Character 6 bedroom House for sale with countryside view and panoramic view views in Laval de Cere, Midi-Pyrenees

950,000 EUR 817,000 GBP 1,026,000 USD

Reference: 246228

Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 2
Floor Size: 446 m2
Plot Size: 1.2 hectares / 2.97 acres

Features

Possible Extra Dwellings
Outbuildings
Traditional Style
Good Condition
Countryside View
Panoramic View
Outstanding View
Quiet Area
Parking
Terrace
Garden
Land
Fruit Trees
Private Pool
Fireplace
Original Features

Details

Unique 6 bedroom stone built property, which is ideally nestled in a quiet hamlet setting, on the gorge of the Val de Cere.

This impressive restored former barn, with its guest house, offers good proportions and was sympathetically completed just 20 years ago.

With its stone walls, unique charm and breathtaking views, the property is presented on a plot size of 1.2 hectare with a large 12 x 6m salt water infinity swimming pool.

In an oasis of calm, features include: living room with an impressive fireplace and impressive cathedral ceiling. The views from this room across the valley will never cease to amaze in any season. It's a panorama that is breathtaking. To one end of the room is a fully equipped kitchen and a crafted spiral metal staircase leads to the second salon or a home-working space. The views from here are also of note. 2 bedrooms with their adjacent bathrooms and a separate WC complete the ground floor level.

Lower ground floor, on the garden level: basement and 3 cellars. 1 serves as a laundry room with its water heater, another as a wine cellar and third as a store room. There is also a WC to serve the pool and terrace areas. There is also a library/home office with 100m of shelving. From this level there is also access to the swimming pool, the gardens with its 1.2 hectares and 50 fruit trees, which include: apple, peach, plum, pear, fig, mirabelle. A small cellar that houses the pool equipment is also on this level.

Across the gravel courtyard sits the handsome guest house, which the current owners rent out, (a future owner would need to reapply for the necessary permissions), and also use when friends and family stay. On entering, via the oak front door, features include a salon with its cantou, corner dining room and arched stone Souillarde feature leading to a bijou fully equipped kitchen, recently redone. 2 bedrooms and a bathroom and WC.

First floor: another 2 bedrooms, a family shower rooms and separate WC.

Beneath this house sits 3 cellars, 1 containing the heating system and fuel tanks for both houses. The central heating system can heat each house in isolation or both simultaneously. The water heater for the guest house is also located here.

Nothing disappoints and, once seen, never forgotten, this 17th Century property will enchant and delight its new owners all year round.

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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.