HouseVert (78)

Price :

$1,364,700

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Surface400 m²bedrooms4 bathrooms4 land1,916 m²

A watermill's old outhouse with a garden in a beautiful village in France's Yvelines department, 45 minutes from Paris. The property is entirely enclosed with stone walls. Two buildings adjoin each other to form an L shape. They were once the outhouses of a 12th-century watermill. A tall gate stands in a covered entrance, hiding a vast paved courtyard into which this gate leads. This court covers around 300m². Several vehicles can be parked in it. One of the outer stone walls has a second entrance gate for gardening machinery and vehicles to get into the garden. Behind the main house, in line with the dwelling, the garden covers around 1,500m² beyond a terrace of around 90m². The River Vaucouleurs, a tributary of the River Seine, flows at the bottom of the garden at a lower level.
Major renovation work since 2012 has freshened up the elevations of exposed stonework and the roofs of flat tiles. This fine pair of adjoining buildings have been converted into two modern homes. The largest in the pair has two floor floors and a basement. It is the main house. The second dwelling is smaller. It has three levels, including two half-floors, and could serve as a guesthouse as it has a separate entrance, though it connects to the main house too. Together, the two buildings offer a total liveable floor area of around 400m². They have been renovated in a stylish workshop spirit. Partitions have been removed to open up the interior, which gazes out through large windows that flood the home with natural light.
An inconspicuous wooden annexe serves as a workshop, hidden behind lush vegetation on one side of the entrance courtyard.