Idyllic French Farmhouse in the Beautiful Tarn.

Property Description

This traditional, renovated south facing farm with its house and substantial outbuildings arranged around a courtyard has lots of period charm and is set in a lovely rural situation.
Only 2 minutes from the village of Le Segur which has its own boulangerie and school and only 10 minutes from a town with all other services and shops. The property has a tranquil situation off a no-through road looking onto open countryside and to the hills beyond.

The main house is accessed from the courtyard. The front door opens into a hallway of 3.8m by 4.5m with a staircase to one side. There is a door to the right which leads to the utility room. (2.7m by 4m), equipped with built in cupboards and wall units plus basin, drainer and washing machine.

From the hall another doorway leads to the dining room (3.7m by 4.6m) and lounge (5m by 4.6m). The dining room has a tiled floor and double glazed French doors out to the terrace and garden.
An open archway leads through to a cozy, carpeted living room which has a window out to the courtyard and French doors into the conservatory. There is an attractive freestanding woodburner.

The conservatory (4.9m by 3.8m) is double glazed and gives wonderful views out to the garden and countryside.

The kitchen (3m by 3m) is accessed from the dining room and is equipped with a Rangemaster Classic cooker, a dishwasher and built-in floor and wall units, with granite worktops.

Adjacent to the kitchen is a WC with shower unit and wash hand basin plus storage cabinets.

On the first floor there are three bedrooms,

Bed 1. The master bedroom, (5.1m by 5.4m), with two windows looking out to the garden.

Bed 2. (3.9m by 3.8m), a window looking out to the garden.

Bed 3. (4.8 by 2.9m), a window out to the courtyard and another one out to the garden.

A landing, (4.8m by 2.8m) is currently used as a study and library.

On the first floor is also found the main family bathroom (2m by 5.1m), recently equipped with freestanding roll top bath, large double shower, modern basin unit and WC.

The grounds of 11,460 square metres are made up of a lovely garden area around the house and a large field to one side. Within the field is a small building that could be used as a stable or chicken coup. Within the garden is a productive vegetable plot, various fruit trees a poly-tunnel and a stone building which houses an old bread oven, this building is currently used as a potting shed/garden store.
Attached to the house is a large two storey barn, each floor is approximately 86 square metres. The ground floor is accessed from the courtyard and houses the central heating boiler and is currently used as a workshop, and garage, the upper floor is used for storage. The barn roof was renovated in 1988.
There is also a large garage attached to the barn together with another large store room to the rear and a large covered area to one side that houses the gas storage tank.
Within the courtyard is also access to a good sized woodstore and another outbuilding currently used as kennels.

This property would be ideal for someone who loves the peaceful country life with perhaps a hankering for livestock or a horse but still within easy reach of all services and amenities.

ADSL Phone and Broadband
UK and French satellite dishes
Gas central heating
Mains electricity and water
Air Conditioning in Master Bedroom.

Nearby places;-

Monesties. 5 minutes. ‘Un plus beaux villages de France’ - Beautiful medieval village.

Cordes Sur Ciel. 15 minutes. Un cité médiéval. Stunning hill-top bastide.

Najac. 20 minutes. Un Plus Beaux Villages de France

Albi. 30 minutes. UNESCO World Heritage site. Buzzing cosmopolitan city with many superb shops, cafés and restaurants.

Gaillac. 45 minutes. The oldest wine producing region in France.

Toulouse. 1h 15m ‘La Ville Rose’ Large thriving city with well-served international airport.

Annual Property taxes,
Tax Foncierre 404 Euros
Tax Habitation 155