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French country house

Location: South East England - Henley-on-Thames
Swap Value: £50.000+

Description:

The House.
A lovely renovated (over the last few years) stone house with original old oak beams and timber ceiling, inglenook fireplace with very large wood burner stove. The house is currently set out as open plan kitchen/dinning/lounge area (approx 7m by 9m), double bedroom with built in wardrobe and a good size bathroom with corner bath with shower over, toilet and sink. There is a telephone line with an option of 20mb broadband connection. There is satellite TV dish (UK Freesat plus all other Astra 28.2 transmissions) which can be connected to 4 independent TV’s. The kitchen is set out in a U shape with plenty of draws cupboards (under worktop and wall mounted), gas cooker, fridge and freezer. The whole area (apart from the bedroom) is tiled, the bedroom is carpeted.

Outside
Outside is a large garden set out to lawn, herb garden and vegetable plot (raised beds) with views over the fields. There is also an old but watertight caravan that can be used for extra accommodation/storage. There is rear vehicle access to the garden and plenty of off road parking at the front and rear of the house.

Location
Set in a very quite hamlet of 8 houses, just over a mile from a village with French bar/post office, boulangerie, general village shop, bank and church, also in the other direction is an English bar / restaurant which is only a mile away (easy cycling distance or a summers evening walk).

The seaside is 30 to 45 minute drive to either the Atlantic (Vannes) or English Channel coast. 10 minutes drive to the lovely petite city of character, Joslin with its amazing Château and Nantes/Brest canal. Also 15 minutes drive away is a very large lake with beach, café’s, sailing, water skiing, fishing, golf (full club level 18 holes) etc. 10 pin bowling alley, cinema and main shops and supermarkets are 15 minutes drive away.

Access
The port of St Malo (Portsmouth ferry) is just over an hours drive, Roscoff (Plymouth ferry) is about 2 hours drive. Rennes airport (Southampton, Exeter) is one hour away.

Work Already Done
New electrics, new floor tiles laid on new damp-proof concrete floor, new water pipes, new emersion heater, new fosse septique drainage, roof timbers, new windows, timbers treated for insect infestation.

Potential
Planning permission to add 2 more bedrooms (could be 3 or 4 more) plus a full bathroom upstairs. The roof timbers have been adjusted to allow a full 2.8m (std French plaster board) high ceiling with double aspect windows on both bedrooms.

Plus a SECOND HOUSE next door, roughly same size with full planning permission for a 2 ensuit bedrooms (could be 4 if needed). Already has a new damp-proof concrete floor, new roof/floor timbers, new water supply, new fosse septique drainage, new windows, new slate roof and new stairs. Master bedroom and en-suite is already completed and is ready to use. The remainder of the house just needs fitting out with tile flooring on ground floor, bathroom & kitchen etc.

Plus a THIRD HOUSE, with planning permission for a very large shed (30 sq m) now constructed. Use as a very large store / shed / workshop / extension to 2nd house (subject to permission).

Price
Main house £40,000
2nd house £45,000
3rd house (not on own) £30,000
Whole lot (3 houses) £85,000

All plus notaire fees ( no agents fee).
We would be happy to finish off any area to your specification.
May part exchange or swap for property / land in the UK (SW or SE) or Malta or motor home or narrow boat.

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May part exchange or swap for property / land in the UK (SW or SE) or Malta (inc. Gozo) or motor home or narrow boat.

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