Idyllic rural French farmhouse with huge barn, pond, 4 acres of land, rental gite and pottery studio

Description

New Life in the Sun?!

Step out of the rat race & enter the tranquil rural village of Oradour-Fanais, a hamlet in the Charente, southwest of France. Winding country roads and fields surround us, the grounds regularly hosts deer, hares and other wildlife, we have barn owls, screech owls, little owls competing with the cicada and bullfrogs chorus at night, and stars filling the skies . Our own little haven for the last 10 years, but sadly now due to family illness we have to return to the UK.
The Charente is known for butter and the Limousin, this region is famous for the Limousin cows. The nearest town of Confolens, (just 14 minutes drive) is known as the "little city of character" (a Petite Cité de Caractère) host an annual music festival. In between us and Confolens is the beautiful village of St Germain des Confolens, where they have wonderful live music nights on the river with a bar, food and amenities all lining the river with free picnic table. Life here is a slower pace.

The house is a partly finished renovation project, with lots of scope for change or growth, but still very, very livable. there are 3 bedrooms which are finished and usable upstairs, the 4th has been used as a storage by us, we planned to have a window installed, but that hasn't happened becasue it wasn't needed . There are 2 full useable finished bathrooms upstairs. The hallways is spacious and currently we use it as an office, though it has space to have a further bathroom installed should you need it.
Downstairs is a washing machine in a nook, and a downstairs WC all finished and usable, the kitchen again fully usable and finished, this is light and airy with lots of beautiful features, including granite island with integrated Tesla hob and farmhouse table. The living room is usable but was never renovated and could in our opinion do with a bit of TLC, but we have lived with it since we bought the house and the fire is regularly maintained and serviced , it also has new plumbing and 2 new radiators. the whole house has been re plumbed, new electrics and new double glazing, there is a new boiler, and new radiators in every room, all the showers and toilets and bath are new and all the kitchen is new.
The attached business is a pottery painting studio this is a fully fitted and kitted studio complete with stock and a brand new eco Kiln, complete with website, clients and Name. It is fully registered and zoning and all SDIS Public access and legal compliance is in place. There is parking for 8-10 cars, including disabled access, there is a second workshop area which we have partially finished and this is where I planned to use myself to create all our Christmas stock.
The far end of the building has a small gite with 1 bedroom ,we are in the process of completing this and have as yet not registered or let it to the public.
The gardens include a full potager complete with greenhouse and raised beds. there are roses for pollinators, asparagus, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, hazelnuts, apples, peaches, pears and apricots all planted by us and well established. Due to illness the garden does require some maintenance to return to its former glory. Many other trees and flowers have been planted throughout the grounds since we purchased and are now well established.
There is a well , and a pond.
There is a huge barn which at present due to zoning restrictions cannot be converted, but we have been told by local council officials that these laws are undergoing change and this is something that they are pushing through.

Lots of photos are available on our website, if you are interested in viewing please get in touch any time.

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