This restored farmhouse for sale in Haute-Vienne, at Saint-Bazile, has a separate guest cottage, a 10 x 5 m pool and about 2 hectares of land.
The house dates from around 1650 and began life as a dairy farm. It has since been restored and is sold fully furnished, so the next owner can arrive with a suitcase and cook dinner the same evening. With 317 m² on two levels, five bedrooms and a self-contained cottage, it works as a large family home, a base for friends and relatives, or a second home in France that could also host paying guests.
### A Restored 17th-Century Dairy Farmhouse
The thick stone walls are the first thing you notice, and they do real work: stone keeps the rooms cool in summer, and the attic is insulated, so the house is meant to be comfortable all year, not only in July. Many old farmhouses are not.
On the ground floor there is a bright 24 m² living room and a separate, fully equipped kitchen, which means cooking and sitting down are not squeezed into one space. A guest suite with its own shower room and WC sits on this level too, handy for older relatives or anyone who prefers not to climb stairs.
Upstairs you will find three further bedrooms, three shower rooms, a bathroom and five separate WCs. Nobody queues in the morning, even with a full house over the school holidays.
### The Guest Cottage: Space for Visitors or Rental
The fifth bedroom is in a self-contained cottage on the ground floor, with its own shower room and kitchenette. Visitors can keep their own hours, and you keep your breakfast table to yourselves.
It also gives the property flexibility as a holiday home in Limousin. You could host family for free, or offer the cottage to self-catering guests. Anyone planning regular rental sh ... click here to read more
