€325,000

Rochechouart, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Versatile home - many business possibilities

A large, detached, renovated house offering ample space for various commercial activities or, alternatively, a spacious family home with 6 en-suite bedrooms to accommodate family and friends. The house is built of local stone - the main photograph shows the exposed rock of the older section of the house, which dates from the late 18th century. The more recent part of the building was added in the 19th and early 20th centuries and is covered in crépi. The house is connected to mains drains and fibre optic telephone and internet access.

The house is set in a hamlet in the commune of Rochechouart just 3 kilometres from the town centre with a full range of amenities including bakers, a chemist, hairdressers, banks, a Post Office, a Health Centre with two GPs and a physiotherapist, and two dentists. An Aldi and an Intermarché are just outside the town centre, with Leclerc and Hyper-U hypermarkets just 10 kilometres further at Saint Junien, which also has the nearest hospital and railway station.

Although previously run as a hotel, bar, restaurant and, more recently, as a chambres d’hôte for 10 years, the property lends itself to many other commercial enterprises that can make us of a large hall with additional facilities, plus living accommodation. In total the house offers 460 square metres of living space, 17 rooms plus two storage rooms, over two floors.

On the ground floor – total area 260 square metres you will find:
● The main entrance area, which served as a bar and reception area ( 20 square metres) when the guesthouse and restaurant were in operation.
● A cloakroom (17 square metres) with a toilet cubicle adapted for people with reduced mobility.
● A games room (34 square metres), table tennis and table football, with access to an outside private, covered terrace with two storage sheds.
● A large reception room, The Great Hall (55 square metres) ideal for social gatherings.
● A lounge (38 square metres)
● A dining room (21 square metres)
● A Breakfast room (19 square metres)
● A large, well-equipped kitchen (18 square metres): 2 range cookers (gas and electric); two dishwashers; two fridge freezers; there is a walk-in pantry; rear door access to a terrace with tables and seating for outdoor eating, which leads to a larger garden area ideal for off road parking for up to 6 cars.
● A second toilet and sink with an adjacent area housing a washing machine, dryer and cleaning materials (6 square metres)

Two separate staircases lead to the first floor. The total area of the first floor is 250 square metres of which approximately 60 square metres are currently used as storage space.

On the first floor you will find:
● Bedroom 1 (Avignon suite – 27 square metres) incorporates an extension to the central landing, an enclosed Wc with handbasin, space for a single bed, and a double bedroom with a shower and handbasin inside the room..
● Beyond this suite there is a large room (41 square metres) currently used as a storage room but could be converted to further living space.
● Bedroom 2 Bordeaux (17 square metres), double bedroom with windows on two sides and an en-suite shower room with shower, toilet and sink (3 square metres)
● Bedroom 3 Cognac, double bedroom (12 square metres) has an en-suite bathroom with bath and overhead shower, toilet and sink (6 square metres)
● Bedroom 4 Dijon, double bedroom (12 square metres) with en-suite shower room, toilet and sink (6 square metres)
● Bedroom 5 Evian, double bedroom (12 square metres) with an en-suite shower room, toilet and sink (6 square metres)
● Bedroom 6 is the Apartment (52 square metres) consisting of a bedroom with sitting and dining area, a kitchenette, a walk-through dressing room and a shower room with shower, toilet and sink.
● There is a second storage room (28 square metres) adjacent to the Evian bedroom.

All the rooms in the older part of the house are equipped with double glazed windows and solar powered shutters. In the newer part of the house, wooden shutters have been installed on all the windows and French doors. Heating and hot water are entirely electric. All the rooms on the ground floor (except the games room and cloakroom) are equipped with reversible heat pumps ( 8 in total) providing instant heating or air conditioning. The lounge has a pellet stove for supplemental heating, equipped with a timer. All rooms and landings on the first floor are equipped with electric panel radiators. There are two hot water tanks: a 300-litre tank serving three bedrooms and the kitchen and a 200-litre tank serving two bedrooms and the upstairs apartment.

The older part of the house had a new roof in 2014. The newer part has been re-roofed in 2026. The entire property was re-wired in 2013, and the double glazing and fire doors were installed in 2016.

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