Property Description

Stone house with attached barns to renovate

This detached house offers huge potential to create spacious family accommodation by extending into the attached barns, subject to planning.  It stands at the end of a quiet hamlet surrounded by fields.  There are useful detached barns.  The property will need renovating.  Viewing is highly recommended.

Lonlay LAbbaye, a picturesque village in rural Basse Normandie. In the village there is a bank, pharmacy, doctor, butcher, bakery, small supermarket, hairdresser and postoffice. There is a large and very good Intermarche in Domfront (8km) for more comprehensive shopping and the baker in nearby St Front is open on Monday when the Lonlay bakers is closed. The baguette machine outside the Lonlay bakers is stocked on days that they bake for out of hours supply.  This property is in the Orne region of Normandy near the Calvados border and is surrounded by wooded hills and valleys that form part of the Normandie-Maine Regional National Park, an area of natural beauty that extends to some 257 000 hectares. The rugged Brittany/Normandy coastline is just over an hours drive away and there are several lakes with beaches within half an hour by car. Bagnoles-de-lOrne, with its spa centre, casino, lake and sports centre, is also within easy reach (23 km).  The UNESCO heritage site of Mont St Michel is 70 km from the property.  It is 64 km from Alençon, the department capital and 225 km from Paris.  The closest ferry port is at Caen Ouistreham (1 hour 15 minutes) and the channel tunnel at Calais is about 4 1/2 hours by car.

 

THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES:

 On the ground floor - 

Living Room 6.38 x 6m Partly glazed door and side panel and window to front elevation. Electric meter. Concrete floor. Fireplace. Stairs to first floor with cupboard under.

Cloakroom Hand basin. WC.

On the First Floor -

Landing Wood flooring. Window to rear elevation.

Bedroom 1 6.00 x 4.25m (max) Window to front elevation. Ornamental fireplace.

Bedroom 2 3.55 x 2.13m Window to front elevation. Steps to loft space. Wood flooring. Exposed beams. Door to:

Room over attached store room 5.00 x 4.73m Window to front elevation. Exposed beams. Sloping ceilings.

OUTSIDE :

Attached to east elevation:

Store Room 5.56 x 4.73m Fireplace. Door to front elevation. Access to room over. Attached timber shed with corrugated iron roof.

Attached to west elevation:

Barn 6.74 x 5.01m Pedestrian door to front elevation.  Room with well water pump.

Attached timber and corrugated iron lean-to.

Attached Barn to the rear 9.39 x 2.36m Constructed of stone under a slate roof.

The garden is overgrown and surrounded by mature trees to the rear.

Separate Detached Barn 7.65 x 4.19m 2 sliding doors and arched window to front and rear elevations. First floor storage area. Lean-to.

Open Fronted Barn 5.00 x 4.57m

Small detached stone barn (former pigstye).

SERVICES :

Mains water, electricity.  The telephone would need to be reconnected.   Heating provided by an open fire. Single glazed windows.

FINANCIAL DETAILS :

Taxes Foncières : Approx. 350 per annum

Taxe dhabitation : Approx. 191 per annum

Asking price : 76,000 including Agency fees of 6,000. In addition the buyer will pay the Notaires fee of 6,800

Please note : All room sizes are approximate.  Agent has made every effort to ensure that the details and photographs of this property are accurate and in no way misleading.  However this information does not form part of a contract and no warranties are given or implied.

Estimated annual energy costs of the dwelling between  and per year
Average energy prices indexed to 01/01/2021 (including subscriptions)

The costs are estimated according to the characteristics of your home and for a standard use on 5 uses (heating, domestic hot water, air conditioning, lighting, auxiliaries).

Information on the environmental risks to which this property is exposed is available with us or on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr 

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