Centre, Indre, Thenay, France

A31304SKN36 - The three-bedroom house has double glazing, electric heating and wood burning stoves in the 37m2 sitting room and 18m2 verandah. The main entrances leads directly into the double-aspect sitting room with exposed beams, tiles floors and original fireplace. This part of the house is the oldest, dating from circa 1785. To the rear is a shower room, and to the left is the double-aspect fitted kitchen 21m2, which includes a breakfast bar as well as a dining area. Off here is the verandah with panoramic views of the countryside and which houses another dining area as well as a small second lounge area. Upstairs are three good-sized bedrooms 9-10m2, off a central landing, a bathroom with seperate toilet and a study.

The chambres d’hôtes is reached via a guest breakfast room 12m2 which joins both halves of the property. To the rear of this is the service room which houses the oil central heating system and the laundry, and has a door to the rear. The guest entrance hall has a tiled floor, a guest WC and off in front is a double bedroom. To the right is a generous 28m2 guest sitting sitting room with opening French windows to the lawn in front. Off this is a pretty double room 23m2 with en suite shower room and a mezzanine area above, providing another two single beds. Stairs from the sitting room lead to an upper landing and further two double rooms of 20m2 and 12m2, both with en suite shower rooms.

A few paces across the garden is the barn, half of which has been tastefully converted into a self-contained gite 110m2 which can host five guests. Here is a large dining area which looks out onto the garden through floor-to-ceiling French windows. There is also a fitted kitchen with wrap-around breakfast bar, a comfortable sitting room with bed settee, enclosed double bed, shower room, a single bed and baby's cot.

The gite and chambres d'hôtes are fully renovated, have double glazing and include most of the furniture, so are sold ready to receive guests.

Outbuildings include a double height stables and open-sided hangar of 600m2. The left-hand side of the barn has not been renovated but could easily provide a second gite or further accommodation. The property is not overlooked and enjoys open views across the countryside. There is a further four hectares available to buy if a larger land parcel is required.

Transport links are good with the A20 motorway a 10 minute drive away and fast trains to Paris and the South from Argenton-sur-Creuse which is 16 minutes away. International and domestic flights are available at Limoges, Poitiers and Tours airports.

Measurements are approximate.