luxury architect houses for sale International (page 15)

IMMINENT DELIVERY. In the quiet and sought-after neighborhood of Buzenval in Rueil-Malmaison, close to renowned schools and the St Cucufa woods, a new architect-designed villa (under construction) developing 229m² of living space for a usable area of 281m² on a plot of approximately 619m². The villa features a spacious 74m² living-kitchen area bathed in light from a cathedral window that opens directly onto a large south-facing terrace. The villa offers an office, a guest room, a multimedia space, a 40m² master suite with a dressing room and shower room, and three large bedrooms with two shower/bathrooms. A garage and a basement with a cellar and laundry room will make this house very functional. The villa benefits from eco-design features including a green roof, natural air conditioning through geothermal energy, rainwater recovery, double-flow ventilation, and underfloor heating. Ten-year warranty - Transfer of VEFAThis description has been automatically translated from French.

Paris 16th, Very beautiful house with garden designed by a renowned architect, in a sought-after neighborhood, in absolute calm and sunny. Vast reception area, double exposure. 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, Perfect condition. Garage, cellar.This description has been automatically translated from French.

L'Adresse Immobilier Chartres offers you in EXCLUSIVITY this superb modern architect-designed house, a true haven of peace by the river, combining design, comfort, and nature.Ideally located in a calm and green environment, close to the train station, with quick access to Paris Montparnasse (55 min) and Versailles (35 min), as well as the shops of Saint-Piat.The property's strengths:- Contemporary architecture with spacious, light-filled volumes,- Recent renovations, high-end fittings, and careful decoration,- Large bay windows offering an unobstructed view of the heated pool (11 m x 3.50 m, heat pump),- Wooden terrace, ideal for moments of relaxation and conviviality,- Private pontoon on the river with direct access for a boat or paddleboard.The house offers 4 bedrooms, including a spacious suite with two office spaces, perfect for remote work. It features two bathrooms, one with an Italian shower, two toilets (on the ground floor and upstairs), a utility room, as well as numerous storage options, including a large closet at the entrance. A loft covering the entire area of the house completes the ensemble.For parking, you will benefit from a carport for two vehicles, a large paved parking area, a charging point for electric vehicles, and a remote-controlled gate.A heart-stopping house where elegance and serenity meet, while remaining close to amenities and transport.Contact L'Adresse Immobilier Chartres now to arrange a visit and discover this exceptional property.This description has been automatically translated from French.

This magnificent property from the 80s, built by Correa Milà arquitectes, has one of the best plots overlooking the sea in Begur. With more than 6.000m of land, stands this work of avant-garde architecture with almost 1.000m2 of housing. From the street, a large gate leads us through a private access to the highest part of the plot, from here we can park numerous vehicles outside, and we have a closed garage of about 50m2. The entrance, with its large porch leads us to the interior of the house. On this same level we have a double bedroom en suite, which can be used as a guest room. A large living room with different environments with panoramic views of the sea, the Medes Islands, Cap de Creus, the Pyrenees, the beach of Pals, is panoramic, is infinite. A living view both day and night. From here we access to a splendid porch of 120m2, where you can enjoy the views, the sea, the extraordinary garden with total privacy, the large pool of over 100m2 ... a Mediterranean paradise. On this same level we find the master suite, with a large dressing room and a full bathroom, also with wide sea views. A distributor gives us access to the back garden, a large green esplanade protected from the tramontana, where to enjoy the winter days of sun and tranquility. Two double bedrooms with fitted closets, overlooking the sea, one of them en suite .... another bathroom ... complete the main floor. On the lower floor, two large multipurpose rooms to give them a use according to convenience, gym, TV room....bodega. The large swimming pool is located in the center of a beautiful garden, covered with trees, plants and native flowers. The acquisition of this property allows the buyer to opt for the purchase of the neighboring building plot of 4.100m2. The price of the plot is 1.200.000€, which is not for sale if the property is not purchased. Please ask for more info

