Normandy, Orne, Domfront en Poiraie, France

A48509LSB61 - A well-presented period townhouse with character, modern comforts, garage and enclosed garden, right in the centre of Domfront-en-Poiraie in Normandy.

This attractive stone-built house of approximately 114 m² offers four bedrooms across three floors, two bathrooms, a fitted kitchen-diner and sitting room, plus useful cellar storage.

It sits on a fully enclosed 344 m² plot with a sun terrace, small outbuilding and a good-sized garage with remote-controlled access from the side street. High-speed internet and mains services are connected. The property has been carefully maintained and is currently used for holiday lettings.

The ground floor centres on a bright kitchen-diner with a modern fitted kitchen that still respects the house’s original character. This opens to the sitting room and leads through double-glazed doors to the hallway, where an elegant original spiral staircase rises to the upper floors. A generous ground-floor cloakroom completes this level.

A basement cellar provides practical storage and houses the oil-fired central heating boiler.

Upstairs, the first floor has two large, stylish bedrooms and a spacious family bathroom featuring a distinctive curved wall. The second floor contains two further bedrooms, one with an original fireplace.

Throughout, the interiors feel light and well-kept, with a mix of period details and contemporary finishes.

Outside, a private sun terrace sits behind the house, ideal for outdoor seating, with a useful outbuilding nearby that works well for garden furniture or as a simple summer kitchen.

The main garden is fully enclosed on all sides, offering privacy and a pleasant, manageable outdoor space. At the far end is the garage, with convenient remote access from the adjoining side street and a direct door into the garden.

The house is located in the heart of Domfront-en-Poiraie (postcode 61700), a small medieval town in the Orne department of southern Normandy.

Classed as a Petite Cité de Caractère, Domfront sits on a rocky promontory overlooking the surrounding bocage countryside. Its historic centre retains narrow streets, half-timbered and stone houses, the remains of an 11th–12th-century castle, the Romanesque church of Notre-Dame-sur-l’Eau, and the striking neo-Byzantine church of Saint-Julien. Local shops, cafés, a weekly market and everyday services are all within easy walking distance.

The wider area forms part of the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and is known for its rolling bocage landscape of hedgerows, meadows, woodland and traditional pear orchards. This is the heart of the Domfrontais, the only French AOP region for poiré (pear cider), produced from the distinctive tall pear trees that still characterise the countryside.

The setting offers good opportunities for walking and cycling, with the larger towns of Flers and Alençon and the coast or Mont-Saint-Michel within reasonable driving distance.

In short, this is a practical and characterful townhouse that combines the convenience of a central location with the charm of a historic Norman town and the quiet appeal of the surrounding countryside.