4 bedroom Village House for sale: St. Pons de Thomière 6 km

Key Features

• A village house of great character
• In the centre of a charming hamlet
• Tastefully restored in traditional style
• Small gite and B & B to rent if desired
• Oil fired central heating & wood burner
• Facilities 6 km at St Pons de Thomière
• One hour from Beziers & Vias airport
• Between Olargues & St Pons 34220

Summary

This property provides an unusual opportunity to enjoy a “lifestyle change” in this beautiful mountainous part of South West France, while offering the opportunity if desired to generate an additional income from its existing Chambre d'hote & Gite for 2 people. Should the idea of a cottage industry appeal, there is a ready functional kitchen/shop.

Could also be very functional for someone wanting to give art/similar classes & being able to “lodge” two couples independently of the main house.
The present owners have been beekeepers for the last 18 years.

Description

Ardouane is a charming little hamlet of about twenty houses with no road names or house numbers, located in the Regional Park of the Haut-Languedoc. It is difficult not to be enchanted by its old stone houses, running water from the “lavoir” and the surrounding countryside.


This two bedroom house is situated in the middle of the hamlet opposite the lavoir & has been tastefully restored by the present owners.
The floor area of the main house is 102m2.
The Gite, Chambre d’hote & kitchen/shop add a further 76m2.

On the top floor there are two bedrooms & a shower room with wc.
There is also a large airy office/library area with lots of fitted cupboard space and book shelves.

Coming down a flight there is a sizeable bathroom & wc.
The beamed country style kitchen opens on to the sitting room with its wood burning stove and lovely views over the country side & hills beyond.

A stone staircase leads down from the sitting room to an attractive shaded patio for eating outside. Beyond is a long secluded garden. The ground area of the house and patio is 220m2 with the garden adding a further 234m2
The property has oil fired central heating which extends to the Gite & Chambre d’hote as well as an excellent wood burning stove.

Attached to the main house - each with their separate entrance:
An attractive Gite (originally the chicken house!) for two people on two levels and a mezzanine/sitting area & shower room & WC
Chambre d’hote for two/three people with bathroom & WC
Both rentals are furnished & equipped and ready to function. (The main house is not sold furnished)
Also on the ground level, the “old cave” has been transformed into a small professional cooking area & small shop where the present owners have sold their honey.
Ideal for any sort of cottage industry or simply converted into a work shop.

Should the buyer not wish to rent, the two locations provide wonderful independent extra space for family and friends.

There are no facilities in Ardouane, but the hamlet is within cycling/walking distance along the old railway line –“le piste verte” to Premian or Riols where there are two excellent boulangeries.
This “piste verte” attracts walkers & cyclists year round for the rentals.
St Pons 6k’s is the nearest main town with most facilities

Airports:
Beziers “Vias” -1 hour 15m -“about 50k’s
Carcassonne - 1 hour 30m
Montpellier - 1 hour 30m
Toulouse - 2 hours

THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The first 15 photographs illustrate the house and its gardens, followed by one of the superb views from the house and a distant view of the hamlet.

There are then seven views of the Gite, followed by four of the Chambre d’hote.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

These details are provided and intended as a general guide only and do not form a contract or any part of a contract. Intending buyers must make their own investigations and are advised to take appropriate independent legal advice. The final sale price may vary due to currency exchange fluctuations.

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