Brittany, Côtes-d'Armor, Le Mene, France

A48223JAM22 - RENOVATION AND ENERGY
Electrics rewired to current standards, PVC double glazing on all windows and doors, reinforced safety-glass front door, full wall and loft insulation, fibre-optic broadband.

The energy rating of C (DPE) is remarkable for a 1957 building: no energy-efficiency work is needed.
Heating is provided by a high-end Jøtul F600 wood-burning stove (16 kW, double combustion) in the living room. Thanks to the insulation, a single fire in the evening keeps the house at 22–23 °C until the following evening. The electric radiators are not needed and heating costs remain minimal.

OUTDOORS
• Over 77 m² of south-facing tiled terraces: 39 m², 29 m² and an 8.50 m² entrance balcony upstairs
• Covered area beneath the balcony, set up as a garden lounge with a built-in planter
• Wide central concrete driveway, lit along its entire length and lined with rendered low walls
• New tiled entrance steps, trimmed hedges, ornamental planting
• Gate and video surveillance
13,000 M² OF ENCLOSED LAND IN A SINGLE PLOT
• Private borehole (2020) supplying an underground irrigation network, with water points across the whole plot
• Underground rainwater drainage
• Vegetable garden and two greenhouses of 32 m² and 100 m² connected to the borehole, for year round harvests
• 30 m² covered woodshed
• 60 trellised grapevines (table grapes)
• Exceptional orchard: apple, pear, nashi (Asian pear), quince, cherry, fig, kiwi, kiwiberry, chestnut, walnut, hazelnut, persimmon, medlar, mulberry, strawberry tree, mandarin, pecan, Sichuan and Tasmanian pepper, lime (linden), tea plant…

The wooded park brings together a varied and remarkable range of species, some of them rarely seen in gardens here: several varieties of eucalyptus, magnolias, ginkgo, paulownia, oaks, Japanese maples, rhododendrons, Australian mimosas, around forty palm trees, bamboos and a collection of banana plants, and many other plant varieties.

Carefully planted and well established, it offers a succession of blossoms, scents and colours through the seasons, with little maintenance required.

LOCATION
In a quiet, unspoilt setting free from noise or visual intrusion, in Plessala, part of the commune of Le Mené, in central Brittany. Shops and services 7 km away, access to the RN 164 dual carriageway 7 km away, airport and ferry port about an hour's drive.

IN SHORT
A move in ready house, energy rating C, south-facing, large terraces, self-sufficient in water and heating, vegetable garden, greenhouses, vineyard and orchard. Ideal for a family, a second home or a new life in the countryside in Brittany.

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