3 Bed Villa for sale in Aquitaine, France

25 minutes north of Pau, not far from the Bordeaux road, this magnificent country house offers 186m² of habitable surface area, with a summer kitchen alongside the pool, plus a further 270m² of outbuildings in a good condition, in extensive grounds of 73,710m² with views of the Pyrenees. Double gates open to a drive which takes you to the parking circle to the north of the house. To the west of the house is a huge barn, in very good condition, and to the east is a garden, with summer kitchen next to the pool (8m x 4m). On the ground floor, an antique door opens on to the entrance hall (14m²), off which, to the left, you find a large living room with fireplace fitted with an 'insert' (glass fronted vented and fitted wood burner - a very attractive and efficient form of heating) which communicates with a billiard room (28m² and 18m²). To the right of the entrance hall you find the dining room (25m²) with a majestic fireplace complete with original bread oven still in working order. To the rear, you find the kitchen (15m²), which opens to the east and the garden and the pool, and to the north west is a bathroom (7m²) and wc. Back to the splendid entrance hall, where a wooden staircase takes you to the first floor, and three pretty but good sized bedrooms (21m², 19m², 10m²), all south facing, and to the north a mezzanine in the eaves, currently used as an office / study, small sitting room, and guest bedroom. It should be mentioned that this house is being sold with virtually all the furnishings, and that there is no need for any redecoration or renovation in any part of the house. The swimming pool has been renewed, as has the summer kitchen. The barn, 22m² x 7m², is in an excellent state of repair, with a new roof, and just waits for you to convert it to whatever you want - gites, chambres d'hotes, or other business purposes.... An hangar (open sided barn) opens to the west, and is used for storage of materials, and to the north west, by the side of the house, you find another building, used as shelter for the animals, of 70m². This property sits in extensive grounds of 7.37 hectares, albeit about half is woodland. A working well is situated in front of the house. The main exposition is to the south, enjoying magnificent and uninterrupted views of the Pyrenean mountain chain. The walls are local stone, the roofs are tiled, the construction is traditional and sound, heating is wood (you have your own supply), and there is a septic tank. Well situated, between Pau (Ryanair, Transavia, Air France) and Aire sur l'Adour, off the route de Bordeaux, in the middle of some lovely countryside, it is 1hr 30mins from Bordeaux (Ryanair, Flybe), 1 hour from the Atlantic beach resorts, and from Biarritz, and 1hr 15mins from Spain, and from the lower ski slopes.