House in Rochechouart , Haute-Vienne , Limousin - Part of Nouvelle Aquitaine

The main entrance (16m²) to the apartment is actually in the barn, at the side of the house where you have a generous entrance hall with a run of useful storage cupboards. At the rear is the boiler room/workshop (30m²) which houses the electric hot water tank and very old wood/gas central heating system. From here there is a staircase leading into the barn space above.

The ground floor continues with the old shop (28m²) at the front of the property, which is now used as a games room/occasional bedroom and behind this is an official bedroom (16m²) with built in wardrobes. Just to side, you have a room (14m²) where work has started to create a shower room and there is a WC and already plumbed in but this area is very basic and very much to finish.

Above is the apartment proper, with a lovely bright kitchen/dining room (24m²). Then, the lounge (24m²) with feature fireplace and lovely solid wood parquet flooring.

Above, there are 2 large bedrooms (15m² and 11m²), a bathroom (7m²) and WC. Unfortunately, a leak in the roof has caused some internal damage to the larger bedroom so this room will need to be completely refurbished, including a part part of the plaster boarding and ceiling.

All are perfectly habitable but requiring work. The whole property is single glazed (although the windows themselves are still in good condition) and has decent metal shutters. The electrical installation will need to be modernized throughout, as will the central heating boiler. The insulation also needs improvement.

Finally, from the 2nd floor, there is another internal access into the barn (6m x 10m) space, this time coming down a few steps to reach the 1st floor level of the barn. The big barn door is actually at ground level on the other side of the property as the whole building is built into a slope. The barn roof is not in good condition (very large hole and various other leaks) so this does open up the possibility (planning consent would be required) of removing a part or all of the roof to create a lovely courtyard garden. This would create some outside space for the property which is does not otherwise have. That said, at the rear, you do have a 1/5 shared ownership of a parcel of gravelled land which provides access to the this property and the 4 neighbouring properties and it should be possible to create a small sitting area here, if desired.

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