Centre, Indre-et-Loire, La Tour-St-Gelin, France

Through patio doors, you enter a bright entrance hall (13m2) off of which is a WC (3m2), a rear hall (11m2) used as the laundry room with door to the garden, and a large room used for storage (12m2). To the right of the entrance hall is a huge living space (100m2) with fitted kitchen, dining and living space, perfect for entertaining friends and family. There are two sets of patio doors, one leading to the front of the property and the other to the covered terrace overlooking the garden. Continuing through, a door leads to a room (27m2) used as a study, again with patio doors which lead out to the front of the property and to a bedroom (20m2) with patio doors and ensuite shower room with shower, double sinks and WC.

Back in the living room, an impressive wooden staircase leads you up to the first floor. The centre of this floor, which sits above the main living room, currently used as an entertainment space (98m2) with a home cinema area and play space with a wood-burning stove in the centre. There is an area (12m2) used as an office space. There are also two bathrooms (8m2 and 9m2) both with corner baths, double sinks and WC’s and four bedrooms (12m2, 14m2, 14m2 and 20m2) on this floor.

Accessed from the main living area is a vast covered terrace overlooking the garden. There are additional outbuildings : a huge hangar with cellar, a shed for storage and a technical room housing the swimming pool filtration system, water softener and boiler for the heat pump.

The property sits in the centre of an enclosed, landscaped garden which is mostly laid to lawn with flower beds. The covered swimming pool (11m x 5m) has a counter-current and is heated by a heat pump.

The property is situated in a hamlet less than a 10-minute drive from the historic walled town of Richelieu and L’Ile Bouchard, which is on the Vienne River, both of which have all the amenities you need. The property benefits from good transport links : TGV routes to Paris from Tours (just under an hour) and Chatellerault (1 hour 20 minutes); regular low-cost flights to UK from Tours and Poitiers airports, both of which are less than an hour away and being just over 3 hours from the Caen Ouistreham ferry port. It is in the perfect location for visiting the Loire Valley châteaux and vineyards.

Technical : Electric gates and video entry system; Alarm; Air source heat pumps and solar panels for self-sufficiency. Water-softener. Completely renovated by an architect, attention has been given to the insulation and heating to ensure that the property is energy efficient (DPE - B rating)