A modern house facing the River Seine, with a 350m² floor area, a vast garden and a pool, nestled on Île de Migneaux island in Poissy in France's Yvel
A modern house facing the River Seine, with a 350m² floor area, a vast garden and a pool, nestled on Île de Migneaux island in Poissy in France's Yvelines department.
On the plot, which covers 1,500m², the dwelling stands at the top of a landscaped garden that surrounds the house with greenery. The edifice is rectangular with elevations coated with pale rendering and a mansard roof punctuated with dormers. The front section of the grounds, where you find the entrance, is on a gentle slope. It is surrounded by much vegetation, made up of shrubs, cypresses and box, and is symmetrically designed, with two side driveways for vehicles and two flights of steps that lead up, in parallel, to a vast terrace. At the back, the dwelling looks down over the River Seine. Here, you can admire an unrivalled view of the opposite riverbank where there is a lush park: the Parc du Peuple de l'Herbe. The garden stretches down to the river, where a private quay, made of granite, can be used to moor a boat. In the middle of this garden, in line with the house, lies an outdoor swimming pool, which extends the rear terrace that the reception room leads out onto. The edifice offers a liveable floor area of around 350m², spread out over the ground floor and first floor, and roughly 220m² in the basement. A lift takes you to all the levels.
The house
The ground floor
The home's layout is designed to host guests. The building takes up a 164m² surface area on the ground. The entrance door leads into a spacious hallway with a floor of pale tiles. On the left, there is a guest lavatory. On the right, there is an office. Straight ahead, centrally positioned, there is a vast lounge, bathed in natural light from several arched French windows through which you can admire a view of the River Seine and the parkland on the other side of it. The reception spaces offer a total floor area of around 120m². They include a reading room that connects to a vast, central living room, which, in turn, connects to a second lounge with a fireplace and, finally, a dining room that connects to the kitchen. With the many windows, you can enjoy a sweeping view outside, across the terrace and swimming pool. The kitchen, which connects to the dining room, has a scullery and offers a 30m² floor area. You can reach it from outside, from the two sides of the house, and from inside, from a cloakroom. There is an office at the end of the lounge. This office could be an extension of the reception space. Its walls are lined with furniture made of solid wood. Plaster medallions with musical and gastronomical motifs embellish some of the walls of the ground floor rooms. In a corner of the reading room, there is a staircase that leads up to the first floor. This staircase has a wrought-iron Spanish balustrade in an 18th-century style. It flanks both sides of the first steps, then edges the flight of stairs up to the landing.
The upstairs
A vast landing, with an office area and bookshelves, is edged with a guardrail that extends the staircase balustrade. Two windows fill this landing with natural light. The space has a floor area of more than 30m² and opens up many possibilities for a redesign. This upstairs level offers a floor area of around 160m². Reddish oak strip flooring extends across the rooms up here. There are three bedrooms. One of them has an en-suite bathroom, a private lavatory and a walk-in wardrobe. The other two share a spacious bathroom and a lavatory. Beside the landing, there is an open space with an 18m² floor area. It is currently used as a cinema room, but it could become a fourth bedroom if a window were made in it. There is a lift at the end of the corridor.
The basement
The basement offers around 220m² of extra floor area, spread out over head-height spaces and crawl spaces. These spaces add to the house's floor area. ...
