2-Bed House by the River Epte in Fourges, Normandy — Vacation Home with 1,000m² Garden



Normandy, Eure, Fourges, France, Vexin-sur-Epte (France)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 105m² Floor area
€230,000
House
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
105m²
No garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
On Sunday mornings in Fourges, the only thing you hear is the river. The Epte moves quietly past the old mill at the edge of the village, and if the kitchen window is open, you catch the faint smell of damp grass and whatever someone nearby is baking. This is a village that hasn't tried to reinvent itself. It's just still here — stone walls, a mill that's been grinding for centuries, a pace of life that feels almost unreasonably good.
This two-bedroom house sits in that village, in good condition, single-storey, with a generous 1,000 square metre garden running down to the voie verte — a dedicated greenway trail that cuts through the Vexin-sur-Epte countryside. Step straight out of the back gate and you're on a route that takes you through meadows and orchards, past apple trees whose fruit ends up in the local calvados, all the way toward Gisors or down toward the Seine valley. You don't need a car to feel like you're deep in rural Normandy. The landscape just arrives at your doorstep.
Inside, the layout is all on one level — no stairs, no fuss. The entrance leads into a living space with a wood-burning stove that makes the room feel entirely different in November than it does in July. In winter it crackles, the walls hold the heat, and the whole house takes on that particular quality of a place that's actually lived in rather than merely visited. The fitted kitchen is practical and fully equipped. There's a large master bedroom, a proper bathroom, a separate WC, and a second smaller room that works equally well as a guest bedroom or a home office for those who work remotely and want to do it somewhere with better views than their city apartment. Under the eaves, a third sleeping space with storage gives you genuine flexibility when friends or family come to visit — which, once they see where you're based, they will.
The garden deserves its own moment. 1,000 square metres is a lot of space to play with. Enough for a proper kitchen garden, a terrace with a long table, fruit trees, and still room for children to disappear into. The private parking is on the property itself, so arriving with a car full of market bags and luggage is straightforward. Small things matter when a house is going to be used frequently rather than just owned.
Fourges sits in the Eure department, in the heart of the Vexin Normand regional nature park. The park covers over 70,000 hectares of rolling bocage, chalk plateaux, and river valleys — classified and protected, which means the landscape around this house will not change. The Epte river forms the historic boundary between Normandy and the Île-de-France, and the area carries that dual identity easily. You're close to Paris without being suburban. Close enough to drive down for a weekend, far enough away that the air actually smells different.
The nearest market town of any size is Gisors, about 15 kilometres east. Its Saturday market on the Place Carrel is the kind of thing people mention when they explain why they moved to the countryside — whole wheels of Livarot and Pont-l'Évêque, loose vegetables, cider in unlabeled bottles from farms you could actually drive to. Gisors also has a castle — the Château de Gisors, a serious medieval fortress with real history behind it, the kind of place you cycle to on a Tuesday afternoon and have almost to yourself.
Vernon is equally accessible, roughly 15 kilometres to the west, and from there it's a short trip across the Seine to Giverny. Monet's house and gardens at Giverny are best visited in May or September, when the tour buses thin out and the wisteria or dahlias are doing what they're supposed to do. In June the roses are extraordinary — though locals will tell you to go early, before ten, when the light is still cool and low.
Rouen is about an hour by car — a proper city with a medieval quarter, the Gros-Horloge clock, excellent Michelin-starred dining, and a covered market that sells fresh Norman sole and scallops still in the shell. Paris is around 90 minutes by car or accessible by train from Vernon station, which connects to Saint-Lazare in about an hour and twenty minutes. For international buyers, Charles de Gaulle airport is roughly two hours, and Beauvais-Tillé — used by several low-cost carriers from across Europe — is even closer at around 45 minutes.
The climate here is mild and genuinely four-season. Summers are warm rather than scorching, with long evenings and low humidity. Autumn turns the Vexin into something quite different — the light goes golden, the cider presses start up, and the countryside empties of the weekend crowds from Paris. Winters are cold but not harsh, and the wood stove becomes the centre of the house in the best possible way.
For international buyers, France remains one of Europe's most straightforward markets to purchase in as a non-resident. Notarial purchase processes are well established, ownership costs are transparent, and the market in the Eure and Eure-et-Loir departments has held its value steadily. The Vexin Normand, specifically, draws buyers from the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, and increasingly Scandinavia — people who want proximity to Paris without Parisian prices. At 230,000 euros for a move-in ready single-storey house with a substantial garden in a protected natural park, the value per square metre here is markedly different from what you'd find in the Luberon or the Dordogne, which have been discovered thoroughly enough that prices have outpaced the romance.
There's also genuine rental potential. The Giverny corridor draws visitors from April through October, and the voie verte makes this location attractive to cycling tourists who want a base in the Vexin. A well-managed gîte in this area, particularly with outdoor space and proximity to both the Epte and the greenway trail, can generate meaningful seasonal income if that's something an owner wants to explore.
Key features at a glance:
- 2 bedrooms plus additional sleeping space in the loft
- 1 bathroom with separate WC
- 105 m² of single-storey living space in good condition
- Wood-burning stove in the main living area
- Fully fitted and equipped kitchen
- 1,000 m² garden with private on-site parking
- Direct access to the voie verte cycling and walking trail from the garden
- Located in the Vexin Normand regional nature park
- Village of Fourges with historic mill on the river Epte
- 15 km from Gisors, 15 km from Vernon, 5 km from Giverny
- 90-minute drive to Paris, 45 minutes to Beauvais-Tillé airport
- Strong second-home and gîte rental market in the area
- No immediate renovation required — ready to use from day one
- Protected natural landscape — no risk of surrounding development
If you've been looking for a second home in Normandy that doesn't require a renovation project or a lengthy commute from Paris, this house in Fourges is worth a serious look. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing — properties at this price point in the Vexin Normand don't stay on the market long, and this one has the garden, the location, and the river to back up the listing.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 105m²
- Price per m²
- €2,190
- Garden size
- 2390m²
- Has Garden
- No
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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