Centre, Indre-et-Loire, Maillé, France

A33689AKB37 - Entering the hall (12m2), a door to the left leads to a living room (26m2) with fireplace and wood-burning stove with window to the courtyard. To the right, is a living/dining room (32m2) with fireplace and pellet burning stove with window to the courtyard. A door leads to the fitted kitchen (12m2) with door and window to the rear terrace. At the end of the hall, is a bedroom (13m2), a shower room (8m2) with shower, sink and cupboards and a space for a washing machine. There is a separate WC. Taking the wooden staircase to the large first floor landing (22m2), to the rear, is a room (14m2) which could be used as an office, bedroom or dressing room, a shower room (7m2) with shower, sink and bidet and a separate WC (2m2). Off the landing are two bedrooms (18m2 and 30m2), the larger of which has a bathroom (16m2) with feature sunken bath, double sinks and WC.

To the south-west, and attached to the property, up some stone steps, is an annexe comprising a room (14m2) with mezzanine which the vendors have used as an artist studio. Continuing through, is a second room (16m2) and then a conservatory (18m2) which opens to the garden. Below the two rooms, at ground level, is a room (14m2) used as a gym by the owners and a bread oven (15m2). This space can be locked or link back to the main house up a staircase that leads into the bathroom.

To the north-west and attached to the property is a barn (128m2) which has a door leading into the living room. There is also a boiler room (8m2) also housing the pool filtration system and shower room with compost WC to the rear with doors out to the rear garden and terrace.

In front of the property is another barn (53m2) with three separate rooms and attic space above.

The grounds are fully enclosed. They are mostly laid to lawn with numerous ornamental and fruit trees. There is a separate walled area which would be perfect for a vegetable garden. The property also benefits from a heated saltwater swimming pool with moveable enclosure two solar showers, a cave in the tuffeau and a well with pump.

Ideally located close to the Loire valley vineyards and chateaux, the property sits outside the village of Maille. It is 5-minute drive to the shops at La Celle Saint Avant and 10 minutes from Sainte Maure de Touraine. The property benefits from being 2km from the TER station, where you can take the train to the cosmopolitan city of Tours in 30 minutes. It is 10 minutes from the A10 autoroute at Ste Maure de Touraine. It takes just over 3 hours by car from the ferry port at Caen Ouistreham. Tours airport is 40 minutes away with regular low-cost flights to London Stansted and you can take the TGV to Paris in just over an hour from St Pierre de Corps, Tours.

Technical : Oil-fired heating as well as a wood burning stove and wood pellet stove; new fosse septique installed 3 years ago; Fibre optic available; salt water swimming pool with moveable enclosure which can be heated and 2 solar showers.