope and through a forest of chestnut trees, the hamlet includes the miller’s house, a barn and a stately mill typical of the 17th century, built on a granite rock from the Jurassic period, and once under the purview of the fiefdom of Jaubert de Nanthiat. The site’s unspoilt and beautiful natural environment, perched on the banks of the Isle River, provides opportunities to observe otters, herons and kingfishers from it many patios, while, once past the property’s entrance and at the end of a parking area, the mill's large water wheel, four metres in diameter, and its locks leave a lasting impression. As for the grounds, of approximately 2 hectares and planted with many trees, it runs alongside private riverbanks for more than a kilometre, while the mill, with its beaches of golden sand, acts like a balcony over the river. Lastly, a garage and a wooden shed, appearing on the land registry and used for storage and as a painter’s studio, respectively, could easily be converted for other purposes.