3-Bed House with Pool & Building Plot in Rural Ardèche, Jaujac – Second Home France



2670 Les Chambons, 07380 Jaujac, France, Balbigny (France)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 86m² Floor area
€319,000
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
86m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Sunday morning in Les Chambons: the wood stove has already taken the chill off the air, coffee is on, and through the south-facing terrace doors you can hear nothing but birdsong and the faint rush of the Lignon River down in the valley. That's the rhythm this place sets. Not a frantic one.
Sitting in the municipality of Jaujac in the wild, volcanic heart of the Ardèche, this single-storey house is the kind of property that rarely surfaces — move-in ready, with a heated pool still under warranty, nearly 2,130 square metres of land split across three parcels, and a separate fenced building plot of 750 m² with its own access and panoramic views over the surrounding hillsides. At 86 square metres, the house is compact and efficient, but the life it opens up is anything but small.
Step inside and the layout just makes sense. Three bedrooms line up quietly at the back of the house while the open-plan living room and kitchen face south, spilling out through large glazed doors onto a covered terrace that's sheltered from the prevailing winds. Exterior sunshades keep the interior cool when the Ardèche summer gets serious — and it does get serious, regularly hitting the low 30s from July through August. The kitchen is modern and functional, the shower room clean and well-maintained, and there's a separate pantry plus a guest WC that international buyers with families will immediately appreciate. Electric heating handles the mild winters, but the wood stove is the real centrepiece — get it going on an October evening and the whole house feels like a different place.
The pool is the kind of detail that changes everything. Heated by a heat pump and surrounded by a large tiled terrace, it's genuinely usable from May through September, not just in the peak of summer. Three garden sheds sit around the grounds — one housing the pool equipment — and the garden wraps the entire property, meaning you can wander from terrace to lawn to kitchen garden without crossing a road or a fence line.
Now, the building plot. This is where things get interesting for buyers thinking long-term. The 750 m² fenced parcel sits adjacent to the main house with independent access and commanding views across the Ardèche landscape. Planning a guest house? A second rental unit? A studio for visiting family? The potential is real and concrete, not theoretical. The Ardèche's growing appeal as a short-stay rental destination — particularly among French and Dutch holidaymakers who return to this region year after year — means a well-positioned gîte on this plot could generate meaningful seasonal income.
Jaujac itself is a five-minute drive, or a 20-minute walk along forest trails that dip through chestnut and oak woodland above the Lignon. The village has everything a permanent resident or long-term seasonal owner needs: a weekly market, a boulangerie, a pharmacy, a medical centre, a primary school (with the school bus stopping directly in Les Chambons hamlet), and the Maison du Parc — the visitor and information centre for the Parc Naturel Régional des Monts d'Ardèche, which tells you something about how seriously this area takes its natural heritage. You're not in a tourist trap. You're in a working village that happens to sit inside one of France's most protected and least-developed landscapes.
The outdoor calendar here is relentless in the best possible way. In summer, the Lignon and the Ardèche river gorges offer swimming, kayaking, and fishing. The GR7 long-distance trail passes close by, linking through beech forests and up onto the volcanic plateau of the Mézenc. In winter, the Croix de Bauzon resort — a genuine four-season mountain station roughly 30 minutes from the house — offers downhill and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and sledging. Spring brings the Ardèche in full bloom, with the chestnut trees exploding in late October for the Fête de la Châtaigne, a region-wide celebration of the chestnut harvest with markets, tastings, and music across villages from Aubenas to Lamastre. Autumn, honestly, might be the best season here — warm enough to swim in September, golden light through October, and the crowds completely gone.
For access: Aubenas, the nearest proper town, is around 25 minutes by car and has a good supermarket, hospital, and train connections. Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport is about two hours north, with direct connections across Europe. For buyers arriving from the UK, Netherlands, or Germany — all well-represented in this corner of Ardèche — the drive from Calais or a flight into Nîmes or Clermont-Ferrand are both practical options.
On the investment side, the Ardèche property market has held steady and even appreciated quietly over the past decade, driven by demand from northern European second-home buyers and the rise of rural escapes post-pandemic. Properties with pools, buildable land, and proximity to a village in the Parc Naturel are genuinely scarce. This one is priced at 319,000 euros and is available for immediate negotiation with no agency fees charged to the buyer.
Key features at a glance:
- 3-bedroom single-storey house, approximately 86 m², built 2000, in good condition
- 1 shower room with WC, separate guest toilet, pantry
- Open-plan living room and kitchen with south-facing covered terrace
- Recently installed heated swimming pool with heat pump, still under warranty
- Large wind-sheltered tiled pool terrace
- Total land area of approximately 2,128 m² across three parcels
- Separate buildable plot of 750 m² with independent access and panoramic views
- Three garden sheds including dedicated pool equipment storage
- Wood stove plus electric heating; exterior sunshades; natural ventilation
- Secure entrance gate serving both the house and the elevated plot
- School bus stop directly in the hamlet of Les Chambons
- 5-minute drive to Jaujac village (shops, medical centre, school, Maison du Parc)
- 30 minutes to Croix de Bauzon ski and mountain resort
- Strong short-term rental potential in an established tourist corridor
- No agency fees for the buyer; property available for immediate negotiation
If you've been thinking about a vacation home in France that gives you space to breathe, room to grow, and a genuine connection to one of the country's most underrated landscapes, this is worth a serious look. Reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing or to request the full property dossier — the sellers are motivated and ready to move.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 86m²
- Price per m²
- €3,709
- Garden size
- 2128m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- 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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