HOUSE FOR SALE CENTRAL FRANCE La creuse limousin bourganeuf french house restore private sale bargain cheap habitable restored

100,500 euros approx 80,000 UK GBP

By buying privately through Bob you will save 8,000 euros immediately by not buying through a French immobilier (estate agent). But everyone has to pay the Notaires MAX 7.6% of sale price, usually less if you are not buying with a French Mortgage. You can pay Bob with UK Sterling (saves changing to euros) or Euros.

House details

4 bedroom 'Town House' Solid construction, walls and roof in perfectly good order. (Built like a tardis! deceptively large interior)

Well built solid traditional stone built house pre 1945. Living areas of house in excellent order but needs modernizing/ updating. Good roof and guttering. Oak flooring on stairs and all bedrooms.
Located in a peaceful, quiet Village

Immediately habitable and clean but needs a little modernizing. However it IS on mains drainage.

Situated in the picturesque La Creuse region of France.

Ground floor:

Above: Entrance Hallway with wood panelled walls. Doors to Garage, Kitchen/Lounge and stairs. Tiled floor. Entrance Hall: 13' x 7'

Above Right: Kitchen: Large window to right, Sink, tiled floor with fireplace and chimney for a wood burner style oven (Aga type) Open plan design into Lounge/diner (to the left) Kitchen/Diner 9' x 10'

Above: Light airy rooms, tiled floors throughout. View from Downstairs Bathroom towards kitchen, lounge/diner to right

Above Right: View from Kitchen towards bathroom (Glassed door) and lounge/diner

Above: View from lounge/diner looking towards kitchen, fireplace on left. Floor tiled and large window to rear. Wood paneled walls in Lounge area and door to hallway. Electric heater under window. Lounge 19' x 16'

Above Right: The fireplace in centre of wall between Kitchen & lounge

Bathroom currently located downstairs off Lounge but there is a huge amount of space to create a large new bathroom upstairs. Tiled floor, water heater. Back door leads from bathroom to rear garden. Bathroom 8' x 6'

Above: Raised back Manageable sized Garden with huge wood shed at end ( behind large magnolia) Garden 76' x 35

Above right: Back of house showing back door, Lounge window and white door on right to back of garage' Old disused chimney stack in red brick by downpipe.

Double car garage with Toilet & Wine store. door leading into entrance hall. Door at rear into back garden.
Garage 27'.5 x 12'.6
Wine store 13' x 6'6

1st Floor

Above: Solid wood stairs from hallway leading to 4 bedrooms (on right) and Mezzanine (over garage) and attic (Blue door left) Stairs 14' x 3'6

Above right: 1st Bedroom. Solid oak floors throughout. Window to rear. 10'.6'x 8'

Above: Bedroom 2. Window to front, solid oak floor. 11'.6 x 10'.6

Above right: Bedroom 3 Window to rear. Solid oak floor 13' x 10'

Above: Bedroom 4 Window to front, Solid oak floor, Simple built in wardrobe 13' x 8'

Above right: Views from back windows upstairs

Above: Mezzanine over garage View from door at top of stairs. Window at front, stairs leading to attic: Superb opportunity for conversion. Mezzanine 26' x 15'

Above right. Mezzanine view from other end, another window at rear plus an old fireplace

Above and right: ENORMOUS Attic divided into 2 parts. Right photo from top of stairs in mezzanine. Total floor area: 36' x 23' Fabulous chance to convert into more rooms

Running costs

Water rates 42 euros a year (whether anyone lives there or not)

Sewerage/ mains drainage 93 euros a year (whether anyone lives there or not)

Tax Fonciere (Council tax) 200 euros a year (whether anyone lives there or not)

Tax d' Habitation (Commune Tax, only if you are living there) 200 euros a year

Area

Approx 200 village residents. Small village shop around the corner plus a Garage and Doctors

Nearest Big towns 15 mins drive Bourganeuf & Le Grand Bourg, Benevent L'abbaye & Veilleville (with Train station), all are with Restaurants, shops, all services, pharmacies/bars/ Banks/ cinema/ hospitals and market days.

1 hour to Limoges airport.

Village situated in picturesque 'La Creuse' central France. La Creuse is pollution free, clean air, 3rd best drinking water in France. Industry consists mainly of Cattle and sheep and timber production.

House not on any flight paths, no trains nearby, no traffic. A saying in La Creuse 'if there is more than 2 cars in front of you....its a traffic jam'