In the Aude area, near to the Canal du Midi, an Italian style 18th century mansion with outbuildings in 8 hectares of grounds. A drive that runs past the outbuildings adjacent to the main building leads up to the mansion. All the buildings are set out in a continual straight line, though the mansion is one storey higher than its outbuildings. It was built in 1710 under the supervision of an Italian architect and has floor-space of approximately 1,200 m². It has three storeys and its main façade is split into nine bays. The two façades, facing east and west, boast remarkably simple lines, punctuated by the perfect symmetry of the openings, which are mostly rectangular and topped with fanlight windows on the lower two levels, surrounded by stone frames and equipped with louvred shutters. The hipped roof made of half-round terracotta tiles is surrounded by a cornice which is echoed in two moulded belt courses marking each level. The outbuildings, which are all rectangular and topped with gabled roofs or a half-hipped roof, stand adjacent to the mansion, mostly on its left-hand side. They are made up of three apartments, a hangar and a barn. Lastly, the 8-hectare grounds stretch out behind the mansion up to the Canal du Midi and can be reached through a wicket gate. There are gravelled patios on either side of the buildings and there is also a swimming pool in front and slightly to the side of the mansion.

Meeting between modernist architecture and the Lorraine horizon, an old aerodrome clubhouse listed as a historic monument, signed by Le Corbusier and Jean Prouvé. Approaching the aerodrome, at the heart of a 3,000 m² grassy plot, a building imagined by Le Corbusier in the 1950s appears. Former clubhouse of the aerodrome where it was built, it stands out from the traditional buildings of the region with its facades, which blend a light-toned plaster masonry and large glazed joinery, highlighted by bright red framing. Natural light fills the interior spaces, revealing the lines of the architecture and opening views to clear perspectives of 180°. The building was co-signed by Le Corbusier – a major architect and urban planner of the modernist movement, whose work is based on the pursuit of right proportions and clarity of volumes – and the Lorraine designer and metalworker Jean Prouvé. The latter was noted for his works combining steel and aluminum with a particular accuracy of assembly, which gives the construction here at stake a functional elegance. The roof, an assembly of prefabricated aluminum elements, is formed of two shells back to back placed on a central trough; a silhouette that evokes two airplane wings ready to take off and gives the whole a distinctive architectural identity where technical precision dialogues with the aeronautical imagination. The building underwent rehabilitation in the early 2010s, carried out based on Le Corbusier's original plans in order to restore its stylistic coherence. The building is listed as a historical monument for its facades, roofs, load-bearing structures, and chimneys.This description has been automatically translated from French.

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.

In Anjou, a neo-Gothic castle and its numerous outbuildings in a 17-hectare English park. From the road, a long access path crosses a wood, then along the park of the estate, leading to, on one side, the courtyard of the outbuildings and on the other, the castle. Built in the second half of the 19th century, the building was designed by the famous Angevin architect René Hodé, who was directly inspired by his neighboring masterpiece in Challain-la-Potherie. Constructed of slate rubble and tuffeau, the whole structure rises four levels on a rectangular plan. Two towers and two corbels mark the corners of the residence. At the center of the back facade, another tower, not serving a purpose, houses a staircase. The roofs are slate, with four slopes for the main wing and a pepperpot shape for the corner towers and corbels. Vast meadows dotted with trees extend at the foot of the facades. The outbuildings are organized around a landscaped square courtyard. An old walled vegetable garden adjoins a body of water.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In Beaujolais, at the entrance of a chateau's park, an old outbuilding has been converted into a contemporary dwelling along with its 1,780 m² land. The house, built in an L-shape, is situated at the entrance of the triangular plot extending down to the nearby stream. It retains the characteristics of 19th-century outbuildings, featuring prominent eaves that protect the clay-lime plastered facades. The gabled roofs, covered with terracotta canal tiles, highlight the pediment crowning the tall central bay window. Likely stemming from a dual purpose, combining agricultural activity and housing for the property's caretaker, the now renovated house must have once included an area to shelter horses, as well as another for the horse owners. Both areas were opened up and unified by an architect in the 2000s, creating a contemporary residential farm spanning 247 m². In the grassy grounds planted with large trees, beyond the well, stands a small building for storing equipment and garden furniture.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In the Bay of Somme, 2 hours from Paris, a 18th-century castle of 460 m² and its 9-hectare park. The castle was built in 1790 for Pierre Fanneau de la Horie, lord of La Touche, an engineer to the King responsible for the development of ports on the Picard coast and in the Bay of Somme. He acquired the Lordship of Lanchères in 1774, the pre-existing building having been completely destroyed. The architect of this typical neoclassical residence is Antoine-Charles Aubert, who is also responsible for the Place du Palais Bourbon in Paris, as well as various buildings and private hotels that have since disappeared, including a folly in Lanchères that was located on the hill of Chaillot. The canals and the park were designed and planted around the same time. A gate opens onto a large circular grassy parterre, planted with trimmed yews. A path, also circular, allows for vehicle parking in front of the castle. Two pavilions, serving as a garage and a storage room, are located at each end of the courtyard. A little away, a chapel and a dovecote seem to guard the property while, to the west, there is a walled orchard with old greenhouses, an orangery used as a workshop, and a swimming pond. An old farmhouse located to the east adjoins the vegetative labyrinth. The estate includes a 9-hectare park, with a French formal garden (Mérimée base), orchard, pastures, woods, and canals communicating with the marsh network of Lanchères and Cayeux-sur-Mer.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In Portes-en-Ré, a contemporary villa inspired by the island's architecture, over 300 m², with its swimming pool and gym. Behind a long white wall, the property gradually reveals itself in the spirit of the large Rêtaise houses. A gate opens onto a gravel courtyard, while a pedestrian door in the wall leads to a covered porch that marks the entrance. A welcoming garden consists of bamboo, palm trees, grasses, and Mediterranean plants. Beyond that, the villa appears in fragments and is organized into several volumes arranged around various successive patios. The old Rêtaise houses often resulted from the gradual aggregation of buildings related to the activities of salt-makers or winemakers. Living spaces, salt warehouses, or old cellars were connected by courtyards protected from the wind. The property adopts this logic in a contemporary interpretation. The lime-rendered facades, dark shutters, and canal tile roofs reflect the architectural codes of the island, while large glass openings establish a fluid relationship with the outdoors. The entire project, in its volumes as well as its interior arrangements, was designed by architect Jeanne Dumont. The materials assert the character of the building: brick floors laid in a dark pattern on the ground floor, oak flooring with small strips on the upper level, fine carpentry, wooden paneled ceilings, and often custom-made furniture.This description has been automatically translated from French.

