The house stands at the end of a cul-de-sac that begins with a small bridge over a stream. The dwelling has two floors and a gabled roof of monk-and-nun tiling. It faces south and looks at the village’s chateau. A climbing rose bush and a vine grow up its rendered walls, which are punctuated with many rectangular windows fitted with solid and louvered shutters. Upstairs, at the front, a small terrace with a timber balustrade, set back, offers a viewpoint where you can admire the countryside surrounding the edifice. At the back, the building is half underground.

The sloping garden that stretches around the dwelling makes the house look smaller than it really is. The property is nestled in the heart of a village, yet its bucolic surroundings are astonishingly peaceful. Life inside this dwelling is not disturbed by any unwanted noise or sights. Here, rural calm reigns.

The house

The ground floor
The main entrance, a timber door, opens in a gable wall and leads straight into a fitted tiled kitchen. On the right there is a separate lavatory and a bedroom with wood strip flooring. Opposite, beyond a straight wooden staircase leading upstairs, there is a large dining room that has a fireplace with an insert and a straight hood. A large window fills this room with natural light. Red square tiles adorn the floors and exposed beams and joists painted white run across the ceilings. These exposed beams are not painted in the bedroom. Beyond the dining room there is an open-sided space that was once a wine fermentation room. An enormous barrel stands in this room, bearing witness to the place’s past activity that has left its mark on the property. Two wine cellars complete this ground floor.

The upstairs
The site’s slope makes the house half underground, so you can walk straight into the garden from the first floor. The range of rooms on the first floor completes that on the ground floor: it offers two bedrooms, a bathroom, a shower room, a lavatory and a vast lounge with a floor area of around 70m². The latter has a contemporary fireplace with an insert, a two-section layout divided by a flight of several steps, and an office space with extensive bookshelves. Several large windows fill it with natural light. Some look out at the garden, others down at the old wine fermentation room. These windows make the vast lounge pleasantly bright. Some parts of the timber roof frame are exposed. Beyond the lounge, there is a second bedroom – the master bedroom. This room is spacious and its glazed double door and different windows make it bright. On its north side, it leads straight out into the garden. On its south side, it leads out onto the small sheltered terrace. Wood strip floors, some pale and others dark, extend across this level.