19th-Century Character House with Pigeonnier Guest Suite and 15m Pool, Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, France €498,750
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Pigeonnier Pool House, Charente
About this property
A 19th-century character house in the Charente countryside, complete with a renovated pigeonnier guest suite featuring its own bedroom, shower room, and sauna. The main house delivers four bedrooms, two with ensuites, a large living room with fireplace, an equipped kitchen with range cooker, a study with wood stove, and an entrance hall with a staircase that earns its own mention. The whole thing sits on 3,498 m² with a 4 x 15m pool and covered terrace with BBQ directly beside it, so summer entertaining actually works.
Original terracotta tiles, old wood throughout, high ceilings, and multiple fireplaces give the interiors that rare quality estate agents call authentic soul and which actually means you won't want to gut it on arrival. A cellar handles wine storage, a shed covers parking and garden equipment, and the small hamlet setting of just two houses means genuine privacy without the existential dread of total rural isolation.
Energy Class E at 229 kWh/m²·year is not catastrophic for a 288 m² 19th-century stone property, but budget accordingly for winter heating and factor potential efficiency improvements into your offer. French purchase costs typically add 7-8% on top, and the pigeonnier functions independently as a holiday let, which makes the numbers rather more interesting than they first appear.
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