My friend Henri, who knows a lot about stones and silences, once told me that there are houses that choose you. This one, at the end of a kilometer of private road in the Galeizon valley, 18 km from Alès, does not reveal itself to everyone. It waits. Two artisan blacksmiths worked on it for eight years – with their own hands, never entrusting to another what they could do themselves. The walls, stone by stone, by the École du Schiste, heir to the Compagnons du devoir. The wooden bridge connecting the clède has a railing forged in their own workshop. This is not a renovation. It is a life work.

The first house – 160 m² Large living room of 50 m², open kitchen and lounge – this is where everything happens, the meals that last, the evenings that overflow. In the mezzanine, the main bedroom suite overlooks the lounge through wide openings – you can see the house living from the bed. A 10 m² independent bedroom on the landing, certainly the most intimate part of the property. And the clède bedroom, accessed by the forged bridge – its intimacy, its bathroom, its silence. Below, the rock becomes a terrace. An old bread oven that still heats. A 20 m² office for those who work – or who pretend. A 36 m² cinema room with red armchairs scavenged from a real Montpellier cinema from the seventies. A bright 25 m² gym open to the Cévennes.

The second house – 120 m² Living room with cathedral ceiling – the kind that silences people for a few seconds. Mezzanine bedroom. Bedroom with jacuzzi bathroom. Long open living space: custom kitchen, furniture made on site, olive wood and wrought iron table for twelve. The sink is a drying sink – the real, old one, the one that is no longer made. A large storage-technical room. And a bathroom to discover on site – some things cannot be described. Water arrives filtered directly from the spring. You drink it from the tap.

Outside Four terraces, four characters, four moments of the day. You do not settle on one of them – you visit them all, depending on your mood and the season. The natural pool – 60 m³ – filtered by plants, living water without chlorine, set in the landscape as if the earth had always carried it. A private path leads down to the river. At the bottom of the valley, a natural basin carved by the Galeizon for centuries. The water is cold and clear there. You slip in alone in the world and, for a moment, you forget that the rest exists. Former 60 m² honey house with project. Terraces, schist walls, space for a caravan, a vegetable garden, a yurt – or simply for leaving it empty. 112,000 m² in total.

What you need to know Air/air heat pump, green flame pellet stove, boiler stove, 250 L thermodynamic water heater, geothermal energy, 8 photovoltaic panels facing southwest (12.8m²), mechanical ventilation, reversible air conditioning. Actual bills contradict the DPE estimates – for the better. Non-compliant individual sanitation.

Energy class D · 212 kWh/m²/year · Climate class B · 7 kg CO₂/m²/year Estimated annual cost: €5,360 to €7,310 (energy price 2023 – actual bills available, significantly lower) DPE valid until 29/04/2036

Important: Visits last a minimum of two hours, with hiking shoes, without rushing. This place does not bear being rushed.

MasSoustelle (30)
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$1,588,100
($3,892 / m²)
Surface408 m²bedrooms5 bathrooms5 land11.2 ha

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MasSoustelle (30) Price : $1,588,100 USDEuro € EURAmerican Dollar ($ USD)British Pound (£ GBP) ($3,892 / m²) Surface408 m²bedrooms5 bathrooms5 land11.2 ha