Near Estremoz, an Alentejo estate comprising traditional dwellings, olive groves and crops.. Five minutes from Estremoz, an estate built in the early 2000s brings together several traditional Alentejo dwellings around an architectural design that respects the old volumes. The complex covers nearly 500 square metres of living space, divided between a main residence organised into two wings connected by arches, a separate house and an annex near the swimming pool. Each wing has its own entrance. The four and a half hectares of hilly land feature an olive grove, an orchard and a vegetable garden irrigated by two boreholes, an old well and a pond. Water self-sufficiency allows for agricultural use without dependence on the mains supply. The proximity of Estremoz does not detract from the tranquillity of the location. With its layout and multiple spaces, the property is equally suited to family life, a hospitality project or a retirement home in the Alentejo hinterland.

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 large architect-designed villa in a site overlooking La Seyne-sur-Mer, with a roof terrace and swimming pool, in 2,400 m² of tree-lined grounds. A tarmacked lane leads to the entrance of the property whose double-leaf solid metal gates decorated with wrought-iron arabesques are electrically powered. A stone-paved driveway leads up to the house’s porch to the left and a large garage straight ahead. The villa was built in 1967 and boasts living space of approximately 370 m². It is rectangular in shape and has three storeys that embrace the terraced lie of the land. The upper level is made up of vast roof terrace with more than 150 m² of space and views of the sea. The walls of the façades are rendered in white and are dotted with large aluminium windows as well as French windows, fitted with electric roller blinds and black wrought-iron grating for the openings on the garden level. A very large glass-paned veranda adorns the southern façade, while a triangular awning protects the entrance door. There is a gigantic lounge bathed in the light that flows through the veranda on the garden level, next to a kitchen and master bedroom with en suite facilities, while four other bedrooms and related rooms are located on the lower level, all opening onto patios that lead into the garden. The grounds are made up of several terraces planted with cork oak, pine, palm, olive and fig trees. The largest terraces play host to an outside dining space with an outside oven on one, a swimming pool with decking and pool-house on another and, lastly, a relaxation area, flower beds and a fishpond for the others.

