A calm, tarmacked country lane leads to the entrance gate on the north side of the house. This lane leads to a few other properties and olive groves, set back in absolute privacy. The gate leads to a vast court with a garage. From this court, the main entrance door leads into the south-facing family house, which was built in 1994. The facade looks out at a vast summer kitchen, a true outdoor living room with a terracotta-tiled floor. Beneath the traditional roof of tiles above this space, oak beams combined with rafters of chestnut wood form a masterfully built roof frame. From the court, the open-air reception spaces cannot be seen entirely: you reach them via a covered walkway between the garage and the house or via a part of the garden that edges a small wood of oaks. There is an open-air eating area with garden furniture. And near the first olive trees there is a swimming pool, which faces south and is constantly bathed in sunshine. It extends the clear view of the olive groves and the surrounding wooded hills.

The Provençal house

The ground floor
The main entrance door, which leads in from the court, takes you into a central hallway filled with natural light. On one side, an arched doorway leads to a kitchen. Straight ahead, there is a reception space made up of a spacious lounge and a vaulted dining area. The floors of this ground floor are all terracotta-tiled. Designed for family get-togethers, the vast lounge has a fireplace with an insert, backlit wall niches and a broad sliding glazed door. All the sliding doors are pocket doors. Most of the outdoor shutters slide away too. The shutters are painted in a typical Provençal blue. The dining room is cosier. It naturally extends the lounge. The dual-aspect kitchen is fully fitted and practical. It leads to a linen and utility room, which is completed with a pantry and many storage spaces. In line with it, a corridor connects to the outdoor summer kitchen and the swimming pool via several doors. All the picture windows offer views of the olive trees and the small wood. There are also two bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms on this floor, including a master suite with a walk-in wardrobe and a broad sliding glazed door that leads out to the pool. For comfort, the house is fitted with a central vacuum cleaning system and all the windows are fitted with discreet mosquito nets.

The upstairs
From the house’s central hallway, a staircase leads up to a landing. This landing connects to four extra bedrooms, an office, several storage spaces and two bathrooms. From the bedrooms, you can admire a view down over the olive grove and across the surrounding woods. This vista reinforces the sense of calm and seclusion here. The bedroom in the middle of the first floor is extended with a private balcony that looks out at the landscape.