Midi-Pyrénées, Hautes-Pyrénées, Maubourguet, France

The entrance to this substantial south-facing farmhouse leads into a large 29 m2 hallway/dining room with beautifully tiled floors (Traditional tomettes), an open traditional fireplace and doors leading to a fully equipped kitchen, and to a beautifully appointed lounge with wood panelled walls a wood burner and an original staircase leading to a mezzanine and the upper floor accommodation. A door at the back of the lounge leads to a corridor with access to bedroom 4 (12 m2), a shower room, a laundry room, and an office/bedroom 5 (16 m2). At one end of the long corridor there is a second staircase which leads to the upper floor mezzanine and beautiful double doors which lead to the large workshop/garage (88m2).
The original oak staircase in the lounge and the staircase in the corridor lead onto a beautifully laid out landing/mezzanine with oak panel walls, which runs for most of the width of the house with access at one end to the large master bedroom (40 m2), with its own en-suite large bathroom (9 m2), and at the other end two further bedrooms (19 m², and 17 m²) a family bathroom. The bedrooms are beautifully decorated with exposed beams,
The heating throughout the house is with individual electric radiators complemented by A wood burner in the lounge. Hot water is provided by two electric water tanks.
Two beautiful terraces outside around a gravelled central area the perfect setting for outdoor summer living in the beautifully maintained walled and gated ground of the property. Two traditional outbuildings (Poulaillers) in the grounds offer the possibility of conversions to covered terraces or additional storage space. Access to the grounds of the property is via a private lane which leads a side gate and further along a private grassed plot and a second gate.
This property is in the beautiful north of the Hautes Pyrenees 20 miles from Tarbes the county town of the Département des Hautes Pyrénées) and its International Airport of Lourdes (Flights to UK, Italy, Ireland, Paris, etc …), and 25 miles from the historic town of Pau (County town of the Département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Toulouse and the Pyrenees ski slopes, Bordeaux and the Atlantic coast are all within a 90minutes drive and easily accessible from this property as is the Basque region of northern Spain (San Sebastian).
This property would make an ideal main family residence or an easy to maintain lock and go second residence with potential for holiday rental to raise a substantial income.