luxury property for sale Oulon, France

Charming property on 3380m² with indoor swimming pool Property on the outskirts of Saint-Saulge including a dwelling house of approximately 220 m² of living space. The ground floor consists of an entrance, a living room, a dining room with open kitchen and bread oven, a bathroom with toilet and a laundry room. The 1st floor accommodates a mezzanine, a dressing room, a toilet, a bathroom and 4 bedrooms, a hallway-office and bathroom. Boiler room, 2 large vaulted cellars. Large terrace. Well. Annex building of 283 m² including a swimming pool with shower, library-office, technical room, toilet-bathroom, reception room. Small outbuildings including bicycle storage, wood storage, freezer storage, summer games storage, workshop and tool storage. Wooden shelter for garden equipment. Pétanque court with wooden frame bar. Playground, courtyard, wooded and enclosed garden of 3380m² with electric gates. 80 m² of 18kw solar panels allowing total autonomy. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisks website: www.georisks.gouv.fr

A former national banking establishment with its grounds ready to be reinvented, two hours from Paris, in the historical city centre of Nevers. In the middle of the historical city centre, on a street notable for its buildings dating from the Renaissance up through the Enlightenment and French Revolutions, is a vast banking establishment from 1854, unchanged since the 1920s and built over the medieval abbatial church of Saint Martin’s abbey. Built in an L shape and three storeys tall, in addition to an attic and basement level, the edifice is surrounded, in the back, by verdant grounds enclosed by walls topped with metal fencing. In the L’s inner corner, a vast one-storey extension was added with a glass roof and a rooftop terrace, which is safeguarded by a wrought-iron guardrail. Facing east and south, the bank is partially preceded to the south by a paved courtyard enclosed by solid fences painted in faded imperial green, while the main entrance gate is framed by two wrought-iron pillars, topped with lanterns. Designed for parking vehicles, and bordered by a row of box trees, the space separates the bank from the caretaker’s cottage. To the north, located between the bank and an outbuilding and accessible via a gate of the same colour situated between two ashlar stone walls, a rear paved courtyard provides a second entrance to the property. In addition, a magnificent octagonal turret topped with a finial flanks this side of the establishment. Under its hipped slate roof with a slight eave supported by sculpted stone soffits, the bank contains a floor area of approximately 3,600 m². Two domes with finials, the roofs of which alternate between rectangular and fish-scale slate tiles, are located on the main street-side façade as well as the northern façade facing the grounds. Mostly clad in plaster, the building also has white ashlar stone adorning its basement level, quoins and window and door surrounds. Rectangular or arched windows and doors symmetrically cadence the edifice and are safeguarded by half-louvred or louvred shutters, while its cross-windows are protected by metal bars.

Recently restored by the book by renowned architects while preserving and highlighting its rich historical past, this sumptuous ensemble is today as close as possible to its original architectural form. Some living areas have been fitted by the current owner, a textile designer and publisher, to offer extensive accommodation, while work on other parts of the ensemble such as the chapel, the barns and the refectory remains to complete. Set on the edge of the forest and the Nivernais canal, the grounds are perfectly maintained and feature a delightful medieval garden known as a “Jardin des Simples” which boasts a multitude of medicinal plants and herbs, as well as rare varieties of fruit trees.

This superb property, with 6562 m² of garden and orchard, overlooks the harbor of the Canal du Nivernais and has direct access to its banks. Close to schools and leisure centers, yet protected by an ashlar wall and beautiful grounds, this family home benefits from beautiful light and magnificent views, with the reception rooms and bedrooms each having two large windows. A janitor's cottage, veranda, bike room, woodshed and large garage complete the ensemble. Property presented by Marie Provotelle (EI) tel +33(0)6.86.92.67.77 [email protected] DPE : E/B Price HAI : 499.200 € (Net selling price 480.000 € - 4% fees payable by the buyer) Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr