Midi-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Villeneuve-Lécussan, France

The courtyard is entered through a lovely original door, dated 1893. The covered terrace in front of you runs the whole length of the main house and has a cloister feel to it with its columns and traditional herringbone tiled floor. To the left is the main house, and to the right is the courtyard garden on two levels with the swimming pool. There is also a door to the garage on the left.

In the main house you find a study/bar/office (24m2) with a traditional bar installed, including water access. From there you can access either the kitchen or the salon and dining room. There is a downstairs toilet on the way to the kitchen which is spacious and light. The kitchen (26m2) has a range cooker, a seating area and a pantry. Off the kitchen is a covered space, useful for storage, leading to a charming wooden terrace, perfect for morning coffee or tea.

The sitting room/dining room is generous in size (40m2) with two distinct areas. The salon ( 22m2) has a beautiful massive stone fireplace with alcoves either side, a window at either end and a tiled floor. The dining area (18m2) can seat 6-8 easily. The stairs take you up to the large master bedroom (17m2) overlooking the courtyard garden with views to the Pyrenees, and its ensuite bathroom (6.5m2). Also on this floor are two other bedrooms, one of which (12.5m2) has an ensuite shower room (5m2), one currently being used as a workshop (15m2), a laundry room (5m2), a dressing room (15.5m2), a large shower room (5m2) and an unconverted room (24.5m2) with lovely stone walls off the dressing room. From the laundry room and the workshop there is access to a large covered balcony (8.5m2) overlooking the courtyard garden with views to the mountains.

From the courtyard garden you access the one bedroom apartment. There is also another access door to/from the garden on the other side. You enter into the dining area (14,3m2) and kitchen (6,2m2). The modern and equipped kitchen, completed in 2022, is separated from the dining area with a framed glass partition, allowing plenty of light. There is a useful utility/laundry space off the kitchen. The sitting room (19.5m2) can be accessed via an archway from either the dining room or the kitchen. It is lovely and light, with triple exposition, and a door leading to the garden. The bedroom (9m2) and ensuite shower room (4m2) are accessed from the dining area. The shower is a walk-in. A light, spacious and comfortable one bedroom apartment which could either be for a family member or for renting out.

A few steps down to the lower courtyard garden and you find the 10X5m Desjoyeux swimming pool and a lovely three bedroom gite. On the ground floor with direct access to the pool is a massive open plan room (47m2) comprising the kitchen, dining room and a petit salon. There is a high level fireplace, perfect for a BBQ. From here walk through to the hallway with stone walls on the other side with a door to the garden. The stairs take you up to a great reception room (52m2) with exposed stone walls, wood floor and windows overlooking the courtyard and swimming pool. From there you go into the first of three bedrooms, all of which overlook the courtyard and the pool. The first bedroom (14m2) is light and airy with a wood floor. The second bedroom (18m2) is larger and also light and airy with a wood floor. The shower room is in between the second and third bedroom and has beautiful travertine tiling and a large walk in shower. There is a separate WC also with travertine tiling. The third bedroom (25m2) is huge, light and airy with plenty of room for two single beds and a double bed.

OUTSIDE
The courtyard garden has a charming seating area on the higher level and there are wonderful planters all around absolutely brimming with flowers, shrubs and greenery.
On the lower level is the swimming pool with a lovely, large walled terraced area with plants, shrubs and flowers. There is a gate at the end leading you through the garden, meadow, orchard and vegetable garden.
The whole area is largely to grass. The vegetable garden is enclosed and contains a wide variety of vegetable beds, an 18m2 greenhouse and a chicken coop. On the other side of the vegetable garden is the orchard with a variety of fruit trees. The goes around to the back of the house and courtyard. There are several sitting areas, the little pond, ad two garden sheds. As you head out towards the amazing views, the land falls away down the hill to a secluded valley at the bottom. There is a path that takes you down there and there is also a gate entrance at the bottom, useful for vehicles/tractors etc.

Back up at the house there is a large garage (76m2) with direct access into the house. There is also off road parking at the side of the house for 3/4 cars with an entrance to the garden for vehicles/tractors etc.

TECH SPECS
Fibre Internet
Conforming Septic Tank installed in 2021
Electric Underfloor heating in the main house on the ground floor and in two of the 1st floor bedrooms. There are electric radiators in the other rooms on the first floor. There is an open fireplace in the salon with a fan system to push the heat out into the room.
Electric underfloor heating in the one bedroom apartment.
Electric radiators and a fireplace in the 3 bed gite.
Electric hot water with a 300 litre tank in the main house and a 100 litre tank in the gite.
The Desjoyeux swimming pool is 5X10m with the pump and filter buried in the terrace at one end. It is a chlorine treated pool.
The greenhouse has water and electricity.

TOWNS/CITIES/TRANSPORT
Lannemezan (Gare SNCF) 10 minutes
Montrejeau 10 minutes
St Gaudens 15 minutes
Tarbes (Gare SNCF TGV) 30 minutes
Airport Tarbes/Lourdes 35 minutes
Toulouse 1hr
Blagnac Airport Toulouse 1hr
Spain 40 mins
Atlantic coast (Biarritz, Bayonne, St Jean de Luz) 2hrs
Mediterranean Coast 2.5hrs (Perpignan/Narbonne)