Interesting possibility for weekend house in calm hamlet
Renovation project with unique details in small village, house approx 300 - 350 years old, 30 min drive from Rodez Airport (Ryan Air straight from Stansted).
The house: new roof on main house, 2 rooms (8m x 4,25m), bed room (4m x 4m), work shop (4m x 4m), attic (8m x 4,25m), toilet, shower, water boiler, sink, electricity, landline, roofed parking possibility for French car, fireplace, authentic chimney, wood stock, little terrace
Neighbourhood - 1.2 ml to next village St. Cyprien Sur Dourdou (grocery, bakery, hotel, supermarket, bar de tabac, etc.) - several producers of traditional food like cheese (with Roquefort as most famous cheese), wine (Galliac, Marcilliac), meat (best traditional butcher across) - chambre d’hote in village - 10 min walk to excellent restaurant/beer bar (45 kinds of beer) with more apartments to rent - English speaking assistance at bank Credit Agricole (to arrange insurance, bank account, etc.) - many French markets to visit - friendly neighbours
Nature, en what else to do - superb natural walking area, strenuous hikes through forests and mountains - ‘cyclotourism’ routes - equestrian centres - river Lot 15 min drive (fantastic kayak/canoeing, fishing) - climbing, caving, para gliding, golf - several fishing lakesmicro climate
The department Averyon - 10 villages classified among the ‘Plus beaux villages de France’ - Conques 15 min drive (route Saint-Jacques de Compostelle) - Salle la source - Rodez as capital city with a lot of sight seeing, good restaurants and cathedral Notre Damme - castles and chateaus to visit - wine producer (purchase straight from them) - duck and foie gras; Roquefort and Laguiole cheeses; wild mushrooms like morels, cêpes and chanterelles, and beef from the historic cattle of Aubrac - 2.5h drive to the Mediterranean - Toulouse 2h drive - 1.5h drive to skiing area Aubrac - 1h to Millau (one of the highest bridges ww)1h to Gorge du Tarn (famous caves)
Rodez as capital city with a lot of sight seeing, many castles to visit, 2.5h drive to the Mediterranean, 1.5h drive to skiing area Aubrac, Toulouse 2h drive,
small ground > no work after you’ve been away a while, we assist you finding builder!
Find your best deal to Rodez Airport here! A 30 min drive to the house, we know people hoe can pick you up at the airport to bring you to the place, buy a french car, leave it over there and within a few hours from London you will enter a totally different world.
