Property features
Number of rooms: 16
Description
This mansion is located 40 minutes from Bordeaux in Pauillac, in the heart of the peninsula of the Medoc, and has 450 m² spread over 3 levels, consisting of 6 bedrooms with shower-rooms, two living rooms, a professional kitchen, a separate kitchen and huge outbuildings (including a gite with a heated swimming pool). The fenced in garden of 1800 m² has an automatic front gate, a videophone, spaces for parking and enclosed garages. This sale is for someone searching for gites, bed-and-breakfast or table d'hotes, and looking for a good return.
The property was built of freestone from the region and consists of a big semi-detached mansion with three levels, two garages, a reception room, a self-contained apartment, a linen room, a workshop and a place for bikes. The main house has 6 bedrooms (one completely independent) two nice sitting rooms, a professional kitchen and a big family kitchen.
The tree-filled garden has two big terraces and a heated swimming pool. The garden is laid-out and has enough parking for 5 vehicles. The big trees offer lots of shade. Your guests will have views of the prestigious regional wine-growing châteaux.
In this house, you're in a space with lots of volume, where the stone of the old wonderfully adds a modernity to the present. You'll feel the influence of the river Gironde from the garden and the bucolic setting of this quiet house.
On the ground floor, a central hallway leads to the kitchen, which is fully-fitted and has lots of storage space and a bar area. On the other side is a sitting room with a beautifully-made stone staircase, followed by a toilet and a second sitting room and study at the end of the hallway.
A passage at the end of the hallway a passage leads to a big garage and a professional kitchen with a wine cellar, washing-up area, stainless steel table and refrigerators.
From the landing, a wide hallway leads to three big bedrooms (25 m², 28 m² & 30 m²) with cosy and chic bathrooms.
On the second floor, there are two more bedrooms (30 m² & 42 m²) with sloping ceilings and shower-rooms, in addition to a landing.
All the bedrooms have period parquet flooring, which has been restored. The fireplaces were preserved in order to keep the original style.
From the outside, the sixth bedroom (28 m²) has a shower-room on the mezzanine.
There is also a 66 m² apartment/gite consisting of a bedroom, a mezzanine, a shower-room, a toilet and a fully-fitted kitchen. All accessible from the interior of the courtyard. It also has a reversible air-conditioning system (heat pump type).
Next to it and accessible from the street is a reception room (40 m²) for your meetings.
The semi-detached outbuilding (23 m²) could be converted. It is currently used as a laundry and linen room.
Next to the main house, on the road side, is a garage that is accessible from the house.
There is another garage on the château/vineyard side of the property. It faces the private parking area and is on the south-side entrance to the property.
The workshop and pool shed are on the garden near the pool.
The swimming pool is oval-shaped and salt-treated. There is an automatic PH control that is regulated by a heat pump.
The property is entered via a bell and call system with a telephone.
The main house has two wood-burning inserts in order to keep the comfort of a flame heating system in the sitting rooms.
Central heating is gas-fired. Solar panels for hot water and the bathrooms. Wiring is in excellent condition. No work is needed.
The windows have aluminium frames. Thermal insulation.
The walls of the buildings are constructed with rubble stone, which offers quality thermal comfort. The traditional roof is tiled.
Its situation in a small world-famous town can surprise you with all the tourist advantages it has: the vineyards, the estuary of the Gironde is 5 minutes away, the marina of Pauillac, 30 min from the ocean, the fresh-water lakes of Hourtin/Carcans (20 min), 40 min from Bordeaux, 45 min from the lighthouse of Cordouan (Unesco World Heritage Site), in addition to many other sites that are natural and preserved.
If you dream of making your living environment a place for receiving, exchanging, cultural heritage and to develop attractive privately-run gites or bed-and-breakfast, this property is for you. It's waiting for your dynamism in order to grow and continue in a promising area.