Farmhouse with Stables and Potential for Gîte or Chambre D'hôte

Property Description

Features: detached restored five bedroomed farmhouse with separate stable block.
Set in calm rural setting with half a hectare of parkland and gardens.
Two and a half hectare of flat pasture land with access to a stream.
Fenced sand manège adjacent to stable block and easy access to off-road riding.
Situated half way between Saint Laurent and Montbernard.
Convenient shopping and sightseeing access to Toulouse, Auch, Albi, Spain and the Pyrenees approx an hour away.
Local village markets every day of the week for lovely fresh produce.
The Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts are each about 21/2 hours drive away with excellent seafood restaurants.
Access to airports: Toulouse 1 hour, Lourdes 1 1/2 hours, Pau 2 hours, Carcassonne 21/2 hours, Bergerac 21/2 hours, all approximate.
Among significant local events are the Jazz Festival Marciac (August) and the Country and Western festival Mirande (July)
A range of ski resorts with the nearest about an hours drive away and the famous resort of Bacqueira Beret is just two hours drive away.
Details: the house comprises of a large pitchroofed porch over a terrace. Double wooden doors lead to a large hall.
Leading off the large hall way are:
Magnificent lounge of almost a hundred square meters, with parquet flooring, a raised fireplace with wood burner and superb oak beams.
Breakfast kitchen fully equipped leading to a second kitchen/snug also fully equipped and with a brand new wood pellet stove/cooker, recently installed.
An inner hallway leads to a bathroom and separate toilet on the left.
Also off the inner hallway is the diningroom with the original farmhouse door and stone sink.
Further down are the first and second downstairs bedrooms.
Staircase to huge landing and store cupboard.
Leading off the landing are:
Bathroom with toilet.
Large master bedroom with ensuite bathroom and toilet.
Bedroom four.
Bedroom five.
Door to sewing/hobby room.
Office.
Patios doors to large open balcony with view of Pyrenees.
Glazed door to dressing room and over a hundred square meters of additional storage/conversion space.
The house has superb oak beams throughout with original tommette floor tiles on the ground floor.
There is an itegral double garage, with an oil central heating boiler and hot water tank which is fed off two solar roof panels.
The garage is also accessible from the interior of the house.
The adjacent stable block of 96 square meters was built in 1999. It houses three stables each with rubber mat flooring, automatic water feeders, power points, fluorescent lights and insulated roof. It features an enclosed pitched roof porch for vet or farrier and a large hay store. This building could easily be converted for domestic use.
The rear of the stable block consists of a large covered barn area for wood storage, machinery etc.
There is the possibility of another three plus hectares of pasture with three field shelters available.