In a village in the Aude region, 25 minutes north of Narbonne, a barn converted into a loft with a green inner courtyard. From the street, this former agricultural building, built in the 19th century and recently rehabilitated by an architect, only reveals the barn door, with a dressed stone frame and a semicircular arch, which has been preserved and now serves as the entrance, shielded from view. It is topped with a rectangular metal bay window that contrasts with the historical elements of the simple stone facade, which is oriented towards the east. At the back of the house, in a cul-de-sac, a second entrance is possible through a wooden slatted gate that leads directly to the green courtyard, approximately 40 m² in size. On the right, there is a garage, topped by a terrace overlooking the patio. The dwelling is raised over two levels, covering about 210 m². The tiled roof is punctuated in several places by roof windows that ensure abundant light in several rooms.This description has been automatically translated from French.

10 kilometres southeast of Lille, the Sterckeman house by the architect Paul Chemetov, nestled within a tree-filled garden and surrounded by pastures. Built out of a 5-tonne Corten steel structure and tarmacked breezeblocks in the middle of its garden, the raised black block punctuated with large picture windows, which comprises this singular habitation, is listed on the supplementary inventory for historical monuments. Towards 1970, Christian Sterckeman asked Paul Chemetov, a young architect, to build a house on the Pévèle plain. They met several months earlier for an industrial and commercial building project for the sale and distribution of caravans under the framework of his professional activity. “Living can be camping. A way of settling down without anchoring, of taking hold without taking root”. The construction was therefore designed as a prototype for an economical, reproducible, working-class model typical of its time. Perched on stilts, with its white diagonal triangulation bars, its large skydome windows and plumbing pipe guardrails, the Sterckeman house stands in the middle of a tree-filled garden surrounded by pastures. Everything is within sight. This is, of course, an architectural decision firmly inscribed in the landscape, as Paul Chemetov notes. Winner of the Grand Prix de l’Architecture in 1980, who at one point declared, “architecture is a moral construct”, he designed several emblematic Parisian buildings like the Ministry of Finances in 1989. For him, the traces of the construction and the experience of the materials mattered: “Here and now the courage is to build. Let’s leave fashion to the milliners and graphics to the graphic designers”. The Sterckeman house, with its concrete, rough breezeblock walls, exposed bricks and red metal framework, is basically a manifesto in action: that of Paul Chemetov’s societal engagement as a protagonist for the recognition of metallic structures.

In the first crown of Périgueux, on a 1 ha enclosed plot, an old farmhouse renovated by an architect, its swimming pool, its tennis court, and its gîte. Located in a residential dead-end, the property extends over the plateau of a wooded hill. The approximately 1 ha park, entirely enclosed, surrounds an old U-shaped farm building. Two automatic solid gates and hedges prevent any overlooking. A paved parking area transitions with the street, followed by a vehicle shelter at the entrance of the park. The latter is grassy and planted with trees, including a recently planted row of chestnut trees. It also includes a petanque court, an orchard, a tennis court, and a garden shed. A pond collects rainwater from the gutters. A north-facing terrace is connected to the kitchen and is topped by four connected photovoltaic panels used for self-consumption. The residential buildings and outbuildings enclose a landscaped garden in which a swimming pool, a south-facing covered area, and gravel paths lead to the many interior accesses are integrated.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A 19th-century chateau with outhouses, a chapel and a lake, nestled in 30 hectares of grounds in the south of France’s Touraine province. The seigneurial home that was built here on the ruins of a medieval mansion, of which no vestiges remain, was endlessly redesigned until it collapsed in 1860. In 1890, the decision was made to rebuild the edifice on the site. A renowned architect, Louis-Alfred Trolliet, a specialist in the reconstruction of chateaux, was entrusted with this task. He was responsible for the edifice you can see here today. Trolliet was nicknamed ‘the Viollet-le-Duc of the Berry province’ in a nod to the famous 19th-century French architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc who restored many medieval monuments. Trolliet won his spurs as a leading figure of the Troubadour style in French architecture with his restoration of the Château de Romefort in the town of Ciron. To rebuild the present property, he did not adopt the Troubadour style but rather the style of the Loire Valley chateaux that was also in vogue at the time. Trolliet opted for a long rectangular dwelling crowned with tall hipped roofs of slate tiles recalling the Château de Chenonceau and the Château d’Azay-le-Rideau. The grand edifice comes into view once you have gone through the entrance gate and made your way up the long central drive punctuated symmetrically with topiary box shrubs neatly clipped into cones. The château faces east and west. Its main section has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. The adjoining square tower has a third floor in its roof space. The symmetrical elevations are rendered and punctuated with large small-paned windows fitted with wooden louvred shutters that are painted sky blue. Gabled dormers punctuate the roof of the main section and that of the square tower. Beyond the château, the drive crosses dense woodland on this estate, which covers around 30 hectares and includes a 1.2-hectare lake. Trolliet also decided to build two large lodges as foreparts of the château exactly opposite it. These two buildings are rectangular. They have a ground floor and a first floor. A third lodge stands at a right angle to one of them. This third structure has an eclectic style and recalls a train station. On the south side, a circular dovecote with a cone roof of terracotta tiles adorns the grounds. On the east side, there is a heated swimming pool. Behind the outhouses, a secondary entrance leads to a gravelled car park. Lastly, on the north-west side, there is a private lake. In the middle of this lake there is a small tree-dotted island.

