Authentic 3 bedroom House for sale with countryside view in Laas, Navarrenx, Aquitaine

449,000 EUR 386,140 GBP 484,920 USD

Reference: 246835

Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Floor Size: 252 m2
Plot Size: 1,700 m2

Features

Garden
No Pool
Fireplace
Original Features
Outbuildings
Countryside View
Garage
Traditional Style
Turnkey
Good Condition

Details

Nestling in nearly half an acre of beautiful landscaped gardens, is this charming
fully furnished 3 bedroom house with large barn, located in the village of Laas.

This beautifully presented property is situated in the Bearn region with a renowned inn and restaurant, just a five minutes drive from the 14th century fortified town of Navarrenx, voted one of the most beautiful villages in France.

It has enormous expansion reserves above both parts of the residential building and the garage/workshop.

On the ground floor is an entrance hall with Victorian pool table as well as a pool stick rack and scoreboard from this period, a spacious living and dining room with wood burner, a kitchen and a cosy living room with open fireplace. Behind the kitchen is the laundry/boiler room with WC, and the large garage/workshop.

The first floor has three bedrooms, a shower room and a bathroom. This leads to the large attic, which can be converted into additional accommodation if required.

In the large living room, as part of a major renovation in 2016, the windows facing the street were replaced with double-glazed units. In this context, a new solid and insulating entrance door was also installed.

The windows in the oldest part of the house are real antiques. Most of the small panes are hand-blown glass.

This delightful property is ideally located between the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean, and airports can be reached in one hour (Biarritz, Pau and Tarbes-Lourdes), or in two hours for Bordeaux.

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France Property Buying Guide

1. Signing the Agreement (Compris)

On finding a property you wish to purchase you will need to negotiate the terms, price and conditions of the sale with the owner.

The next step, once you are in agreement, is to sign the preliminary contract (Compromis de Vente). This is a legal document and after ten days will be binding on both parties. Rules change frequently in France and it is best to consult with your notary about when this period starts. Generally the compris will be signed in France with the Agent.

Variants can be included in the compris, for example an Acte (clause) can be added if the name or names to go on the title deed have not been finalised. If a mortgage will be required to purchase the property, the details for this, including the name of the mortgage company, must be on the compris.

2. Paying the Deposit

Generally the deposit will be 10% of the agreed purchase price. This will normally be paid to the notaire. There are exceptions to this, if the agent holds a carte professionelle, is bonded and fully registered then you may pay them, but do not hand over the deposit to anyone else. If for some reason the purchase does not go through, for example, if you write to the notaire and the agent that you do not wish to go continue with the purchase before the contract is binding (within seven days of signing the compris), then your deposit would be repaid. This would also apply if a condition had not been met, or the mayor or S.A.F.E.R. (a government agency that has the right of first purchase on most rural property that comes onto the market in France) could oblige the purchaser to give way. If you decide after the seven days 'cooling off' period that you do not wish to complete the purchase and pull out of the sale you would lose your deposit. If however the vendor pulls out of the sale then you will receive your deposit back plus the same amount from the vendor.

3. On Completion

Generally it will take around two or three months to complete the purchase.

During this time the balance of the purchase money must be paid into the account of the notaire, this must be done well ahead of the completion date. The notaire will prepare the documents, check that the deed of sale (Acte de Vente) is in order and have the legal title ready to be signed over. It is possible to have someone sign on your behalf if you give them power of attorney. An interpreter may be of use at this point if your French is not very good and many Notaires will suggest (or insist) that an interpreter is with you.