3-Bed Country House with Pool & 6875m² Gardens, Walk to Saint-Maurin Village



47270 st-maurin, France, Saint-Maurin (France)
3 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 281m² Floor area
€345,000
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
281m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
On a still Sunday morning in Saint-Maurin, the church bell in the 11th-century priory rings out across the valley and drifts through the French doors of this single-story stone country house while the coffee percolates. The kitchen smells of woodsmoke and walnut. Outside, the fishpond catches the early light. This is what you came to France for.
Saint-Maurin is one of those villages that hasn't been discovered yet, not really, and locals are quietly grateful for that. Classified among the Plus Beaux Villages de France, it sits in the rolling hills of Lot-et-Garonne, a département that routinely tops French quality-of-life surveys but somehow still flies under the radar compared to its flashier Dordogne neighbor to the north. The village square, shaded by plane trees, holds a small café where the patron knows your order by your second visit. There's a boutique, a boulangerie within walking distance, and in summer the whole village transforms for the Wednesday night markets, where producers from across the Agenais set up under fairy lights and sell duck confit, Agen prunes dipped in Armagnac chocolate, and bottles of Buzet red that cost less than a London sandwich.
The open-air cinema runs through July and August. You bring a blanket, somebody always brings too much rosé, and the film starts at dusk against the backdrop of the medieval priory. These aren't tourist attractions in the manufactured sense. They're just what life is here.
This three-bedroom vacation home sits on the edge of the village, close enough to walk in for a pastis at 6pm, private enough that you can swim in the 10x5 metre pool without a neighbor in sight. The grounds extend to 6,875 square metres — nearly 1.7 acres — planted with mature specimen trees that provide both shade and structure. There's an orchard, a chicken coop if you want eggs, a vegetable patch if you want to go further down that road, and a separate single garage with storeroom. A working well with pump keeps the whole lot green through the dry Lot-et-Garonne summers without running up a water bill.
The house itself was built in 1989 but you wouldn't guess it from the inside. The current owners have renovated it with the kind of care that takes years and isn't achieved by a single contractor in a hurry. The living room is anchored by a brick fireplace with a wood-burning stove — genuinely useful from October through March when the evenings drop sharply — and three sets of French doors that open onto the garden, so the boundary between inside and outside essentially disappears in warm weather. Underfloor heating runs through the main living areas, which means cold tile floors in winter are never a thing here.
The kitchen is one of those rooms that stops people in their tracks. Handmade walnut cabinetry, granite worktops, integrated appliances — it's functional, serious cooking space. But the centrepiece is a working 1930s Godin wood-burning range cooker, original, restored, and fully operational. It's the kind of thing you can't buy new and can't replicate. Weekend cassoulet, slow-cooked for hours. Tarts made with plums from your own orchard. On winter afternoons it keeps the whole kitchen warm.
The master bedroom has a private dressing room and ensuite shower room. The two further bedrooms share a contemporary family bathroom. The layout is all single-storey, which matters more than people think — no stairs means the house works for guests of every age, and it makes the flow between indoor and outdoor space feel entirely natural. The sunroom, equipped with a built-in barbecue and sliding doors to the garden, sits between the living space and the pool terrace, making it the room you'll likely use most from April through October.
The travertine terrace around the pool is large enough for sun loungers, a dining table, and still leaving room to walk around barefoot without tripping over furniture. In the evening, the views across the valley are the kind that make people go quiet.
Oil central heating and double glazing throughout mean this is a year-round property, not just a summer house. The integrated garage has an electric door tall enough for a large motorhome — a detail that reveals the thoughtfulness behind the original build.
For international buyers, the practical picture is equally compelling. Agen, 25 minutes by car, is a proper market town with everything you need: hospital, supermarkets, restaurants serving the region's famous white asparagus and mique bread soup, and the TGV station connecting to Paris in 3 hours 10 minutes. Direct trains run regularly, which means a long weekend here from the UK or northern Europe is entirely realistic. Toulouse Blagnac Airport is just over an hour's drive, with connections across Europe and beyond.
Lot-et-Garonne property remains significantly undervalued relative to comparable regions. At 345,000 euros for 281 square metres of living space, nearly 1.7 acres of private land, a pool, a garage, and a village address in a classified village, the arithmetic is straightforward. Rental demand in the Plus Beaux Villages corridor grows each year as travellers seek out authentic rural France over saturated Dordogne hotspots. Professional holiday rental management services operate throughout the area, making it easy to generate income during the weeks you're not in residence.
For EU and non-EU buyers alike, French property purchase is well-regulated and transparent. Notarial fees typically run 7-8% for resale properties. An SCI (Société Civile Immobilière) ownership structure is worth discussing with a French notaire if estate planning or multi-family ownership is a consideration.
Key features at a glance:
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, single-storey layout across 281 square metres
- Grounds of 6,875 m² with mature specimen trees, orchard, and kitchen garden potential
- 10x5 metre swimming pool with travertine terrace
- Handmade walnut kitchen with working 1930s Godin wood-burning range cooker
- Wood-burning stove and brick fireplace in main living room
- Underfloor heating throughout living areas
- Oil-fired central heating and full double glazing for year-round comfort
- Sunroom with built-in barbecue and garden access
- Integrated garage with high-clearance electric door
- Separate single garage with storeroom
- Working well with pump for garden irrigation
- Classified village of Saint-Maurin, walk to café, boutique, and weekly markets
- 25 minutes to Agen TGV station (Paris in 3h10)
- 1 hour 10 minutes to Toulouse Blagnac Airport
- Strong holiday rental potential in a growing rural tourism corridor
This is a holiday home in France that works on every level: the village, the landscape, the kitchen, the pool, the practicalities. It's the kind of property you buy and then wonder why you waited. To arrange a viewing or request a full information pack, get in touch with the team at Homestra today. Properties like this in classified villages at this price point don't sit on the market for long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 281m²
- Price per m²
- €1,228
- Garden size
- 6875m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- 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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