What a find! What a truly Wonderful spot!

With 7+ Acres Near the Spa Town of Bagnoles-de-L’Orne in South Normandy: A 4 Bedroomed House PLUS A Beautiful Detached Gite + 4 Boxes + More Buildings: All Overlooking Its Own Land and Miles of National Forestland: Unlimited Outriding: Ideal for Private Enjoyment or For Running a Trekking/Riding Holiday Business or Just a B & B/Gite Business

Bagnoles-de-L’Orne – 2 miles
La Ferte-Mace – 2 miles
Caen – 63 miles
Le Havre – 97 miles
Paris – 147 miles
Calais – 242 miles

Ideal for running a riding/trekking business or simply for keeping horses for private pleasure and making income from B & B and letting the beautiful one bedroomed gite. Anyone would be happy to stay in the house or in this wonderful gite which was renovated specially for the owner’s mother.

The house is ideally laid out for the purpose of doing B & B for this important reason: The owner’s large bedroom (with use of a ground floor bathroom) is on the ground floor and at the side/rear of the house, totally away from first floor bedrooms 2, 3 and 4 with their shower rooms.

The Gite is detached from the house and well located to the rear and side of the house.

The stables and exercise yard are conveniently situated nearby.

The house is superbly situated on the high point of its land so that the first floor bedrooms have wonderful views over the meadows and the nearby forest and a vast swathe of open countryside near La Ferte-Macé.

Here you are right on the forest’s edge, but not “shut in”. You have access to literally dozens of square miles of protected forests, the Foret des Andaines in the Parc Naturel Regional de Normandy-Maine.

This property is owned by an Anglo-Irish couple who live here with mother, but after two years of ownership, family reasons cause them to require to return to Ireland and so causing this amazing opportunity to be available.

This location benefits from the twin towns of Bagnoles-de-L’Orne and La Ferte-Macé. Bagnoles is the famous spa town visited by Parisians in high summer since it has hills and shaded forests which are much enjoyed by the French (and other nationalities) in July and August and all the year round.

So in Bagnoles are many facilities that tourists can take advantage of: excellent restaurants, quality shops, the casino, the lake and a general air of relaxation.

La Ferte-Macé is the commercial and business town of the area, again with all the facilities needed throughout the year: banks, restaurants, hotels and large supermarkets.

If the owner of the property wishes to promote this as a holiday destination it is clearly without fault, and the key feature from the viewpoint of equestrian owners is the immediate access to miles and miles of dedicated riding tracks in the Foret des Andaines.

THE HOUSE

Hall: 16’ x 6’6 Old tiled floor

Kitchen: 10’9 x 11’6 Double sink unit, cupboards and drawers. Fantastic views over the land owned and the forest.

Bathroom: 8’9 x 5’6 Bath with shower attachment, large double hand basin (French style).

Separate W.C.

Large Well Proportioned Sitting Room: 19’3 x 17’6 Open fireplace, tiled floor, door to –

Ground Floor Master Bedroom: 15’9 x 15’ Door to Terrace

Walk-in Store Cupboard: 15’9 x 3’ Oil fired boiler

On the First Floor –

Landing

Bedroom 2 (“The Blue Bedroom”) pt 12’9, pt 10’3 x 9’ Fabulous views over fields and woods.

En-Suite Shower Room: Tiled shower cubicle, hand basin, W.C.

Bedroom 3 (“The Orange Bedroom”) 10’3 x 9’3 Fabulous views over fields and woods.

Shower Room (serving Bedroom 3) W.C., hand basin, shower unit, extractor fan.

Bedroom 4 (“The Red Bedroom”) 14’ x 13’

En-Suite Shower: Fine views over fields, woods and La Ferte-Macé

THE GITE

This beautiful building was converted from a former cider press by the present owners and has the following excellent accommodation:-

Large Sitting Room/Kitchen: 23’ x 12’ Sink unit, work tops.

On the First Floor

Bedroom of Character: 18’ x 15’ maximum

En-Suite Shower Room: Shower, hand basin, W.C., large velux window.

OUTSIDE

4 loose boxes @ 4.1m x 2.5m

The above stables are built of timber.

Store: 5m x 4.7m Built of breeze block and brick.

Tack/Feed Room: 6m x 5.8m Built of stone.

Oil Storage Tank

Loft Area over

Large Stone Built Store: 6m x 6.2m Electricity connected. Potential for creating two internal boxes. Door to:-

Workshop: 3m x 2.4m Light and power. Loft over.

Wood Store: 3.5m x 2m

THE LAND

The land is all meadowland and extends to 3 hectares (7.5 acres) approximately.

A further field adjoining (which extends to one hectare approx.) is rented from the adjoining house (being surplus to their requirements).