Ref.4148: Charming second-house residence for sale in norman Switzerland on 2,47 acres.

This romantic farmhouse is set in the heart of Normandy, in the south of the French department of Calvados, flanking the banks of the River Orne, the gateway to the mythical Suisse Normande.
Accompanied by a handful of neighbours at the entrance to a small, dead-end road, this elegant farmhouse stands proudly to the south in a high-quality country setting, letting the charm of lush, controlled nature take over.
The most courageous will be able to cycle the few leagues that separate them from civilisation and its many resources in a dynamic medium-sized town of almost 2,000 inhabitants.
The perfectly balanced grounds will offer something for everyone, from tending the orchards to rehabilitating the large vegetable garden ....fishing in the lake or simply contemplating by the stream, with the flowers, trees and forest as the only backdrop.
This inspiring place could be the guarantor of good living, rest... in short, happiness!

The building takes the form of a 2-storey stone farmhouse with a slate roof featuring nasturtiums. The style is simple and sober, highlighting the somewhat eighteenth-century symmetry of the building, while a clerestory canopy completes the facade and is clearly reminiscent of Norman half-timbering.
With approx. 143 sqm of living space, the farmhouse is distributed as follows:
Ground floor: central entrance via a large room (23 sqm) with no clearly identified purpose. There is the option of creating a ground floor bedroom, lounge or dining room ... There is a wood burner. Tiled floor. A second staircase leads to the north-west floor.
Adjoining, a beautiful bathroom (12 sqm) with shower and toilet.
Large living room (46sqm) in the shape of a cathedral, partly topped by a mezzanine. Beautiful Caen stone fireplace with wood-burning stove - other wood-burning stove (pellets). Tiled floor with "cabochon" tiles / wall panels with field-laid bricks, very attractive.
Wooden staircase leading to the mezzanine.
Behind the living room, a modern fitted kitchen (12 sqm) adjoins a utility room (9 sqm) containing a shower and technical and storage facilities. Access to the outside courtyard (20 sqm).
First floor: On the north-west gable, access via a straight millstone staircase to a bedroom with parquet flooring.
to a bedroom (12sqm) with parquet floor and access to a small shower room
shower room/wc (2.30sqm). Passage to a second bedroom with parquet flooring
(15sqm) with fitted wardrobes, also with access to the shower room/wc.
Mezzanine overlooking the living room, possibly used as a bedroom (11sqm)
with parquet flooring.
There is also a bookcase. Staircase leading down to the living room.

The outbuildings comprise a:
A stone building covered in steel sheeting, intended as a garage, but requiring access to be modified in its current state.
A canopy to the rear of the farmhouse, used for storing wood.
Wooden garden shed near the vegetable garden.
Small, well-preserved building with wooden cladding under sheeting, probably a former goat shed.

It was acquired in a state of neglect .... and has now been tamed!
The upper part, located at the rear of the property, is home to a beautiful patch of apple trees. This is followed by a large, espaliered vegetable garden, now in need of some "green hands"…
The completely flat south-facing side features an English-style pleasure garden of undeniable charm, punctuated by the meandering stream that is easily crossed by several small wooden culverts.
A second rich orchard (pear, cherry, plum, peach and quince trees) seems to be perfectly happy at a reasonable distance from the hundred-year-old trees that surround it (oak, maple, lime and alder).
Once past the stream, the eye is immediately drawn to a beautiful body of water fed by gravity from a spring in the nearby forest. Carp and ducks live here, sometimes joined by roe deer.
Occasionally, a few stone steps can be made out, abandoned to the weeds, which a lack of time has prevented us from enhancing ..... Isn't that all the magic and intimacy that these places exude?
Last but not least, we mustn't forget the multitude of plants and flowers that colour the house and garden (Glycine, Clématite, wig tree, old roses) in a beautifully mastered arrangement.
No easements or unhealthy projects have marred these protected areas.
The total land area is 2.71 acres.

Cabinet LE NAIL - Lower-Normandy - Mr Eric DOSSEUR : +33 (0)2.43.98.20.20
Eric DOSSEUR, Individual company, registered in the Special Register of Commercial Agents, under the number 409 867 512 .
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