La Peignardiere
FougeresIlle-et-VilaineBretagne

Summary

La Peignardiere is set in its own grounds of 8,300 sq Meters of land and consists of two rental gites, (one three bedroom & one two bedroom) an indoor heated swimming pool and a main house

Details

The Property
In general the property can be divided into two sections; one residential and the other for holiday rental.
The residential section is primarily the "Barn" [that is to say] the building to the right of the larger picture, this house consists of :-
Ground floor
Lounge - The lounge is approximately 6M x 4.5M with a large wood burning stove, fully ceramic tiled floor, network point for the computer, recessed lighting, & Ceiling Fan
Kitchen - The kitchen is fully fitted with Gas Hob, Electric oven, Integral Fridge & Freezer, A Rayburn multi-fuel oven / boiler, Dishwasher recessed downlighters, Ceiling Fan, Granite work tops & under wall unit lighting, The floor is fully tiled with ceramic tiles, and there is a recessed door mat to the entrance door.
3rd Ground floor room - This room was originally designed as a room/bedroom suitable for wheelchair access and could therefore be used as a 5th bedroom as it has easy access to the downstairs toilet and shower. All of the major controlls for the central heating are in this room out of sight in a large built in cupboard.
Ground floor wet room - There is a large wet room next to the 3rd Ground floor room, which is suitable for persons with mobility problems, it has a shower, toilet, and hand basin.
Generally the ground floor is fully centrally heated using waste wood,or logs, or charbon, or even a mix of all three, on this floor can be found the fuse board and the central heating control section.

First Floor
Main Bedroom - The large main bedroom has its own ensuite shower room complete with shower, half inset hand basin, concealed cistern toilet, genuine oak flooring, heated towel rail, granite surfaces and is fully tiled, there is also a walk-in wardrobe that has background heating in it. A flat screen television is also installed and the room has views of the garden and over and across the nearby forest. Facing east, the rising sun reaches this room early in the morning.
2nd Bedroom - The second bedroom is a large, light & airy centrally heated room facing both west and south.
3rd Bedroom - The third bedroom is a good size and faces south, it easily accomadates a double bed.
4th Bedroom - This is the smallest bedroom it will accept a single bed or could be used as an office or hobby room.
Shower room - The shower room on the 1st floor has a cabine built in shower, plus a hand basin and toilet, it also has oak flooring and is fully tiled.
Generally the 1st floor is fully centrally heated throughout, the access stairs and upper hallway are well lit with ample switches at all points.
Staircase - The staircase is concrete and fully tiled with oak trimming and a stylish glass bannister with a solid timber handrail, all of this is demountable to allow easy movement of furniture at any time.
Externally of the Barn
The whole of the barn has been repointed in the local traditional manner. The front is covered in the summer with climbing roses and passion flower. The beds at the front have roses, with various bulbs and small shrubs so that especially during the summer there is always colour at the front entrance. There are two satellite dishes so that both British and French TV can be received. At the time of writing this there is some redecoration to be carried out internally, which has an ongoing schedule and is expected to be finished during the summer of 2009.
There are two gites / cottages here at La Peignardiere. Full details of them can be found at http://www.brittanycottages.com/. Briefley, one Gite is a two bedroomed unit, with a sofa-bed, meaning it can sleep up to 6 persons, and the other unit is a three bedroomed unit plus a sofa-bed, which means it can sleep up to 8 persons. Both units have a Television with UK free to air, Internet access, CD player, radio, washing machine, fridge freezer, central heating and a fully fitted kitchen including microwave, cooker etc. All the furniture now in the houses will be sold with the property so that they are ready for rental income at all times. Turnover figures for these units will be made available to genuine enquiries.
The swimming pool is indoor and heated, because of this there is very little maintenance, perhaps less than 15 minutes per week in the high season.
The main heating system for the property is from a boiler situated in the Laundry. This boiler runs on wood pellets, which is considered very 'green' as it does not burn any fossil fuel and uses very little electricity. It is possibly the least expensive method available at this time for large scale heating. The boiler can be turned on to heat the gites or to boost the swimming pool temperature on cloudy days when the Solar system may struggle. During times when there are no guests in the houses who need heat then it can be switched to heating just the Barn, thus making this system very flexible.
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