Languedoc-Roussillon, Hérault, Siran, France

A37452LHS34 - The house has a recently-pointed exposed stone street façade. One enters through the original panelled double doors through a lobby, into an elegant living room with a marble fireplace and woodburning stove, terracotta floor tiles and an exposed stone wall. To the right, one enters the kitchen/dining room, with smart white integrated units and exposed timber beams. The dining area is south-facing, onto an enticing timber-decked terrace, and the garden.

Above the kitchen/dining area is a mezzanine apartment, with bedroom, shower room and office/dressing area.

From the living room, on the left is the stair lobby, which leads also to the garage and workshop areas, as well as to the most evocative of garden living rooms, the 'salon d'été', with its original glazed double doors, marble fireplace, white-painted floorboards and access to the terrace and garden.

Also accessed from the stair lobby is a luxurious relaxing/exercise room with stone floor tiles, an exposed stone wall and beams. Off this, there is a WC with basin, a large Italian shower room with basin, and a utility and drying room, all created from former wine vats. But the best part is at the end: glazed sliding doors lead to the swimming-pool area, and its 4 by 4.2m heated pool with counter-current, giving onto the well-tended garden and terraces.

On the first floor, there is a lovely bedroom/office with a fireplace and terracotta floor tiles; and three other bedrooms which are en-suite. These rooms vary from 12.7m² to 22.4m², and the shower areas (all Italian-style) from 5.2m² to 8.5m². They all have enormous character and style! From the garden-side bedroom, there is access to a 33m² terrace overlooking the garden and the view south to the Pyrénées.

On the second floor is an apartment with a super living area with kitchen totalling 20m², facing the garden; a shower room and a spacious bedroom of 17.6m².

The garden itself is 150m², with terraces of 12m², 4m² and 7m², lots of lovely plants, shrubs and trees; storage areas, and gravelled areas for ease of maintenance.

The property is close to the café/restaurant, épicerie, artisanal bakery and post office of the village. Siran is 8 km from the market town of Olonzac, 32 km from Narbonne and from Carcassonne, 50 km from Béziers, 54 km from the sea and 127 km from Spain (1h30).