Property Summary

Drop your suitcases onto the floor of this ready to move into French farmhouse with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The property dates from the 1850s and consists of the house, a large barn with loft, a carport and grounds of 5150m². Situated in the peaceful French countryside within a short distance from the village of Tresson in the progressive department of the Sarthe in the Pays de la Loire.

This ready to move into French house is a perfect home to retire to or for your weekends and holidays, providing fibre internet already installed. The house has been brought up to modern standards as shown in the survey reports. The house is south-facing and is constructed from thick stone which holds the heat in winter and keeps the house cool in summer.

On the ground floor there is a large living room with a fireplace, a country kitchen adjoining a conservatory which doubles as a dining room, a master bedroom suite with shower room and toilet and another separate bathroom with shower cubicle plus a cloakroom. The recently installed conservatory (2021) built with the latest materials, is fully heated and insulated and opens on to the rear enclosed terrace and to the front garden and the stunning French countryside beyond.

The main spiral staircase leads to the first floor from the lounge. On the first floor there are two further bedrooms and a toilet. There is a second staircase in the ground floor master bedroom suite which leads to a mezzanine snug. Outside there is a large, gravelled courtyard and the grounds are grassed with low maintenance shrubs, there is a well and a small pond.

This ready to move into French house is centrally heated by the recently replaced condensing gas boiler (2022) with hot water tank. The sanitation, which is not connected to any mains drainage, has been recently upgraded to a modern MicroStation. The roof of the house was replaced in 2017. The windows and doors are all double-glazed and have shutters. The property, including the buildings extends over 5600m² and is surrounded by farmland.

All diagnostics: asbestos, lead, gas, electricity, energy dependence and emissions have been done and the property rates as C.

 Ground Floor

Main entrance via pathway to double UPVC door leading into the living room.

Living Room

Ceramic tiled floor, exposed limestone walls, functioning open fireplace, exposed oak beams, two double glazed windows providing plenty of light. Iron metal staircase.

Kitchen

Old-French style country kitchen with “armoir” storage, ceramic sink and drainer, stand-alone cooker with extractor hood above, space and plumbing for washing machine and dishwasher, space for upright fridge-freezer. Ceramic tile floor. Opens onto the conservatory /dining room.

Conservatory / Dining area

The conservatory was added to the house in 2021 to provide access to the new downstairs bedroom suite from the kitchen. Heated by a radiator connected to the central heating system. Insulated floor, glass and roof in accordance with the standards in force in 2021. Three large sliding patio doors give access to the front garden and a door opening onto the rear enclosed courtyard. Ceramic tile floor. Door leading to the downstairs bedroom suite.

Bedroom Suite

Very light double bedroom with double sliding door leading onto its own terrace. Electric blind. Wood staircase leading to mezzanine snug. Shower room, fully tiled with Italian shower, slim basin with vanity unit and toilet and 50L electric hot water tank.

Bathroom

Leading off the small lobby between the kitchen and the lounge is the bathroom. Freestanding bath, marble-effect sloping basin, and shower cubicle. Feature tiled wall and ‘boat-deck’ parquet floor. High wood window with secondary glazing.

Cloakroom

With toilet and shelving.

Surface areas on the ground floor :

Entrance / living room 31.94 m² approximately

WC 1.23 m² approximately

Shower-room 6.59 m ² approximately

Release 2.63 m ² approximately

Kitchen 18.84 m ² approximately

Veranda 12 m ² approximately

Room n°1 (parental suite) 13.03 m ² approximately

Shower-room 2.35 m ² approximately

First Floor

Bedrooms 2 and 3

Large bedroom accessed via the staircase leading from the lounge. This suitably converted loft space has created this a huge family space with access to a 3rd bedroom. Lit through velux windows with blinds natural chestnut wood flooring. Sympathetically retained exposed woodwork. Farmhouse door opening onto an external metal staircase from the 2nd bedroom.

Surface areas on the first floor :

Mezzanine 4.90 m² approximately

Bedroom n°2 20.63 m² approximately

Bedroom n°3 10.32 m ² approximately

WC 2.86 m ² approximately

The Grounds & Outbuildings

This ready to move into French farmhouse has a large barn with doors to four separate areas, a cellar and a large door in one of the areas for vehicle access. Loft space with laminate flooring. Electricity feed. Car port wide enough for two vehicles. Functioning well. Grounds are well tended and low maintenance.

Surface areas – outbuildings :

Barn 44.31 m² approx.

Cellar 14.62 m ² approximately

Woodshed 15.20 m

Workshop 19.70 m

Storage room 24.23 m

Storage room n°2 14.76 m ² approximately

Loft space 45.84 m² approx.

Carport 34.63 m² approximately

Swimming pool 10m x 5m

Complementary Information / Locality

The ready to move into French farmhouse is located 1km from the village of Tresson in the Sarthe. The village has a restaurant / grocery / bread stand. There is also a hairdresser and a small local market every Saturday morning. The village has an primary school and a school bus to the Bouloire college located 9km away. Tresson is home to the main trades (plumber, electrician, heating engineer, carpenter/roofer, plasterer…). A lake, open to fishing, and a village hall are located at the exit of the village. The shopping towns are within a 10km radius of Tresson: St Calais, Bouloire and Le Grand-Lucé. A small country hospital, an annex of the Le Mans Hospital, is located in Saint Calais and has a scanner and an emergency service. The village of Tresson has a fire station.