House in Gouffern en Auge , Orne , Normandy

Entering the house with a space for the home office (12m2) this leads into the dining room (18m2) that has an open fireplace and period tiling. There are French double doors to access the garden, doorway to kitchen and access to living room and a wet room with shower, toilet and handbasin. The living room (48m2) still needs work to finish off. Entering the kitchen (34m2) with period tommettes, there is a beautiful original normandie cheminee fireplace, with double French glass doors leading to the garden.

Ascending the stairs to the first floor you will find four bedrooms – two tandem bedrooms to the right of the stairs (17m2, 14m2) where the second bedroom contains a bidet and handbasin. Left of the stairs are the other two tandem bedrooms (20m2, 35m2) each with their own bathroom (5m2, 6m2). There is access to the attic that could be turned into further space/bedrooms.

Adjoining the farmhouse is the central heating room (21m2) which is oil fuelled heating, and space to use as storage. On the other side of the path adjoining the huge 19 century barn is a wood storage shed. The period brick barn is the ‘piece de resistance’ built around 1900 from carrouge brick, and split over three levels you could have a bed and breakfast hotel, or gite apartments. The ground floor is currently split into 3 pieces (104m2, 61m2 7m2) with a total surface area of 172m2. Stairs to the first floor has three parts as well (30m2, 105m2 67m2) for a total area of 202m2. The second floor has 105m2 surface area.

The land is spacious just under one and half hectares that has an established apple orchard of 46 trees of five varieties for eating and cider. There are two wells on the ancient farmstead, and a natural pond. At the top end of the land there is a ruined columbage building with a stunning normandie cheminee split into two parts (17m2, 34m2) that could be restored/renovated into another habitat, or would be brilliant as an orangerie.

Chambois for bakery/convenience store/hairdresser/pharmacy 4kms
Argentan for full commerces and services 18kms with train station that has high speed train to Paris in 2 hours
Caen ferry services 1 hour by car (78km)
Caen Airport 1 hour by car (74kms)
Autoroute A28 13 mins by car (14kms)
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