In Touraine, a 16th-century manor rehabilitated by J.-B. Astier de Villatte, along with its guest house, ornamental garden, and swimming pool. Accessible through a large oak door leading to a paved courtyard, the house is built of tuffeau over three levels, topped with a gabled roof of tiles and flanked on its east side by an imposing staircase tower. Built in the 16th century on older foundations, the residence underwent a complete rehabilitation at the end of the 2000s by Jean-Baptiste Astier de Villatte. The volumes have been rethought, while some openings have been modified or created to refine the perspectives and light inputs. The walls, plastered with lime, are punctually covered with enamel tiles, a signature of the decorative architect. The French-style ceilings, painted and delicately floral, converse with terracotta tiled floors, with shapes and patterns specifically designed for each room. Custom oak joinery is created, while furniture is designed, manufactured, and installed specifically for the space. At the rear of the house, on the garden side, a large tuffeau barn, topped with a slate roof, opens at the end of a paved stone path from Chauvigny. The restoration here is decidedly contemporary, with large volumes bathed in light thanks to wide openings with metal frames. The floors are laid with tomettes and the doors and frameworks are in oak. Between the two bodies of buildings, a classic-inspired garden structures the perspectives. It is planted with cypress trees, olive trees, rose bushes, and fruit trees. It organizes the transition to a relaxation space between the terrace, pool, and lawn. The property also includes two vaulted cellars, a well, and two outbuildings.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In the city center of Riom, in the Marthuret district, a private mansion from the 18th century and its vast terrace. Located in a protected area, at the end of a quiet street, the private mansion is part of a small co-ownership. Its design is attributed to Claude-François Legay (1728-1803), the city's architect, but the building, although constructed in the 18th century, seems to rest on older structures, probably medieval. Organized around an inner courtyard, the dwelling reveals, in its center, a small overhanging balcony. On the top level, a terrace of about 75 m² represents a precious uniqueness in the old local urban fabric.This description has been automatically translated from French.

