A recently extended, 19th-century house with gardens
and a swimming pool, in a small town near Angers
and a swimming pool, in a small town near Angers
Angers,
MAINE-ET-LOIRE
pays-de-loire
49000
FR
Location
This property stands on the side of a slope in a residential neighbourhood of a small municipality, located in the Maine-et-Loire area, in the Pays de la Loire region. Shops and services are within easy reach. The city of Angers and its railway station, from which Paris is 1 hour 30 minutes away on high-speed TGV trains, can be reached in 20 minutes, while the A87 motorway is only a few kilometres away. The banks of the River Loire plus the picturesque villages and vineyards alongside them, are also very close by.
Description
A narrow street leads to the property’s entrance gate which opens into a first garden. The 19th-century house is adjacent to a construction dating from the early 2000s and together they form a T-shape. The older part includes a two-storey central section beneath an attic level, flanked by two single-storey side wings topped by attic levels. The most recent part has three levels, one of which is an attic level and the other a basement. The property possesses gabled slate roofs, apart from the central section which has a hipped roof punctuated by gable dormers with triangular pediments. The window surrounds, cornices and quoins are all made of tuffeau stone. To the rear, a patio overlooks a second, entirely enclosed garden.
The house
The ground floor
The entrance has flooring paved with Burgundy stone and taco tiling. It leads to a snug, a hallway to the kitchen and a living room, as well as to a bedroom, lavatory and utility room, while a staircase leads upstairs. The snug leads to a dining room followed by a large lounge. All the rooms open directly into either the front or rear gardens. These rooms boast oakwood stripped flooring or terracotta tiles. A tuffeau stone fireplace stands against one of the walls in the large lounge, from which two wooden staircases lead upstairs, and there is a French-style beamed ceiling. The living room also boasts a tuffeau stone fireplace, while the kitchen opens outside onto the patio. Like the kitchen, the living room possesses is slate slab flooring under which there is underfloor heating. The bedroom, with a study on a mezzanine, is adjacent to a shower room as well as wardrobe space, and has oakwood stripped flooring. The ceiling height up to the roof ridge in the entrance, living room and bedroom is more than 5 metres and there are exposed beams.
The upstairs
Several landings lead to three bedrooms and an office on a mezzanine overlooking the living room below. Each bedroom boasts an en suite shower room or bathroom and lavatory. The flooring is made up of terracotta tiles, pitch pinewood or sea grass matting. There are exposed beams in the two bedrooms beneath the rafters.
The attic
This level includes a bedroom with a shower room and a lavatory. The bedroom has pitch pinewood stripped flooring.
The basement
This approximately 80-m² basement level is located beneath the recent extension and houses the boiler room, a workshop and a wine cellar. It can be reached from inside the house or via the garage.
The garage
The approximately 30-m² garage stands against the modern extension and opens onto the narrow street.
The gardens
The entirely enclosed gardens have a Mediterranean ambiance thanks to the presence of cypress, bay and olive trees. They are also fitted with automatic lighting and watering systems. In the rear part, a 9-metre by 5-metre heated swimming pool was installed in 2005. It is chlorine filtered, protected by a reinforced membrane and stands next to an approximately 10-m² technical installations room as well as a shower room and lavatory. A spring flows into a pond situated below.
Our opinion
This property situated on the side of a slope resembles a country house not far from Angers. The ample, fluid and well-designed interior volumes are divided between the older residence and modern extension. Light streams into the living rooms through the many windows that overlook the two lush gardens, giving an impression of space that is further accentuated by the high ceilings. It was renovated and extended in the 2000s and still boasts many of its original decorative features, now equipped for modern comfort, as well as a pleasant, heated swimming pool.
Reference 688317
| Land registry surface area | 1451 m² |
| Main building floor area | 280 m² |
| Number of bedrooms | 5 |
| Outbuildings floor area | 120 m² |
French Energy Performance Diagnosis
Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the website: www.georisques.gouv.fr
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NB: The above information is not only the result of our visit to the property; it is also based on information provided by the current owner. It is by no means comprehensive or strictly accurate especially where surface areas and construction dates are concerned. We cannot, therefore, be held liable for any misrepresentation.
