A 68-hectare hunting ground with a comfortable house, a gîte, outbuildings and 23 hectares of lakes, tucked away in France's Sologne province - ref 29
A 68-hectare hunting ground with a comfortable house, a gîte, outbuildings and 23 hectares of lakes, tucked away in France's Sologne province.
The estate lies five kilometres from Romorantin-Lanthenay, a vibrant town in France's Loir-et-Cher department, in the west of the country's forested Sologne province in the Centre Val de Loire region. The town offers shops for everyday needs, as well as restaurants, schools and sports facilities. The city of Blois and the town of Lamotte-Beuvron are only 40 kilometres away, as is the A10 motorway, which takes you to Paris in just over two hours.
You reach the property via a quiet road. An electric gate leads onto a forest driveway that takes you to the house. On the right, there is a gîte. From the road, you cannot see the house, which is hidden behind a heather brushwood hedge and broad-leaved trees. The specially designed house is an original construction with a ground floor and first floor. It was built in the 1970s with materials that are typical of France's Sologne province. The dwelling faces west, looking out at a 17-hectare lake - an outdoor space that creates a unique atmosphere and provides soothing natural light. The roof is covered with old tiles. There is a third dwelling too - a long building that needs to be renovated and is set back on the hunting ground. The hunting ground is made up of moorland, lakes and forests. A 34-hectare wooded section of this hunting ground has a special French legal document for forestry ("Plan simple de gestion") that describes, maps and schedules work on it. A tennis court completes the property. This tennis court has not been used for a long time and needs to be renovated.
The houseThe house was recently renovated completely, stripped in accordance with professional standards and freshened up with high-quality materials. All the exposed timber beams were sandblasted. The dwelling offers a 280m² floor area. It faces the lake. In the morning, you can see ducks take flight and in the evening you can hear brant geese that have made the lake their home.
The ground floor
Several doors lead inside the house. The current owners prefer to use the one that takes you into the kitchen - a central room with a broad window that looks out at the terraces. This kitchen leads to a vast 80m² lounge with exposed beams, a dining area and a welcoming fireplace. The home's designer created a semicircular space here for an optimal view of the lake through a series of windows that offer magnificent vistas.
The upstairs
A large timber staircase leads from the lounge up to a mezzanine landing above it. The first floor offers three bedrooms, each of which has its own en-suite bathroom. In the third bedroom, there is a spacious walk-in wardrobe and a room that could serve as an office or spare bedroom. Each bedroom has been restored with its own decor, giving the whole interior up here unique charm. A reversible heat pump warms the place up.
The gîteThe gîte is set back, beside the property's entrance. Its isolated position leaves those in the main house undisturbed. Just like the main house, this gîte was recently renovated completely. It offers a 120m² floor area with a living space that includes a lounge and dining area with an open-plan kitchen. Also on the ground floor there are three bedrooms, two shower rooms and two separate lavatories. The first floor has been turned into a dormitory. This dormitory extends across the gîte lengthways. The heating is electric. You could choose to not keep the gîte, to section off a plot and sell the gîte with it, especially given that the gîte's plot lies beside a road. Indeed, the property already has another entrance, which could be used instead. A valuation for such a transaction is ...