In the center of the capital of Drôme, surrounded by a 4-hectare park, lies a château from the early 20th century, classified as a historical monument, in the Art Nouveau style. The building was constructed in the early 20th century at the request of Alfred Gayet, a mining engineer and inventor of the gold extraction and enrichment process. To carry out this work, he was joined by the renowned architect Pierre Blein, with contributions from painter Guillermin, glass artist Thomas, decorator Boulanger, as well as landscape architects Luizet and Barret. The construction of the main house and its various outbuildings (keeper's house, service buildings, dovecote, and hydroelectric plant) as well as the landscaping of the park was carried out between 1900 and 1904 under Blein's direction. The château was adorned with elements of the Art Nouveau style: remarkable painted decorations by Guillermin and Mangier, stained glass from Thomas's workshop, and ceramics by Boulanger and Villeroy & Bosch. The residence, featuring stone facades and tiled roofs, consists of a central body and two wings at right angles, with the right wing formed by a rotunda and the left by a square tower. It has four levels including a basement, with multiple cellars, and about twenty rooms spread over the three habitable levels: a large vestibule, two living rooms, play or reading rooms, a dining room, a kitchen, and other utility spaces on the ground floor; a vast hall, five bedrooms, and four bathrooms on the first floor; and a spacious rotunda room, four service bedrooms, and five attics, one of which is convertible, on the second floor. The landscaped park, enhanced with animal sculptures, spans 4.3 hectares and includes a pond. Originally, canals were fed by the river l'Épervière and ended in a series of ponds designed according to the ‘rocailleurs’ method. It is worth noting that the elements protected as historical monuments include the entire residence (interior and exterior), the park, the service buildings, the keeper's house, the disused factory building, and the dovecote.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A 19th century chateau with 14.5 hectares of grounds surrounded by verdant countryside in north-west Isère . This vast estate, extending over approx. 14.5ha of gently sloping, uninterrupted land, consists predominantly of woodlands. A shady driveway leads to a large gravel parking area to the north-west of the main building. It then continues towards a courtyard in front of the chateau, where the woods give way to a large clearing. A secondary path followed by a flight of steps lead to a swimming pool on a plateau overlooking the forest. On the other side, a small wooden chapel is tucked away beneath the trees. This was originally a forest house linked to an ancient 16th century Cistercian abbey. After the French Revolution, it was used as the home of the steward responsible for managing the national forest. In 1888, a local grandee commissioned the architect Joseph-Étienne Mallaval to build a substantial four-storey extension. The chateau, which has undergone several periods of construction and renovation, stands on the north-eastern edge of the grounds. Its most striking external architectural features are those dating from the 19th century. The distinct, homogenous volumes of each section follow one another cascading down to the outbuilding, reflecting the different periods in which they were built. The adobe, pebble, rammed earth concrete and clinker block facades are rendered. The roofs, clad with slate, monk and nun or flat “beaver tail” tiles are in good condition; they have all been renovated, with the exception of the roof of the 19th-century main building. Today divided into various lodgings spread over three levels, the building has a total floor area of approx. 870 m². It is currently used as tourist accommodation, benefiting from one of the most peaceful environmental areas.

A medieval, 15th-century, half-timbered house, in south Burgundy, not far from the abbeys at Cluny and Tournus. All the building has been fully renovated under the supervision of an architect specialised in heritage and under the control of heritage agency Bâtiments de France. Such was the quality of the work carried out that it received a French heritage label from the Fondation du Patrimoine agency. Furthermore, during this work, it was possible to confirm the origins of the building as being from the first quarter of the 15th century (1407-1427) thanks to a dendrochronological study. In respect for the past, no visibly anachronistic materials were used in the renovation and the building is made up of wood, stone, earth and glass.

In Montsoreau, a house reimagined by a heritage architect, its loggia and its panorama over the Loire and the castle. On a cobblestone square of the village, the house rises three levels in tuffeau stone. The main façade oriented to the south, coated with sand and lime, reveals the tuffeau around the window frames. The roof is made of slate, punctuated by two dormers with lowered arches. On the ground floor, the entrance leads to a living room open to a dining room and leads to a kitchen. The floors are tiled with a black and white cement checkerboard pattern. The exposed beams highlight the reception areas, while the living room is arranged around a brick fireplace equipped with a stove. From the kitchen, a quarter-turn staircase leads to the upper floors. On the first floor, a tiled landing distributes a toilet and a bathroom that opens onto a balcony. A corridor with terracotta tiles serves two south-facing bedrooms, one of which has a stone fireplace. On the second floor, the landing opens onto a spacious attic bedroom, extending from north to south. An approximately 11 m² loggia, with an oak structure and clad in chestnut paneling and poplar cladding, extends the space and offers a panoramic view of the castle and the Loire.This description has been automatically translated from French.

A 68-hectare hunting ground with a comfortable house, a gîte, outbuildings and 23 hectares of lakes, tucked away in France’s Sologne province. You reach the property via a quiet road. An electric gate leads onto a forest driveway that takes you to the house. On the right, there is a gîte. From the road, you cannot see the house, which is hidden behind a heather brushwood hedge and broad-leaved trees. The specially designed house is an original construction with a ground floor and first floor. It was built in the 1970s with materials that are typical of France’s Sologne province. The dwelling faces west, looking out at a 17-hectare lake – an outdoor space that creates a unique atmosphere and provides soothing natural light. The roof is covered with old tiles. There is a third dwelling too – a long building that needs to be renovated and is set back on the hunting ground. The hunting ground is made up of moorland, lakes and forests. A 34-hectare wooded section of this hunting ground has a special French legal document for forestry (“Plan simple de gestion”) that describes, maps and schedules work on it. A tennis court completes the property. This tennis court has not been used for a long time and needs to be renovated.