3 Bed House for sale
La Souterraine, Creuse, Limousin, France
Full Description
Near the town of La Souterraine is this 3 bedroom renovated mill. The house and its outbuildings are located next to a small river, a bucolic environment, just 2 km from the town. You will feel like you are completely isolated from the world, when in reality you are only a 5 minute drive or 20 minute walk from all the amenities you need.
The accommodation is flexible so it is possible to reconfigure as you wish.
On the ground floor there is an entrance hall with a bedroom to the left. Through doors you access a large reception room with a pellet burner and access to the courtyard and the cellar. It is also in this room that the water wheel and transmission devices are located which, historically, gave the driving force to the mill.
On the first floor there is a bedroom, a landing, a living room with a pellet burner and a fully equipped open plan kitchen which opens onto the dining room. The dining room includes a coal fuelled Aga, There is also a separate bathroom and toilet, as well as access to the basement. Off the dining room is another room which can be used as a formal dining room or additional bedroom.
On the second floor there is another bedroom, a mezzanine and a toilet.
This property would be ideal as a primary residence for a family, it would also be suitable for carrying out an activity on site, such as painting, yoga or a craft profession. It could also work as a second home. The water supply can be provided either by mains water or by spring water collected by a tank. Heating is mixed, with pellet stoves, radiators and electric water heaters.
The property sits on 1.4 Ha of land with an old millstream, small 1st category river, wetland, spring and pond, meadow and woodland.
There is an SNCF station with 6 daily round trips by direct train to Paris in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Lake Crozant and Saint Pardoux are 30 minutes away. Limoges is a 40-minute drive away. The pilgrimage road of Santiago de Compostela passes at the foot of the house.
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