A large house with outbuildings, a garden and a swimming pool in a village in France's Seine-et-Marne department, 50 kilometres east of Paris - ref 99
A large house with outbuildings, a garden and a swimming pool in a village in France's Seine-et-Marne department, 50 kilometres east of Paris.
The property lies 50 kilometres east of Paris, in the heart of France's beautiful Seine-et-Marne department. You reach it via the D119 road, the most direct route, or via the A4 motorway then the Paris region's outer ring road and the N4 trunk road, taking the Rozay-en-Brie exit. The Transilien regional rail network includes a train link to central Paris from stations nearby, including those in the towns of Marles-en-Brie and Faremoutiers. The roads that lead to the property, through a village without any shops, are very calm. And the nearest main roads, like the D119, are not too close. The closest village where you can buy goods for everyday needs is Touquin, three kilometres from the property. And the biggest town nearby is Coulommiers, 18 kilometres from the property. There you find shops, amenities, health centres and a train station.
From the road, an electric wrought-iron double gate leads onto a driveway that runs through the wooded, landscaped grounds to the house. These grounds are entirely enclosed with fencing. The house stands harmoniously in the middle of the plot. It has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor. It was built in 1974, with noble materials and traditional techniques, by France's finest craftsmen. With its integrated square tower, the edifice looks like a 19th-century mansion. It faces south-east and north-west. Its elevations are made of exposed rubble stone and punctuated with rectangular or slightly arched windows. Some of the windows are capped with lintels of solid oak. Shed dormers are evenly placed along the gable roof of flat tiles. These dormers fill the top floor with natural light. The rear elevation features an integrated tower in the middle. You enter this square tower via an oak door. Facing north-west, the tower offers a view of the back of the parkland with its pond, which is filled up with well water from a fountain (with the possibility of making this work as a closed circuit). You can admire a rural landscape of meadows and fields beyond the grounds. A paved terrace runs around the house and broadens out at the back into a space for open-air meals beside the lounge, which leads outside via four-leaf French windows. In front of the house, there are two outbuildings that face south-east. There is an open garage and a small dwelling. Lastly, beyond the south-west gable wall, there is a swimming pool with a pool house.
The house
The ground floor
The main entrance door is in the square tower. You step through an oak door, which leads into a square hallway that connects to a lounge, a kitchen, an office, a lavatory and a small corridor. The floors are all covered with old terracotta tiles. The doorways are slightly arched. The dual-aspect lounge is bathed in natural light from windows. One set of French windows leads out to the parkland on the road side and another set of French windows leads out to the terrace on the pond side. All the windows are fitted with indoor wooden shutters. Exposed joists and beams run across the ceiling. The lounge also features a monumental fireplace in working order, made of sculpted stone. A hallway leads to a staircase with an oak balustrade. This hallway connects to a utility room, which leads to a wine cellar and to an open garage, where you can enjoy shelter for open-air springtime lunches, which are sometimes threatened by sudden downpours.
The first floor
The stone staircase, with terracotta-tiled steps with oak nosing, leads up to a landing, which connects to a first bedroom with a walk-in wardrobe, a bathroom and a lavatory. Nearby, there is a second bedroom, which has a tap. In the square tower there is a hallway through which you reach the other bedrooms. ...
