The house is a unique old stone house set well back (50 m) from a small inter-communal road about 1km outside Cerisy Bell Etoile (Baker, grosser and two restaurants/bars, as well as school and mairie) in the Orne “Departement”, about 7 km from Flers (35.000 inhabitants) and Conde sur Noireau (10.000 inhabitants (Calvados.)) Both towns have large supermarkets, shopping and weekly local market. Flers has direct rail link to Paris 6-8 times a day, which takes just 2 hours and 15 min.

Driving times to channel ports are:
Caen -1hour- Cherbourg & St Malo -2 hours, - Boulogne & Calais - 4 hours.

Airports: Dinard - 2 hours, Paris –3½ hours.

The south facing house was built in the 17th century in the traditional farmhouse style and a century later a farm building of similar size was constructed to the east which belongs to a local French week-end farmer.

The plot of land (approx. 2030 m²) has been fenced and planted with fruit trees. A gate, a driveway and parking area have been made and a walkway now leads to the main house. A large courtyard is being installed to the south, west and north sides of the main house.

The kitchen is large, light and airy in the French country style. In approx. 42 m² of space there is a fireplace, old built-in cupboards, two doors and four windows. The original archway and internal stairways connect kitchen and living room/ bedrooms and loft/mezzanine. The upstairs room “Le Granier” w/ its own original granite outside stairway has been divided into two equal sized bedrooms (Approx. 15 m²), with one shared bathroom, w/ a modern massage shower stall, toilet and vanity sink. The loft room (Approx.30 m²) and the “la mezzanine” (approx. 12 m²) are an integrated functional extension of the living room (Approx. 34 m²), with a monumental walk-in granite fireplace. Skylights and insulation are being installed in the roofs of the loft and living room. A stairway leads from the kitchen to the cellar ”La Cave”, which has been divided into two equally sized bedrooms (Approx.12 m²). Both are fitted with traditional solid oak doors leading to the outside courtyard and they share a bathroom, with massage shower stall, a bathtub, vanity sink and toilet.

Newly double glazed windows with white painted frames and shutters are currently being installed throughout.

The electrical system is up to current EU standard with modern household needs in mind.

All rooms have phone and TV/satellite jacks. A well-balanced heating system is being installed, electric and central heating, fireplaces are being renovated and new metal shutters/dampers installed.

The all-new hot and cold water system is fed by communal water and the sewerage/septic tank system (“Fosse toutes eaux”) and drainage have been approved and installed. Water well is shared with the neighbour.

The slate roof on both buildings is being renovated and gutters & down pipes installed.

The outbuilding is being converted (subject to local approval of application) in to a usable, multifunctional annex with one large room, by adding walls to the existing roof and opening up the loft. Power, water and sewerage systems have been extended to the annex.

Asking price direct from owners euros 230.000,-