Ecologic House for sale Bed and breakfast business
Welcome to "Le Domaine des Chênes"
You’ve decided to live in France and you’re looking for a lovely house
You want to work and perhaps you think running a Bed and Breakfast.
Our property is for you
You know that the Haute –Vienne is a really beautiful Department with a well developed tourist market
You know that there are low-cost flights from Limoges to England : to Stansted, Nottingham (East Midlands), Liverpool, Bristol and Southampton
Air links to Paris Orly and Lyon
Well, this is an opportunity not to be missed:
Le Domaine des Chênes
In the Haute-Vienne, 25 kms North-East of Limoges. Half an hour from Limoges International Airport, 10 minutes from the A20 motorway, in the heart of the Monts d’Ambazac, 600 m. high.
Set in 7 acres of lands sits a very beautiful house.
The house is of wooden construction surrounded by forest, fields and lakes.
It was purpose built in 1977 as a bed and breakfast establishment.
The current owners also did evening meals.
The house as been built using entirely natural materials and careful considerations has been given to keeping it in tune with the environment –
“ une maison biologique”- an ecological and environmentally friendly house.
The walls are made from solid planks of Siberian larch , which is water-tight and safe from insect attack ; the insulation is cork and the wood is treated with boron salt and linseed oil.
The house was deigned using the golden proportion principle which creates a spacious dwelling with a harmonious and peaceful atmosphere.
The house itself has 300 sq .metres of area and is arranged as follows:
A veranda overlooking magnificent countryside, an entry area, an open-plan living room with a fire place, a dining room and a kitchen;
A corridor leads off the living room to another room, which is now the studio of the painter, a utility room and a toilet.
In addition, there are the private quarters for the owners which include a large bedroom, bathroom and two dressing-rooms.
There is a terrace which goes around the house from which you can enjoy views of the surrounding countryside-woods, lakes and valleys.
You will be amazed at the peace and silence of the place.
First floor: designed as the bed and breakfast guest area.
There is a spacious mezzanine guest sitting area and the three guest bedrooms give off this space:
“Ancolie”, which faces east with a double bed , bathroom and balcony;
“Hélianthème” , a family room with three single beds and an ensuite bathroom;
“Eglantine”, which faces west and as one double bed and ensuite bathroom and another bedroom adjacent which as two single beds. These two rooms make up a family suite with an interconnecting door and balcony which runs the length of the two rooms.
There are numerous windows, veluxes and French doors which give the house a feeling of space and light everywhere.
The central heating is provided in two ways: Firstly there is a “marmite chaudière”, (a cauldron shaped wood-burning store in the fire-place) which heats the 13 radiators in the house and secondly there is a “chaudière” (boiler) run on propane gas which heats the hot water for the bathrooms, etc, and take over from the marmite when the fire went out.
The gas tank is underground near the parking space.
A large basement of around 100 square meters is arranged in 5 rooms.
There is parking space for 5 cars outside as well a wooden garage (30 m2) which takes two cars, a tractor-mower and garden equipment.
Why live in the Haute-Vienne?
This department offers a wonderful life to those who appreciate space, nature and relaxed pace of life.
A recent survey put Limoges among the most favourable cities in France to live in.
In addition to the national and international air links, the city is connected also by train and motorway to Paris, which is 3 hours away.
La Rochelle and the Atlantic Ocean is two hours drive away.
Limoges, famous internationally for its porcelains, is a substantial city of 190.000 people, which has al the services and shopping you require.
It also has its University, well-equipped hospitals and a lively social and cultural scene: theatre, concerts, exhibitions and museums.
The city council has introduced a special information and welcome service for English people setting in the region to help them integrate.
Why live at the “Domaine des Chênes” ?
Our property has about a hectare (more than two acres) of wood including oak, beech, pine, birch and two hectares (five acres) of meadow/grassland whit chumps of trees and various flowerbeds and rockeries.
It is perfectly peaceful and private; the air and the water are really pure.
Around our Domaine there are several lakes and the forest and woods extend for several kilometres which make for very pleasant walks long or short depending on your taste.
There are also three equestrian centres nearby; you can also keep horses in the grounds.
There is a gite in the village where English is spoken.
For lovers of fishing the are well-stocked lakes nearby as well as the Etang de Jonas, St.Pardoux lake and Vienne and Thaurion rivers.
Jonas and St.Pardoux lakes have also managed beaches with life –guards, very suitable for families with cildren.
You can swim and also learn water-ski or wind-surf, and canoe, pedaloes and catamarans are available to hire.
The Bed and Breakfast business:
The house was purpose-built for B&B. We started in 1998 and was classed
“ 3 épis” by Gîtes de France. We are also feature in 4 French B&B guides, one Dutch one, and in Alastair Sawdays’s Special Place to stay in France.
Unfortunately I had to stop the activity in 2009 after the death of my wife.
We were open from March to November. We had a loyal clientele who returned regularly, as well as new guests every year. The business is thriving and can start again quickly because there is a great demand for B&B.
The price:
Offers around 395.000 €
It includes the land, the house, the garage, the B&B equipments for the bathrooms and the mezzanine floor.
Telephone us or send an email to book a room so that you can see the property, or to find out more about it.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Lorenzo Rappelli
Tel.:(33-0)5.55.71.33.12
