Delightful Smallholding - 2 Bedroom Breton Cottage with 4 Acres, Organic
Vegetable Plots, Polytunnel, Orchard, Pigsty, Paddocks, Workshops, Open-fronted
modern Barn
Positioned almost at the very centre of Brittany, a fully integrated
smallholding for sale, productive & carefully managed. Has supported
sheep, pigs & chickens; produces organically grown vegetables, plentiful
hay. Ill-health forces sale.
Dinard Airport 83 Miles St
Malo/Roscoff Ferries 93/77 Miles
Lorient Coast 48 Miles.
Positioned almost at the very centre of Brittany,
a fully integrated smallholding, productive & carefully managed.
Has supported sheep, pigs & chickens; produces organically grown
vegetables, plentiful hay.
Nearest village 1 km, boulangerie, tabac, Mairie, church, football
pitch, play area, public telephone. Rostrenen & Pontivy 20kms with
schools, colleges, cinemas, swimming pool. Lake with play area, footpaths,
creperie, fishing 3km. Huge man-made lake, restaurant, café,
small beach area, boating, fishing, swimming 10km.
Surrounded by forest, ideal base for walking or hacking. Two large and
small animal vets within 10km (one speaking very good English), two
farriers, a saddler/outfitter 20km. Weekly animal market 20km.
THE COTTAGE
Ground Floor - Entrance Hall: top grade timber frame
& hardwood planking with 70mm insulation. Double glazed entrance
door, tiled floor, 2 opening double glazed windows, electrical socket,
lighting. Leading to: Original stone-stepped entrance to open plan living
room and kitchen/dining room.
Living Room: 5.6m x 4.9m, fitted carpet, full length
double-glazed French doors to side, 14kw wood burning stove (heats whole
house), electric wall heater, 2 phone points.
Kitchen/Dining Room: 5.6m x 3.3m, range of fitted floor
& wall cabinets, tiled splashback, plenty of sockets at worktop
level. Integral double oven, gas hob with stainless steel extractor
hood, built-in fridge & dishwasher, stainless steel sink, mixer
tap. Original open fireplace, granite surround. Original oak floor.
Window to front.
Open staircase, half turn, matching fitted carpet to first floor, velux
window over. First Floor - Landing.
Bedroom 1: 4.5m x 3.9m, Velux window to rear and small
traditional low-level dormer window to front, both fitted with fly screens,
electric heater.
Bedroom 2: L-shaped room 4.14m long x 2.05m at its
widest. Easily accommodates double bed, storage. Currently used as office.
Small traditional low-level dormer window to front.
Bathroom: 1.90m x 2.30m, modern shower cabinet with
mixer tap, hand basin with mirror over & storage cupboard below.
Shaver socket, extractor fan, full-width shelf with storage below. Modern
dual flush toilet, electric wall heater fitted with timer & thermostatic
control. Velux window to rear.
Whole roof originally insulated with insulation-backed plasterboard.
Foam-injection insulated. Exposed original beams throughout, treated
at least once a year.
'Cave' (cellar) under full area of house: 2 windows
to annexe & outside. New water heater. Washing machine plumbed in.
Flat level concrete floor provides dry area for freezers, playroom,
storage etc.
Stone annexe adjoining rear of house: Would make renovation
project (subject to consent), could perhaps be converted to gites, stables
or stock housing.
OUTSIDE - Outline planning permission granted for
restoration project on former garage site to side of house with possibility
of creating large extension or conservatory.
Traditional well, irrigation system full length of property for vegetable
beds & polytunnel. Various 300-500 litre water butts collecting
water from drainpipes.
New 30 sq m open-fronted barn, plastic-laminated metal sheeting (10
year guarantee) on oak & chestnut timber frame, mezzanine floor,
power for lighting etc.
Chicken enclosures. Lean-to workshop, 5m x 3m, both English & French
electrical sockets and lighting. 6 poultry houses with individual enclosures.
Large storage shed.
12 cultivated and highly productive vegetable plots, each approx 1.5m
wide by up to 25m long, a mature & well-cropping asparagus bed,
wide grass paths between. Natural windbreak for vegetable beds.
Polytunnel 12m x 4m (covering still has 4 year warranty). Small
juvenile fruit orchard with fruit trees, 2 walnut trees, soft fruit
bushes.
Purpose-built pigsty enclosed with BS stock fencing & secondary
electric wire fencing. Low slung dual sheep house for lambing etc. Sheep
handling corral. Three rabbit cages.
To front of house: Gravelled dual-entranced drive.
A pair of five-bar gates leads to the front of the house while another
entrance provides access to the land for tractors or larger vehicles.
A small, fully stocked herb garden. Large lawn surrounded by flower
beds.
Woodwork Shop : 6m x 2.5m constructed of shiplap on wooden frame, double
doors & 2 double glazed windows. English & French electrical
sockets, lighting. 2 storage sheds 4m x 2m for garden equipment.
The land runs to approx. 4 acres in all. Areas not
used for growing vegetables are sown with a mixture of English meadow
grass & Italian rye grass (formerly used as grazing but currently
producing hay). All paddocks enclosed by British Standard stock netting
on a mixture of oak, chestnut & acacia fence posts.
Nord Morbihan
Au centre de la Bretagne et à 20kms de
Rostrenen et Pontivy, maraichère/petite ferme sur environ
1.6ha comprenant une maison d'habitation avec deux chambres ainsi
qu'un hangar, un polytunnel, quelques potagers, un verger, une porcherie,
des ateliers, des champs.
1km d'un village avec boulangérie et tabac,
3kms d'un grand lac avec plage, restaurant, peche et d'autres activités,
et 20kms des villes de Rostrenen et Pontivy avec leurs commerces
et écoles.
