09320 massat, France

 
Beautiful stone house, south facing with lovely mountain views, on a plot of 1500m2 with gardens and outbuildings. The Old Schoolhouse is a gorgeous property, carefully renovated with tons of charm and lovely features. With living space of approx. 160m2 there is large open plan living room featuring a handmade kitchen and lounge area with log burner. The grand entrance hall leads up to 3 bedrooms and a bathroom. There is a large, insulated attic room on the second floor. Behind the kitchen is a laundry room and downstairs WC. Outside there is a wonderful summer kitchen, workshop, garage, log store and several outbuildings. The house is in excellent condition with a remote-control pellet boiler, under floor heating and new insulated slate roof.
 
The house
Ground floor: Large open living area 51m2 including a handmade hardwood kitchen and lounge area with log burner. The windows, which are double glazed, are tall and look out over mountain views filling the room with lots of natural light. The tiled floor has underfloor heating. From this lovely living room an antique door opens into the beautiful hallway 16m2 with the original front door and curved staircase to the upper floors. Behind the kitchen is the laundry room 8.5m2 with fitted shelving and under floor heating. There is also a ground floor WC.
First floor: There is a long landing 15m2 leading to three bedrooms, 15m2, 13m2 and 9m2. One of the bedrooms is currently used as a sewing room / workshop. There is also a bathroom with free standing bath, double shower, hand basin, and WC. A staircase leads to the second floor where there is a large, insulated attic room that could provide additional bedrooms or workspace.
 
Outside space and facilities
Outside a south facing covered terrace and summer kitchen look out over a pretty garden with mature plants surrounded by a stone wall. Another terrace and BBQ face the mountains and there is a second seating area across from the front door. The land behind the house is sloping with fantastic views. There is also a workshop, a garage, and a log store as well as a couple of other garden sheds.
The property benefits from a new slate roof which has been well insulated. Central heating is by a wood pellet boiler that can be remote controlled. The boiler heats underfloor heating on the ground floor and radiators upstairs, there is also a wood burner. The sewage and drainage system is a septic tank, and the house has a mains water supply. Electricity and plumbing have been replaced and are still under guarantee. Most of the windows are double glazed. Telephone connection and fibre optic outside the house. The property is just short drive from the village of Massat with its twice weekly market, shops, bars, restaurants, medical centre, and local services. 1h 45min to Toulouse, 2h to Carcassonne, 2h to Andorra.