An old, renovated house with a gîte and landscaped garden, nestled just outside a village near France's Sologne province and River Cher valley - ref 4
An old, renovated house with a gîte and landscaped garden, nestled just outside a village near France's Sologne province and River Cher valley.
The property lies just outside a rural village in the south of France's Loir-et-Cher department, beside the country's beautiful Sologne province and the agricultural area of the south of France's Touraine region. It is four kilometres from the charming town of Selles-sur-Cher, which has a wealth of built heritage and offers restaurants, schools, sports facilities and shops for everyday needs. The city of Blois is only 35 kilometres away, as is the A10 motorway, via which you can get to Paris in around two and a half hours.
The home enjoys absolute calm, but it is not isolated. The garden is enclosed with old walls and hedges. It is not at all overlooked. From the road, you can hardly see it and cannot imagine its true scale. The landscaped garden is dotted with trees and includes a variety of plants. It covers around 3,600m². There are two buildings: the main house, which dates back to the 18th century, and a converted gîte with a floor area of around 80m². The two constructions have been restored masterfully, both in the architectural choices made and the use of high-quality materials, giving the whole place real charm. You enter the property via an electric gate that leads onto a private driveway. This drive also takes you to the neighbouring home. The main house offers a floor area of around 300m². It has a ground floor and a first floor. It is made of stone and its roof is covered with old tiles. The gîte faces the back, so guests enjoy privacy. Both dwellings are in excellent condition and many historical decorative features have been preserved. Powerful heat pumps warm up the main house and the swimming pool. Electric convection heaters warm up the gîte.
The main houseThe interior of the main house has been renovated completely and masterfully. The high-quality restoration, the excellent choice of materials and the preservation of old features give the home a unique, calm ambience that helps you relax.
The ground floor
You step into the house from a terrace. From the entrance area, a corridor connects to a vast lounge on the left. This dual-aspect lounge is bathed in natural light. It has a high ceiling with exposed beams. The lounge features an old fireplace made of tuffeau stone. This fireplace comes from a Loire Valley chateau. It was bought as an antique. Alongside the old doors, this fireplace gives the lounge true character. Opposite, there is a second lounge, which is cosier. It could be turned into a reading room, a billiard room, a television room or a bedroom. Indeed, there are countless possibilities for this space. On the right, a third lounge with a fireplace houses a remarkable concrete staircase that leads up to the first floor. A few steps lead to a kitchen - a convivial hub in the home. This kitchen is modern and practical and includes a fireplace. It is big enough for meals to be enjoyed in it. And a large window facing the swimming pool fills the room with natural light. A lavatory, a utility room and storage spaces complete this ground floor.
The upstairs
At the top of the concrete staircase, a landing connects to two main bedrooms, each of which has a walk-in wardrobe or office and a shower room or bathroom. From outside the house, a door leads straight to a staircase that takes you up to two other large bedrooms, with a walk-in wardrobe, an office space, a shower room and a bathroom. The layout was designed in this way with a view to renting out the two bedrooms with their own private access. The staircase and the two bedrooms can easily be reached from inside the house, via the kitchen. Openings have been planned but are currently filled in. The two bedrooms are not yet converted. Only the layout, water ...
