Languedoc-Roussillon, Hérault, Vélieux, France

The entrance to this house is by the private terrace of 14m², which looks out over the little garden (24.5m²) and the nearest of the two barns. It leads into the kitchen/dining area, which has a woodburning stove and is lined with insulating hemp and lime render. It has a warm atmosphere, exposed timber beams and three double-glazed windows.

Next to this is the living room of 18m², with two windows (all the windows are double-glazed), exposed beams and the same insulating render on the walls. From here there is a stair down to the storage cellar, which also serves as a utility room. It would be possible to convert part of this into a living space also, and one can walk out onto a piece of land (7m²) belonging to the property, with the little garden and the barns opposite.

Upstairs from the living room is a landing giving access to a double bedroom of 10m², with large wardrobe area, a shower room with WC, and an artist's studio of 15m², which can be used as a second bedroom.

The barns, just across a little communal pathway, measure 12.7 by 3.2m and 7.5 by 4.5m approximately, on two floors, and one has an entrance on the opposite side, where there is another village pathway. There is also a little storeroom of 1.3m² and pigsty of 3.7m² with another, lower, space above.

Across the road and up a track, one is straight away in the woods, and surrounded by nature. In the village, there are no amenities, but one can drive down to La Caunette, 9 km, where there is an épicerie and two restaurants (one is also a café) and to Aigues Vives, 12 km, where there are also 2 restaurants, one with a café, a bakery/cafe, a supermarket, medical centre, post office and wine shop.

Olonzac, with all amenities and a weekly market, is 20 km away; it is 35 km to Narbonne, 45 km to Mazamet, 50 km to Béziers, 55 km to Carcassonne, 53 km to the sea and 128 km to Spain. (An hour and a half).