4 Bed Barn Conversion for sale in Aquitaine, France

This chateau, built around 1800, is in the south of the Lot and Garonne. It offers approx.300 m² (250 m² habitable) over 2 floors, including 10 rooms (4 bedrooms); 8 stone outbuildings; 50 ha of land - including 40ha plum trees, 2ha park around the chateau and a small lake. More than a property investment, this is also a financial investment with sizeable annual income. This property offers exiting opportunities for fruit farming and /or for a tourist business. The subsidy of 100,000 euro /year minimum makes this a very attractive proposition and the opportunities for conversion of the various stone outbuildings are endless. The property is rich in history with its amazing stone staircase (built in 1600) and its secret subterranean tunnel. The main residence is full of interest, with beautiful tiled and wood floors, beams, original windows, arches, stone sinks, and beautiful fireplaces. It feels like a home, warm and welcoming. On the ground floor you enter into a hall (13 m²) with elegant tiled floor. To the left is the huge kitchen (36 m²), fully equipped and with a stunning fireplace. Behind this is the dining room (32 m²) - beautifully light. Opposite the entrance is the office (27 m²). To the right there is a room (36 m²) to renovate, which could be another reception room. Behind this is the cellar - an amazing renovated cave with gravel floor, which leads into a shower room. The splendid stone staircase with its ancient polished white steps is to the right of the entrance. On the upper floor there are 4 bedrooms off the landing, a dressing room (12 m²), a bathroom, a room to be renovated (15 m²). There is another bathroom on the half-landing. Bedroom 1 is 16 m²; bedroom 2 is 34 m², bedroom 3 is 19 m² and bedroom 4 is 34 m². All the bedrooms are well-proportioned with lots of light. There are 8 out buildings, stone-built, 2-storey, including huge hangars with farm equipment, caretakers house, farm workers house, pigeonnier, stables, etc. One contains the office for the business. There are ovens for drying the fruit, as well as 5 tractors and vast volumes of space for packing, parking space, etc. The garden is 2 ha and has a beautiful lawn as well as numerous mature trees including a magnolia 250 -300 years old. The orchards are impeccably maintained and with irrigation system in place, pumping water from the river Baise. There is gas central heating (gas tank outside), the roof is tiled, the domestic waste drainage is by septic tank, doors and window frames are wooden (mostly original), there is roof insulation and the thick stone walls are naturally insulating. There is a primary school in the nearby village, Condom is 9 km away, golf course 15 km, Agen (high speed trains and autoroute) about 25 km, Toulouse ( British Airways, Air France, EasyJet, Jet2.com,etc) 1h 20 mins, Bordeaux and the Atlantic are 2 hours away, the ski slopes are less than 200km and the Mediterranean is about 300 km.