- Reference : AF04930
- Number of rooms : 11
- Number of bedrooms : 7
- Habitable area : 300 m²
- Size of land : 10 000 m²
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PRICE : 715 000 € (Agency Fees Included)
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In the undulating hills 20 minutes north of Tarbes, on the outskirts of a market town with all facilities, these two lovely architect designed built houses, in the same grounds but with independent entrances, offer scope for two families living together, or for rental income. There is also a third house in option in the near future, offering further potential. All are built in the very pretty Basco-Bearnaise style, with lots of taste and cachet, and do not overlook each other, and sit in undulating, mature gardens of about 1 hectare, with a designer pool, overlooking the surrounding valleys and the Pyrenean mountain chain beyond.
The Main House
Double electric gates open on to a brick weave drive, leading to a garage, then a paved path which encircles the house, and is bordered by flower beds stocked with many perrenials, roses and manicured shrubs. This house is in the most elevated position, on the top of the hill.
Following this path around, a few stone steps take you up to the south facing terrace, a peaceful area to take your leisure, with a built in designer barbeque, and overlooking the grounds, the pool and the valleys and mountains beyond.
Sliding glass doors invite you into the main living area (43m²). On two levels divided by two shaped steps and a wooden balcony, this room also has a built in bar, and ‘insert’ –glass fronted fitted and vented wood burner – a very efficient and attractive form of heating), and boasts many exposed reclaimed old beams, and glazed doors also to the garden to the north. To the east of this room an archway takes you into the veranda (9m²), a lovely place to sit and dine overlooking the gardens. Of the veranda (and also off the upper living area) is the fitted kitchen with breakfast bar and solid wood units (8m² - small, but very well planned).
Behind the kitchen a door leads to an office of 10.8m², with wood fronted cupboards for storage, but also concealing the washing machine and tumble dryer, and the individual small cumulus (immersion) for the kitchen. With windows to the north and to the east, this room offers a very cool and peaceful place to work.
The entire ground floor is paved with lovely fired earth hexagonal tiles, and has a wealth of wood and hand placed rustic style plastering, all giving it warmth and a feeling of calm.
A wooden staircase winds up from the upper living area to the first floor mezzanine (5m long, by max 3.7m wide), overlooking the lower living room, and with a row of windows to the south and another office / library area. Off this, to the east, is a bedroom (12m²) with fitted cupboards and balconied french doors opening ovelooking the gardens. The other end of the mezzanine you find, to your right, a shower room (3m²) plus bidet and wash hand basin. Three steps take you down to another landing (2m²), off which, to the right is a wc, and to the left a loft space which could be used as a children’s play room, and ahead you find the second bedroom, west facing and with sloping ceilings (15m²).
Retracing your steps to the west of the living room, two steps take you down to a lobby with fitted cupboard. To the left of this is another lobby, with fitted wardrobes and a bathroom off it (9.4m²) with sunken bath, wash hand basin, walk in shower and bidet, and towel heater. Then you find the master bedroom (16m²), with windows to the south and east giving light, and more fitted cupboards.
Back to the lobby, and you find the main front entrance hall of 18m², with double wooden glazed doors to the west. Off this is a utility room with oil fired boiler, oil tank, cumulus (immersion) for the bathrooms, and lots of storage space (15.6m²).
The 2nd House
A separate entrance with double gates serves this house, which is attached to the garage (22m²) of the first house. The house is mainly north and west facing, and has a small private garden to the north.
On the ground floor, the entrance doors open on to a lobby/dining room of 11.5m², with a designer corner fireplace. You find the kitchen to the left (8m²) with a breakfast bar and north facing window. There is also a salon (20m²) with a woodburner and door to the garage, a bedroom (10m²) with en suite shower room with wc (4m²), a second of 12.4m² off the lobby, also with en suite shower room of 4.3m², and a utility room of 8.3m² with the cumulus.
Tiled stairs take you from the dining room to the first floor, where you find another two bedrooms, one of 12.2m² west facing with a small balcony overlooking the garage and garden with en-suite shower room and wc, the other of 8m² with a velux window.
The 3rd House
This is available in option in the near future, as it is let currently. It has its own entrance, again via double gates, and is a very sweet house, built further down from the main house, and comprises a large, luminous open plan living room / dining room / galley kitchen, with ‘insert’, a spacious well lit bedroom, a shower room, a wc, and a garage. A terrace surrounds most of the house, and there is a good sized garden attributed to this property. There is room for expansion of this house. The price quoted below is for the first two houses, the additional price for this house would be 170,000€uros.
The grounds for all the properties are quite lovely, and extend to more than 1 hectare, mainly laid to grass, with many mature trees – oaks, maples, pin parasol, firs – and shrubs, and an orchard – apples, pears, figs, plums – and a meadow area. The pool has roman steps, and varies from 2.5m wide to 6m wide, by 12.5m length, and from 0.8m to 2.4m depth. There is also a large wooden garden shed, divided into a workshop and garage for garden tools.
The properties are all built in the Basco-Bearnais style, and with character and style, and quality materials. The roofs are tiled, construction traditional and sound, the living areas and bathrooms are all tiled, the bedrooms all fitted carpets, with many special individual features in all the houses lending them character and a comfortable feeling. There is oil fired central heating in the main house, plus the insert, and electric in the other two to augment the insert. Drainage is taken care of by septic tanks.
The property is situated 20 mins north of Tarbes, in an elevated position, reached by an almost private road. It is 2 minutes from all amenities, 1 hour from Pau (Ryanair, Transavia, Air France), 1hr 30mins from Spain, and from the lower ski slopes, 1hr 50mins from Toulouse (Easyjet, Flybe, Aer Lingus), 1hr 45mins from Biarritz and the Atlantic beach resorts, and 3 hours from the Mediterranean.
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Swimming pool
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Double glazed
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Undulating countryside
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Shops nearby (-500m)
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School (-5km)
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Golf course (-10km)
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2 Houses in Basco-Bearnaise style with designer gardens, pool in 1ha
Description no.AF04930
