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French property in Languedoc Roussillon - Herault - Village house, with garden. Renovated, with gite & pool potential; huge garage & ground floor for conversion

French property, houses and homes for sale in ST GENIES DE FONTEDIT, Herault, Languedoc_Roussillon

Price	€295,000 £236,280*	Ref	21202EV34
Town	ST GENIES DE FONTEDIT	Dept	Herault
Floor	127 M²	Plot Size	200 M²
Bath	3	Bed	4

Emma Voysey Independent Agent, says :

Reduction from €319,950 to €295,000

Village house, with garden. Renovated, with gite & pool potential; huge garage & ground floor for conversion

Spacious, light, 4 bed vignerons house, in the centre of the lovely village of St Genies de Fontedit. Well renovated over the past year, with 3 new bathrooms, a large well equipped, new kitchen and a new roof. The sunny sitting room leads out onto a charming balcony, with gorgeous sweeping views of the surrounding vineyards; stairs from here lead you down to the back garden which has a well & is ideal as a kitchen garden, but also big enough to put in a pool if desired. The ground floor has an enormous 2 car garage & workshop with very high ceilings, plus adjoining rooms currently used for storage & there's a summer kitchen; all of this could be converted to create more living space, as either an apartment or gite with a separate entrance.

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The present owner has modernised the house with 2 shower rooms and an en-suite bathroom in the master bedroom, a lovely kitchen with polished granite worksurfaces & all modern appliances & she has kept the original beautifully patterned floor tiles in many rooms. Lofty ceilings & big square rooms with large windows or French doors give a feeling of space & light; with wooden shutters to keep out the heat of the summer & for additional warmth in winter. Central heating is oil fired & the bathrooms have electric wall heaters & built in extractor fans. The garden is south-south east facing & enjoys the sunshine all day long.

This house would make a great bed & breakfast, in a great location; either as it stands or with restoration to the ground floor to further extend the living space. It could also be a lovely family home or holiday house. More interior pics to follow, or I can email you some....

For a rural village, St Geniès de Fontedit has a good selection of shops and amenities. There is a a baker, a grocer and a post office, three wine caves and the all important hairdresser. This is, after all, France, home of the coiffure. There is also a football pitch, children's playground, 2 tennis courts, a promary school & many clubs & societies. Nearest golf courses at golf at Beziers or Lamalou les Bains.

Due to its enviable location, there is a huge choice of places to go and things to do in the immediate area around St Geniès de Fontedit. The first that comes to mind is a trip to one or more of the wine domains, to see how the wines are produced, and to taste one or two to find your personal favourite. After this, you may like to visit nearby city of Béziers (15 mins away), whose history encompasses the tragic Cathars and the wars of religion. The modern city is excellent for shopping and dining, and there is plenty of culture too, so make a day of it. It's around a twenty minute drive from the lovely sun kissed beaches of the Mediterranean Sea, so there is no excuse for not spending some time at the seaside. Here you will find safe swimming and sunbathing as well as watersports. A little inland, the mountains and the gorges provide a great location for white water sports such as canoeing and kayaking, and between the two there are all manner of other sporting opportunities such as horse-riding, walking and cycling, not to mention tennis and the ever popular golf.

There are numerous possibilities available to you when you want to travel from the UK. Ryanair, the low cost airline, offers direct flights into Montpellier, and Béziers (the closest airport), Carcassonne, Perpignan and Nîmes. (Bmibaby and Flybe also fly into Carcassonne & Beziers.) There is also a train station at Béziers, with the TGV to Paris & many other cities.

DPE

Logement économe	Logement
≤ 50
51-90
91-150
151-230
231-330	257 kWh
331-449
>450
Logement énergivore

Faible émission de GES	Logement
≤ 6
6-10
11-20
21-35
36-55	40 kg
56-80
>81
Forte émission de GES

Location in France

Herault, department number 34, is located in the South of France on the Mediterranean coast and has a fantastic year round climate. It is famous for its full-bodied red wines and for its oyster beds along the coast in the Bassin de Thau.
Montpellier is the capital of both the Hérault department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region, and is the driving force behind the regional economy with high tech industries in Agropolis and Euromedecine. The area has seen a dramatic transformation during the last 50 years. The rise of a strong left of centre local government has left a legacy of good housing, pedestrianisation of town centres and a public transportation network that is second to none.
Béziers is further to the south, renowned for its ancient bridge. It has a population of 70,000 and is the unofficial capital of the largest wine-producing region in France, with vineywards dominating much of the local landscape.
Elsewhere, the town of Sete is the most important fishing port on the French Mediterranean coast and Le Cap d'Agde is the largest purpose built tourist resort in the whole of Europe. It can accommodate up to 100,000 tourists at any one time. Nearby is Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert, one of France's most beautiful villages.
Flying into Herault couldn't be easier. There is an international airport in Montpellier and a smaller one in Béziers, with mainly flights from Paris. Although Ryanair now has a service from Bristol to Béziers three times a week. Montpellier has regular flights to and from the UK with Ryanair, GB Airways and British Airways. The fast and comfortable TGV train service also runs through to Montpellier.
In terms of french property, Montpellier is the most expensive city in the Languedoc-Roussillon and has experienced a 25 percent increase in prices over the last five years. Outside Montpellier, the trend remains similar, as the Hérault is an increasingly popular place in which to own property - but in the rural villages and hamlets further inland, there are still bargain french properties to be found.