Beautiful Renovated Stone-Built Family House for Sale in Marthon, Charente, France

Beautiful Stone-Built 4-Bedroomed Family House

Retaining many traditional features including oak beams, alcoves and original fireplace, the house offers a comfortable, spacious living space which has been beautifully restored to a very high specification, meeting all modern day requirements.

The house overlooks its own beautiful, private parkland which includes original features, mature trees and an orchard. There is also a covered 10 metre x 4 metre swimming pool within a 110 sq. metre slabbed patio.

To increase the accommodation, there is an attached barn with facilites already in place to easily create a 2-storey property with about 180 m2 habitable space.

The property is situated on the edge of a hamlet and close to the pretty village of Marthon with its local amentities, and Angouleme, the capital of the Charente, which is less than 30 minutes away.

The house consists of ...

Ground floor .. open plan dining area (28 m2) and fully-fitted kitchen (13 m2) with breakfast bar and integrated sink, tiled work surfaces, Bosch dishwasher, washing machine and fridge/freezer, Santer electric hob, oven and microwave. Tiled floor and oak beams .. leading onto (in one direction)
.. lounge (42 m2) with Marthon stone floor, oak beams and wood-burning stove and french doors leading to the conservatory
(and in the other direction)
.. bedroom or study (22 m2) with outside access and en-suite fully-tiled bathroom (6 m2), with spa bath and shower, basin and wc
.. downstairs toilet.

A beautiful hand-turned oak staircase leads to the first floor oak landing and ..
.. bedroom 1 (42 m2) with wood burner, chestnut flooring, oak beams, large fully-tiled en-suite shower room, basin and wc and waterproof solid teak flooring
.. bedrooms 2 and 3 (each 25 m2), chestnut flooring, oak beams, large fully tiled en-suite shower room, basin and wc and waterproof solid teak flooring.

The house has full oil-fired central heating, double glazing and aluminium concertina-type shutters to all windows.

Outside .. a south-facing conservatory (32 m2) with tiled floor and double glazing
.. a 10 metre x 4 metre tiled covered swimming pool within a 110 m2 slabbed patio
.. 9000 m2 parkland with mature trees, water features, old pergola-type seated areas and fenced orchard with over 30 fruit trees.
.. summer kitchen with sink and barbeque
.. 96 m3 rainwater collection tank
.. 18 m2 stone outbuilding
.. 10 m2 log store

Also attached to the main house is a 92 m2 barn easily converted into additonal 2-storey accommodation with electricity, water and drainage already in place.