2-Bed Single-Level House with Pool & 1-Hectare Garden Near Bergerac – Dordogne Holiday Home



Issigeac, Aquitaine, 24560, France, Issigeac (France)
2 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 210m² Floor area
€477,000
House
No parking
2 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
210m²
No garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Saturday morning in Issigeac. You push open the tall wooden shutters and the air hits you — warm, faintly earthy, carrying the smell of bread baking somewhere down the lane. The weekly market is already humming three minutes away in the medieval bastide, where local farmers spread out their walnuts, foie gras, and strawberries on trestle tables under stone arcades that have stood since the 13th century. This is your kitchen view. This is your Saturday.
Set on the quiet edge of one of the Dordogne's most characterful bastide villages, this single-level house of 210 square metres sits on just over a hectare of private land — roughly 11,439 square metres of lawn, mature trees, and absolute silence. No neighbours visible. No road noise. Just you, a sun-warmed pool, and the rolling Périgord hills in every direction.
The layout is genuinely clever. A 67-square-metre living room is the kind of space that earns its size — high enough to feel airy, wide enough to seat a crowd, and oriented to pull the garden right into the room through large glazed openings. It flows directly into a kitchen and dining area of 45 square metres, which is not a galley afterthought but a real room where you can cook a cassoulet and have four people around the island at the same time. The two bedrooms and two bathrooms — one full bathroom, one shower room — are arranged to give guests genuine privacy. There is also an independent studio on the property, which is the kind of bonus that makes all the difference: a teenager's retreat, a home office, or a self-contained space for the friends who always stay a week longer than planned.
The 55-square-metre garage adjoins a barn, which sits at the edge of the plot near the village boundary. It is practical in the way Périgord architecture always is — built to last, built to store, built to be useful across generations. For international buyers who come for months at a time, having serious storage and workshop space is rarely a minor detail.
The pool. On a July afternoon when the Dordogne sun is doing what it does — relentless, golden, pressing down on the lavender and the limestone — you will understand exactly why the pool is not a luxury here. It is furniture. The terrace around it is generous enough for sunloungers, a table for eight, and a shaded corner where someone will inevitably fall asleep with a paperback.
Issigeac itself deserves more than a passing mention. It holds its Saturday market year-round, which is unusual and which tells you something about the village's vitality. The circular medieval town plan, the cathedral-church of Saint-Félicien, the half-timbered houses along the Grand'Rue — these are not preserved for tourists. People live here. They stop and talk in the square. The boulangerie on the main street runs out of croissants before nine. In September, the village hosts the Fête de la Châtaigne, the chestnut festival, when the whole place smells of wood smoke and roasted nuts. These are the textures of daily life that you don't get from a resort apartment.
Bergerac is 20 minutes by car — a proper town with a Thursday and Saturday market, a riverside promenade, and Bergerac-Dordogne-Périgord Airport with direct flights from London Stansted, Bristol, and Edinburgh (seasonally), as well as connections from other UK and European cities. That airport link is not a small thing. It means you can be at the property within hours of leaving home, which changes everything about how frequently you use a second home.
The broader Dordogne region fills every season differently. Spring — April into May — is genuinely one of the best times to be here: the oak and chestnut forests come alive, the rivers are full, and the bastide villages are yours without the summer crowds. Canoe the Dordogne River from Beynac past the cliff-top castle at Castelnaud — a two-hour paddle that passes scenery that hasn't fundamentally changed in five centuries. Summer brings the markets, the outdoor concerts in villages like Monpazier (one of France's best-preserved bastides, 30 minutes south), and long evenings that don't cool until ten. Autumn is truffle season. From November onward, Périgueux and Sarlat host truffle markets every weekend; you can buy fresh black Périgord truffle directly from the farmer and shave it over scrambled eggs back in your own kitchen that same morning. Winter is quieter, obviously, but the light on the limestone is extraordinary, and the local restaurants — the kind that serve confit de canard and walnut tart without any fuss — are at their most relaxed.
The Vézère Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is under an hour away. Lascaux IV — the most recent and most sophisticated replica of the prehistoric cave paintings — is at Montignac and is worth an entire day. Les Eyzies, the self-styled capital of prehistory, is slightly closer. Sarlat-la-Canéda, with its Saturday market and medieval townscape, is about 45 minutes.
Practically: property tax runs to €1,303 per year, which is modest for a property of this size and land area. The house is in good condition and is move-in ready — no remediation project, no years of renovation before you can enjoy the summers. For international buyers considering the French purchase process, notaire fees average around 7% on top of the sale price, and the legal framework for non-EU buyers purchasing French property is well-established and straightforward with the right local support.
Rental potential is real. The Dordogne draws visitors from the UK, Netherlands, Germany, and Scandinavia throughout the summer, and a private-pool property with a hectare of land within walking distance of a working village market is exactly what the holiday rental market rewards. Gîte-style rentals in this area regularly achieve €1,800–€2,800 per week at peak season, and the independent studio extends your options further.
Key features at a glance:
- 210 sq m single-level house on 11,439 sq m (approx. 1 hectare) of private land
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 shower room
- Separate independent studio — ideal for guests, rental, or home office
- 67 sq m living room and 45 sq m kitchen-dining room
- Private swimming pool with sun terrace
- 55 sq m garage adjoining a barn
- Edge-of-village position with no overlooking neighbours
- 3-minute walk to Issigeac's year-round Saturday market
- 20 minutes to Bergerac and its international airport
- Good condition — move-in ready for the coming season
- Annual property tax: €1,303
- Strong summer holiday rental potential
- Direct UK flight access from Bergerac Airport (Stansted, Bristol, Edinburgh)
- Close to Monpazier, Sarlat, the Vézère Valley, and Lascaux IV
If you've been thinking about a second home in the Dordogne — a real one, with land, privacy, and a village life you can actually participate in — this property is worth your serious attention. Contact Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to request the full property dossier. The Saturday market is on this week. You could be there.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 210m²
- Price per m²
- €2,271
- Garden size
- 11439m²
- Has Garden
- No
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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