Berchigranges / Hautes-Vosges - 10 km from Gérardmer - Grand EST For sale: the Chalet Le Cottage Bleu and its welcome pavilion in the heart of a remarkable garden. Blue like the color of the sky and flowers, the Chalet Le Cottage Bleu is an enchanted interlude where nature decorates each day. Just ten kilometers from Gérardmer, in the hilly landscape of the Hautes-Vosges, this unique property is nestled in the heart of the Berchigranges estate, a renowned garden considered one of the most beautiful in France. Here, the residence and landscape resonate clearly, offering a living environment where the eye continuously rests on the mountain, the flowered massifs, and the vegetative perspectives shaped over more than thirty years. The place will appeal to both garden and architectural enthusiasts as well as those seeking an extraordinary main residence, a family home to gather through the seasons, or a project combining housing with tourism or cultural activity. The independent welcome pavilion also opens up numerous usage possibilities: professional space, workshop, additional accommodation, or reception venue. Developing approximately 190 m² on the ground, the Cottage Bleu is a wooden structure house with expressive architecture, designed to maintain a permanent dialogue with the natural terrain. Its volumes unfold over several levels, creating varied atmospheres and renewed viewpoints on the garden. Entrance is through a first anteroom that allows for the discovery of the premises. Then opens the living space, consisting of a dining area and an open kitchen, bathed in the presence of the garden. Large windows with pointed arch lines frame the vegetation and provide a direct view of the outdoors, as if the landscape naturally enters the house. Depending on the seasons, the flowers, foliage, and light create an ever-renewing spectacle. Extending from this space, a boudoir lounge invites moments of reading or conversation while a bespoke library, lined with books, can also become a bedroom as needed. Warm tones, omnipresent wood, and the softness of the volumes create an intimate, almost timeless atmosphere. A few steps down, a study space also enjoys a privileged relationship with the outdoors. Nearby, a bedroom installed in an elegant turret with pointed arch windows offers a unique and poetic setting. Further away, a fully glazed veranda reveals a breathtaking view of the Berchigranges garden and the wooded reliefs of the Hautes-Vosges. This suspended space between the interior and exterior becomes, in turn, a winter lounge, a workshop, or a place for contemplation. On the upper floor, two additional bedrooms are located under the exposed beams of the Cottage Bleu. The sloped ceilings and openings to the sky contribute to the charm of these spaces. A bathroom with toilet completes the ensemble. The house also features a small wine cellar, a laundry room, and an additional room that can accommodate another bedroom with a shower room. A separate toilet completes this space. Outside, the Berchigranges garden spreads across 1.2 hectares, showcasing its personality in a preserved environment at an altitude of 650 meters. Created on an old granite quarry, it has been developed over the decades according to a free and sensitive landscape design, blending plant rooms, plays of perspective, and natural compositions. It houses a remarkable botanical diversity, including a national collection of daffodils with over 850 varieties, as well as numerous perennials, hydrangeas, grasses, and plants adapted to cool climates and the Vosges winters. The garden reveals itself at the rhythm of the seasons and walks. It is primarily a living setting around the house, a landscape to be contemplated daily from each of the Cottage Bleu's rooms. At the entrance of the property, the stone welcome pavilion, topped with a green roof, harmoniously completes the whole. Developing approximately 85 m² on the ground to be reimagined, it offers multiple perspectives: artist's studio, guest house, professional space, tourist accommodation, or reception venue. Le Cottage Bleu is an author’s house where architecture dialogues with vegetation, a unique place that offers both exceptional quality of life and genuine project potential in one of the most inspiring landscapes of the Hautes-Vosges. Individual sanitation by lagooning. Mixed heating: wood and electricity. Energy performance diagnosis: E. An exclusive Place Privée. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr.This description has been automatically translated from French.
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