Accessible from a rather unfrequented main highway, the property is located at the end of a country lane bordered by a few houses, which ascends the surrounding hills and immediately recalls the kind of bucolic routes taken while on holiday.
No intensive farming here, just pastures, fields blanketed in flowers and woods filled with wild mushrooms, while a future walking and cycling path, two minutes from the house and connecting the Gers and Lot-et-Garonne departments, will be finished in 2025 and provide lovely strolls as well as bicycle access to local shops.
Within sight of a more affluent property and, yet, still secluded from the neighbouring properties and protected from all disturbances, a “builder” had their heart set on this verdant setting in order to construct a dwelling, mostly in stone, here. Rectangular in shape and ironically baptised “the little wooden house”, its name conceals the fact that this house contains everything a larger dwelling might have. In addition, although its southern exterior in ashlar and rubble stone, bordered by a patio, appears to have only one level topped with a dormer window, its northern exterior, surrounded by oak woods, reveals a second floor as well as a third one currently used as a garage.

The Dwelling

The ground floor
Glass double doors open onto the entranceway, the latter of which provides access, on either side, to the house’s living areas, while the entire ground floor is equipped with underfloor heating beneath its immaculate travertine marble floors.
On one side, a large sunny living room, facing west and south with a limestone fireplace adorned with decorative moulding, gives onto a flagstone patio via double glass doors, which creates a dialogue between the house’s interior and exterior and extends the living space into the garden.
Back in the entranceway, a lavatory with washbasin stands adjacent to a wooden staircase, which provides upstairs access, while, further on, an American-style kitchen, entirely equipped, is separated from the adjacent dining room by a counter. This immense dual-aspect room, bathed in ample sunlight, faces fully south and contains a stone fireplace with a chimney damper, the elegance of which is on par with the one in the living room.
Set slightly back from the kitchen, an alcove converted into a laundry-freezer room also includes a staircase to the mezzanine level, while, at one end of the house is a bedroom adjacent to a vast bathroom facing the house's back garden and equipped with a bathtub, a large walk-in shower, two washbasins, a lavatory and a heated towel rail.
The upstairs
The staircase from the entranceway leads to a large central landing on the first floor, which could be converted into a study or a game room, depending on the house’s future owners’ wishes.
On either side, two large bedrooms with sloping ceilings, each with their own separate shower room with lavatory, are bathed in light by skylights and bull’s-eye windows, while a third room, which could be used as a laundry room, rounds out the rooms on the first floor’s eastern end. With wide-plank hardwood floors throughout this level, a windowless passageway along the dwelling’s northern side contains all the technical elements required for the house’s electricity, water mains inlet and drainage systems for the shower rooms. As for the house’s fuel-oil central heating system, radiators in each room provide this floor with plenty of heat during the winter months.
The base level
Although completely underground on its southern side, the house’s lower level is accessible from the outside via its imposing northern exterior. With large doors providing access to the garages, this level also contains various separate storage areas, thereby making it possible to adapt this space in order to accommodate a small business.
As for the furnace, quite recent, it ensures heating for the entire house with a fuel reserve of 2,000 litres, while a separate garage could also be converted into a workshop or guest accommodations.