Character 7 bedroom Chateau for sale with panoramic view in Mont de Marsan, Aquitaine

1,280,000 EUR 1,100,800 GBP 1,382,400 USD

Reference: 243841

Bedrooms: 7
Bathrooms: 6
Floor Size: 420 m2
Plot Size: 0.74 hectares / 1.82 acres

Features

Terrace
Garden
Fruit Trees
Private Pool
Air Conditioning
Renewable Energy
Original Features
Wheelchair Accessible
Multiple Dwellings
Potential for Income
Existing Tourism Licence
Rentable Accommodation
Panoramic View
Parking
Garage
Traditional Style
Good Condition

Details

Rare residence in an idyllic setting, completely renovated with taste and style and with strong potential for guest rooms.

There is also a large reception room of 320m2, which is fully equipped for events and/or professional seminars, provided for people with reduced mobility. Heated swimming pool in an exotic location, Bamboo garden and an outbuilding.

Situated in a quiet village setting, yet close to Mont de Marsan, this superb property is accessed via automatic gates, controlled by a telephone, into a fantastic park with around 60 palm trees and 100 species of bamboo as well as many remarkable trees. This park is soundproofed and lit.

In order to park, you will pass in front of the huge reception room (320m2) ERP standard, which is fully equipped with a sound system, lighting by zone and accessible to people with reduced mobility, air conditioned; then to the outbuilding / 2-storey barn (180m2) planned for future development. (Water, electricity, sanitation).

As for the house, built in 1791, completely renovated in 2015-2016, it has all the advantages of a mansion, long crossing corridors separating the living rooms, thick walls and insulation with the addition of heat pumps. (PAC••) a low-energy house.

Ground floor: fitted and equipped kitchen open to the dining room with a fireplace and staircase, access to the shaded terrace, a living room, an office with cupboards, laundry room and storeroom. On the other side of the corridor, a dining room with storage with mirror windows and a fireplace, living room with a fireplace, bedroom with cupboards, separate WC and a shower room.

First floor: 2 large bedrooms with bathrooms, separate WC, bedroom with a shower, separate WC. A hidden airlock in the middle of the corridor leads to the current owners master suite with a bedroom, bathroom and shower, separate WC, stairs to the ground floor, linen room and dressing room.

Second floor, under the attic: in the process of being finished: 2 bedrooms, shower, separate WC, relaxation room pre-equipped for video, library and 2 attics, air conditioning (air/air heat pump).

The magnificent reception room of approximately 320m2 is an old barn completely renovated with disabled access, secure, soundproofed, reversible air conditioning, equipped with LED lighting areas, blackout curtains, technical room with audio-video equipment (including microphones HF) a mezzanine/lodge, audible and visual alarm, fire extinguishers.

In the basement, a catering office, cold room, pantry, lifting pump and above all direct access to the road for deliveries.

The fenced park has lighting (paths, facades, trees), a 200m2 car park + disabled parking, automatic watering from a bore-hole (18m), an underground wine cellar, many species of trees and palm trees as well as a hundred species of bamboo forming the Bambouseraie.

A one-storey barn (approximately 180m2) equipped with electricity and water consists of 2 rooms on the ground floor, a wood shelter.

There is also a vegetable garden, orchard and chicken coop. Fenced pool area with exotic surroundings. The automatic salt electrolysis treatment system and the heat pump are located in the room juxtaposing the summer kitchen and its wooden terrace.

The property is equipped with three-phase (380V), mains drainage, fibre, the house has several fireplaces and a wood stove, central heating by air / water heat pump except the top floor as well as the bathroom.

This sumptuous property is just waiting to resume service as a B&B business and receptions.

In a natural setting just 12km from Mont de Marsan, 5km from the motorway (Bordeaux-Pau) and in less than 10 years the new LGV station 3km away.

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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.