This attractive village property, comprising a main house and a guest gite / annexe, has a boulangerie, bar / restaurant, school and post office within walking distance, and is only around 10 minutes from Ruffec which has all amenities including a main-line train station.

The main house is a spacious 166m2, and the lovely one-bedroomed Guest Gite, which is all on one-level, is ideal for a single person or a couple, and offers the prospect of an income stream.

There is a lovely courtyard/garden with mature plants, various outbuildings including a large open-fronted hangar which is ideal for parking a motorhome, and a large barn.

The property benefits from double glazing, and in detail comprises:

- MAIN HOUSE:

- Ground floor:
Entrance (22m2) Tiled floor. Storage cupboards/cloakroom
Fitted kitchen (20m2) With a range of units and a centre island and plumbing for a dishwasher. Wooden floor and beams. Fireplace (not in use)
Dining-room (15m2) Carpet (wooden floor underneath), beams and fireplace (not currently in use)
Lounge (21.5m2) with a fireplace and wood burner
Rear hallway (4m2) leading to a room (5.5m2) housing the boiler and water heater, and with doors to the garden
Shower room (2.5m2) with wc and basin

- Upstairs:
Landing (3m2)
Bedroom 1 (20m2) with a walk-in dressing room (15m2) with carpet and a range of wardrobes
Master bedroom (21.5m2) Wooden floor. Walk-in dressing room (4m2) and en-suite bathroom (9m2) with a vanity unit, wc and heated towel rail
Shower room (3.5m2) Tiled floor. Shower, wc and vanity unit

- GUEST GITE (sold partly furnished):
Open-plan living-room/dining-room (25m2) with a fitted corner kitchen. Wooden floor, beams and exposed stone walls. Fireplace with a woodburner
Bedroom (15m2) with a built-in wardrobe, and en-suite shower room
Attic space above (approx. 60m2) and storerooms behind (22m2 and 5m2), providing scope for development of the gite

- OUTSIDE:
Large open hangar (approx. 90m2)
Large barn (approx. 175m2 footprint) with a partial attic above (40m2) Concrete floor
Small open fronted barn with access to the storerooms and attics
Small outbuildings (utility room with the oil tank, and a potting shed
Courtyard with mature shrubs and bushes, fruit tress and vegetable plot.

The department of Charente is located in the centre-west of France and is part of the Poitou-Charentes region along with Deux Sevres, Charente Maritime and the Vienne department.

Its name as is often the case comes from the river Charente which snakes through the department. Two local dialects are spoken in the area, Saintongeais in the west and Occitan to the east.

Charente is a thriving department for several reasons, Cognac production is one of the most interesting and profitable industries, the export level of approx. 95% is a success, the consumption in France being only 5% (some say they keep the best 5% in France!).

The department has many typical towns, Angouleme in the south east for example hosts an international festival that attracts hundreds of visitors and is not to be missed.

The region is popular with hikers, bikers and nature lovers who like to discover the woodlands, lakes and streams that are part of this amazing landscape.

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