3-Bed Country House with Pool & Panoramic Views – Souillac Holiday Home, Lot



Midi-Pyrénées, Lot, Souillac, France, Souillac (France)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 140m² Floor area
€333,900
House
Parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
140m²
No garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
On a still July morning in the Lot valley, you wake up to the faint sound of a tractor working somewhere across the fields, sunlight cutting through the wooden shutters and warming the oak-beamed ceiling above you. By the time coffee is brewing in the kitchen, the view from the terrace has already done its job — rolling countryside in every direction, no neighbors interrupting the horizon, just the slow green rhythms of one of France's most quietly extraordinary regions. This is the kind of house that makes you stop checking your phone.
Built in 2009, this three-bedroom country home in Souillac sits in the heart of the Lot département, a place where the limestone plateaus of the Quercy Blanc give way to the wooded river valleys that run down toward the Dordogne. The house doesn't pretend to be a centuries-old farmhouse — it was built with contemporary family life in mind — but the architect clearly understood the vernacular. Exposed timber beams run across the ceilings. Underfoot, you get Italian ceramic tiles on the ground floor and warm wooden flooring upstairs, surfaces that stay cool in August and hold the heat from the log-burning insert on November evenings when the first real chill arrives.
That living and dining space deserves its own moment. The fireplace with its log burner is the actual center of gravity in winter — the kind of fixture you arrange sofas around and argue about who gets the warmest spot. A second, separate sitting room gives the house a flexibility that matters for real use: kids doing homework while adults entertain, a quiet space for reading when the main room fills up with guests, or simply somewhere to retreat when a week-long holiday rental is running at full capacity.
The ground floor also has a bedroom and a separate WC, which solves a practical problem that older French properties often don't — guests or grandparents who can't manage stairs have their own comfortable space. Two staircases rise from the ground floor, which is an unusual touch. One leads to the two upper bedrooms and a bathroom with an Italian-style walk-in shower. The other goes to a dedicated home office — a room that transforms this from a straight holiday home into something more useful for anyone working remotely, or who simply needs a space that isn't also a guest room.
Outside, two terraces wrap around different aspects of the house, which means you follow the sun through the day without having to move furniture. The 10x5 metre in-ground pool is the undisputed social anchor from June through September — long enough for proper laps, wide enough for four adults to float in comfortable silence. The views from the pool terrace over the Lot countryside are the kind that make you understand why people move countries for a property. A carport handles covered parking, and there's additional open parking beyond that for guests arriving with cars loaded for a long summer stay.
Souillac itself is an underrated base. The town sits where the Lot and Dordogne regions effectively overlap — close enough to Sarlat-la-Canéda (around 25 minutes east on the D703) that you can drive in for the Saturday market on the Place de la Liberté, pick up confit de canard and walnut oil from the local producers, and be back at the pool before noon. The prehistoric caves at Lascaux IV are roughly an hour north. Rocamadour, that gravity-defying village built into the cliff face above the Alzou canyon, is about 30 minutes to the southeast — somewhere you take every visitor who comes to stay, and it still surprises you every time.
The Dordogne river itself is about 15 minutes away, which opens up kayaking from Carsac-Aillac down through the meanders past the Château de Montfort — a half-day paddle that ends with a cold beer and an argument about who capsized the least. Fishing, cycling along the Vézère valley, and hiking the GR6 long-distance trail are all part of the seasonal texture here. In September, the walnut and truffle harvests shift the culinary conversation entirely: truffle markets in Lalbenque and Périgueux run from December through February, drawing serious food people from across Europe.
Climate-wise, the Lot delivers. Summers are long and dry — July and August regularly hit 30°C, which makes that pool non-negotiable — while spring and autumn are genuinely mild, perfect for cycling or walking the causse. Even winters here are gentle compared to further north, and the log burner means a cold January weekend in the house is genuinely cosy rather than something to endure.
For international buyers, this property sits in a market that has remained remarkably stable. The Lot and Dordogne corridor has attracted British, Dutch, and Belgian buyers for decades, which means the infrastructure around foreign ownership is well established — bilingual notaires, English-speaking property managers, and established rental agencies familiar with the holiday let market. The house's 2009 construction date means it meets modern insulation and electrical standards that older rural properties often don't, reducing the risk of surprise renovation costs. A house in good condition, with a pool, this close to both Souillac and the Dordogne, at this price point, is the kind of listing that tends not to sit around long.
Summer rental potential is strong. Properties with pools in this part of the Lot regularly attract weekly rentals of €1,500–2,200 in high season through platforms and local agencies, with occupancy high enough in July and August to generate meaningful income offset against ownership costs. The separate home office and flexible bedroom layout makes it usable as a personal retreat outside peak season without disrupting a rental programme.
Key features at a glance:
- 3 bedrooms including one on the ground floor, ideal for guests or reduced-mobility visitors
- 1 bathroom with Italian walk-in shower, plus separate ground-floor WC
- 140 sqm of living space built in 2009 to modern standards
- Exposed beam ceilings and wood flooring throughout upper levels
- Open-plan living and dining area with fireplace and log-burning insert
- Second separate sitting room for flexible family or guest use
- Dedicated home office on upper level via second staircase
- 10x5m in-ground swimming pool with panoramic countryside views
- Two terraces for morning and afternoon sun
- Carport plus additional open parking
- Set on private land for full privacy and space
- 25 minutes from Sarlat-la-Canéda, 30 minutes from Rocamadour
- Strong summer rental income potential in the Lot/Dordogne market
- Modern construction eliminates the renovation costs common to older regional properties
If you've been thinking about a second home in southwest France — somewhere that gives you genuine countryside escape without sacrificing modern comfort — this house in Souillac is worth a serious look. Get in touch with the Homestra team today to arrange a viewing or request a full information pack. The summer calendar fills up fast.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 140m²
- Price per m²
- €2,385
- Garden size
- 1232m²
- Has Garden
- No
- Has Parking
- Yes
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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