The house in the woods

This is a sweet little holiday cottage situated in 2 hectares of its own woodland, beside a lane a couple of miles from a village with shops. It is rustic, even slightly eccentric, but has plenty of charm.

Tarn et Garonne
Réf. 716dh
  • Bedrooms : 3
  • Total living area.(m²) : 90
  • Living room area : 21m2
  • Land area.(m²) : 20,000m2
  • Rooms : 6
  • Year of construction. : 19th century
  • Year of renovation : 1993
  • Facilities (mn) : 5
  • Schools (mn) : 5
  • Toulouse (mn) : 90
  • Albi (mn) : 40
  • Gaillac (mn) : 45
  • Taxe foncière : 545€
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  • Type of House : Country
  • Condition: Renovated
  • Roof: Tiles
  • Heating: Wood burning stoves
  • Construction : Stone
  • Detached
  • Drainage : Septic tank (installed 1992/3)
  • Orientation : East West
  • Fireplace(s) 1
  • Downstairs bedroom(s) - 2
  • Exposed beams
  • Loft converted
  • Basement  converted
  • Terrace
  • Pool

Description of property

There is a parking area to the front with tiled steps leading up to the front door, which opens directly into a cottage style kitchen (4.36 x 4m) with a wood burning stove housed in the fireplace, fitted base and wall units, a central island unit housing an electric oven as well as a fitted dishwasher and a gas hob.

Through from here is a conservatory style dining room (4.3 x 3.15m) with glazed walls.

Off the kitchen in the opposite direction is the living room with French doors out to a decking terrace, with a stairway leading down to the pool. Stairs from the living room lead up to a loft converted into a children’s’ dormitory bedroom with en-suite toilet washroom. Be warned that head height is extremely limited!

Downstairs a little lobby leads to:

Main bedroom (12m2) with a tiled floor and cupboards housing a washing machine and hot water cylinder. En suite bathroom with bath, toilet and basin in cupboard unit.

Bedroom 2 (12m2) with glazed double doors to the driveway to the front.

Shower room and separate washroom with toilet.

Outside there is a wooden garden shed and a figure of 8 Cristal Pool with an almost new liner plus about 2 hectares of oak and sweet chestnut woodland.

Our opinion

Lots of quirky character!

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Diagnostics

Energy Performance

419 kWhEP/m 2 .an
Housing effieciency
Energy efficient housing
Graded Chart kWhEP/ m2.year

Greenhouse gas emissions

13 kg eqCO2/m 2 .an
Low Greenhouse emission
Strong Greenhouse emission
G Graded chart kg éqCO2/m2.an

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