Character 6 bedroom House for sale in Lamalou les Bains, Occitanie
With its Mediterranean climate, the light pours in through the tall windows and on the ground floor there is a long entrance hallway with high-ceiling and glass doors to the terrace and rear garden.
A comfortable salon and a grand dining room with stunning moulded wall panelling lead off the hall.
The dining room features a fascinating and unusual detail: two jib (secret) doors leading to the kitchen.
The cosy kitchen and prep kitchen have views over the rear garden on two sides.
On the first floor, there are four large bedrooms, two with en suite bathrooms and WC and two that are adjoining with a WC.
There is also a good-sized room currently used as an office but could equally become a fifth bedroom.
Most of these rooms have their own balconies with views over the town, the garden and to wooded hills of the Park naturel regional du Haut-Languedoc.
The curving staircase continues up to the insulated attic that spans the whole of the top floor of the property. On a half landing from the ground floor to the cellar, there is a shower room and WC.
The extensive cellars that run under the house at ground floor level, are used for storage and house the boiler and pump room.
A separate entrance at the rear of the property leads to an independent apartment that can sleep two people. There is a kitchen/diner, shower room and wc and a bedroom, as well as its own private terrace. This rents well all year round to those 'taking the cure' in this well known spa town (a future owner may need to reapply for the necessary permissions and registration).
There are beautifully kept mature gardens front and back with trees and shrubs that provide welcome shade in the hot summers and there is a useful car port for two vehicles.
Possibility of purchasing commercial premises located next to the property. Please contact us for further details.
The property is part of a co-propriete and whilst quite private and set back from the road, it is within easy walking distance of all shops, restaurants and medical services in the town.
Ideally situated also at just over an hour to the Mediterranean coast - Sete and Montpellier - and only 45 minutes to Beziers.
A truly delightful property.
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