SPACIOUS WELL PRESENTED CENTRALLY HEATED DETACHED RESIDENCE IN A PRIME POSITION

ARDELLES, FAUSSERGUES, 81340, TARN

€428 000

The accommodation and facilities include: main residence which is in the final stages of refurbishment, the adjoining residence which is in the process of being refurbished with access from the main residence, a garage and further out buildings suitable for additional accommodation. This spacious well-presented detached residence is situated in the sought after area of Faussergues on the Tarn border with the Aveyron. The property is within easy reach of Valence d’Albigeoise and Requista. The area has the benefit of a open countryside with rolling hills overlooking the Boutescure river. The area is well served by road, rail and air transport with the RN 88 to Albi and Rodez leading to the A75 at Severac le Chateau, railway stations at Albi and Rodez and airports at Rodez and Toulouse. The property is in the process of extensive development but the traditional stone walls and exposed beams have been sympathetically preserved. Throughout the developed part of the house there is the benefit of oil fired central heating with radiators in all rooms. The vendors have conserved the traditional features of the property including stripped wooden doors, attractive tiling to the ground floor floors, stone archways and pine clad interior walls. This is an ideal opportunity for the discerning purchaser to acquire a substantial property in a sought after area at a realistic asking price. Internal viewing is highly recommended by the Agent.

ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES: (approximate sizes)
LOUNGE/DINER: (6m X 7m). A well proportioned and inviting reception area with quarry tiled floor, pine clad interior walls, attractive period iron fireplace with wood burning open fire which also affords hot plates and oven. The entrance in to the adjoining kitchen is by attractive stone arch.
KITCHEN: (10m X 6m). To the left hand side of the entrance to the kitchen is an ancient kitchen sink with hand pump to the well bellow. This area is given over to storage and also houses the hot water cylinder. All work surfaces are granite as is the kitchen table in the centre of the other side of the kitchen, which has another sink. There is access to another well in the wall of this side of the kitchen. The floor throughout is quarried tiles, stone walls have been preserved and expertly pointed, other walls have been pine clad. The ceilings are exposed beams with wooden boards.
UTILITY ROOM/VERANDA: (L shaped 6m & 7m X 2m) All windows are double glazed. There is a door to the garden and one to the storage room. GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM: (3m X 3m) Access to this room is from the lounge/dining room.
SHOWER ROOM (3m x 1.5m) This room is tiled to 1.5m and has the benefit of shower, toilet, bidet, and hand basin.
STORAGE ROOM (3m x 2m) This room has a door left to the veranda and off this room is housed the central heating boiler with automatic fire detection and extinguisher system newly installed.
FIRST FLOOR: Stairs to the first floor lead up from the Lounge/Diner
BEDROOM 1: (10m x 7m). Exposed treated beams and solid wooden floor keep with the traditional theme of this house. The stone archway in to the sleeping area has been attractively pointed.
BATHROOM: (3m x 2m) Off the bedroom this bathroom has bath, toilet, bidet and handbasin, tiled floor and half tiled walls.
BEDROOM 2: (3m x 4m) This room again has exposed beams and solid wooden floors and a fireplace.
DEVELOPMENT: A 40 sq m area in the process of being transformed in to two additional bedrooms each with a radiator and a window with a passageway running the length of the area. There are also provisions for another shower room. At the top of the flight of stairs between ground floor and first floor of the original house there are plans to make an opening in to the adjoining second house at the first floor level. The third floor of the originalhouse (38 sq m) has treated exposed beams and there are plans for the establishment of a further bedroom and shower room.
COURTYARD: (40m x 10m) The courtyard runs the length of the original house and the adjoining house. It also gives access to the rear of the garage, to the adjoining house, a barn, an open fronted construction at the extremity of the second house where there are plans for the development of additional accommodation at the first floor level. The courtyard also provides a walkway round to the rear of the house. An oil storage tank with a capacity of 2,500 litres is situated in the corner of the courtyard.
GARAGE: (6m x 5m). the front entrance is on the road in the hamlet but the year access is from the courtyard. There is an additional 600-litre oil storage tank at the rear of the garage.
ADJOINING SECOND HOUSE: The development of this property has been started and there are provisions for two rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs with a central stairway.
OUTSIDE: REAR BARN: This is a substantial solid stone built construction having open fronted ‘wings’ at the ground floor level on both sides. there is an earth bank access to the first floor level and the whole proerty has the benefit of water and electricity.
REAR GARDEN: 3,875 sq m of orchard and pasture. The septic tank has a capacity of 3,000 litres.
TENURE: We are informed that the property is Freehold. The tenure should be verified by the purchaser's solicitor.

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