3-Bed Stone House with Courtyard Garden in Dordogne – 20km from Sarlat-la-Canéda



Salignac-Eyvigues, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Salignac-Eyvigues (France)
3 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 137m² Floor area
€249,100
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
137m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
On a quiet Sunday morning in the Périgord Noir, you open the kitchen door onto the terrace and the air smells of woodsmoke and damp stone. A church bell somewhere down the lane counts out nine strikes. That's life in this hamlet just outside Salignac-Eyvigues — unhurried, rooted, and quietly extraordinary.
This three-bedroom stone house sits in a small hamlet in the Dordogne département of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, one of the most coveted second-home destinations in all of France. It's a proper working property, not a renovation project or a holiday shell. At 137 square metres spread across three floors, it has the kind of bones that took generations to build and the kind of condition that means you can arrive with a suitcase rather than a skip.
The ground floor sets the tone immediately. The main living room stretches to nearly 34 square metres, with exposed stone walls that stay cool in July heat, original beams overhead, and terracotta tiles underfoot that have absorbed a century of footsteps. The fitted kitchen-dining room at just over 20 square metres opens through French doors onto the terrace — which is where summer evenings actually happen, with a glass of Bergerac rouge and the sound of swallows cutting overhead. There's also a ground-floor shower room with WC, practical for anyone coming in from the garden.
Upstairs, the first floor reveals the house's most generous room: a 34-square-metre sitting room with a working wood burner tucked into a stone fireplace. On winter evenings — and Dordogne winters are mild but damp — this room is the whole world. Exposed beams run the length of the ceiling, and the stone walls are the same here as on every floor, giving the house a remarkable thermal consistency. The main bedroom on this level runs to nearly 21 square metres with a wooden floor and fitted wardrobes, alongside its own shower room.
The second floor holds two further bedrooms, at 13 and 12 square metres respectively, both with wooden floors and exposed timber framing — the kind of rooms that feel like sleeping inside the skeleton of the house itself. A family shower room serves this level. Outside, the courtyard garden covers 440 square metres — generous by village standards — with a terrace for eating and a garage for the car or storage.
Now for the location, because that's what really makes this property worth understanding properly.
Salignac-Eyvigues is a genuine Périgord Noir village: market square, weekly produce market, a pharmacy, a bakery where the pain de campagne is actually good. It has the infrastructure of real rural French life without the isolation that can come with deep countryside living. Amenities are close enough that this works as a year-round home or a holiday property with equal ease.
And then there's Sarlat-la-Canéda, 20 kilometres away. If you don't know Sarlat, let this be the thing that sells you: it's one of the best-preserved medieval towns in France, the kind of place where the Saturday market on the Place de la Liberté has been running, more or less, for centuries. The market itself is worth a morning — foie gras from producers who've been doing this for four generations, walnuts and walnut oil, dark Périgord truffles in season from November through February, cèpes mushrooms in autumn that locals trade like currency. You can eat lunch at one of the brasseries spilling out onto the old town streets and spend the afternoon in the market without once feeling like a tourist attraction rather than a participant.
The Dordogne river valley is about as close as France gets to a natural wonder that hasn't been overdeveloped. The stretch between Beynac-et-Cazenac and La Roque-Gageac — the latter a village literally built into a cliff face — is one of the most photographed river views in the country, and it's within easy driving distance. Canoeing the Dordogne from Montfort to Carsac takes a half-day and passes four châteaux. The Vézère Valley, designated UNESCO World Heritage for its prehistoric cave paintings, is close enough for a day trip to Font-de-Gaume or Les Combarelles — real caves with real paleolithic art, not reproductions.
For outdoor enthusiasts, the Périgord Noir has hundreds of kilometres of marked trails through oak and chestnut forest. The GR64 long-distance path passes through the region. Cycling is excellent — the terrain is rolling rather than brutal — and the Sarlat Périgord Noir tourist office maps out a dozen routes by difficulty and length. Wild mushroom picking in autumn is practically a cultural obligation here.
The climate earns its reputation. Summers run warm and sunny from June through September, with temperatures in the mid-to-high twenties. Spring arrives early with wildflowers in the meadows by April. Winters are short and mild compared to northern France — the kind of weather that makes weekend trips in January perfectly viable. This is genuinely a four-season property.
Getting here is straightforward. Bergerac Airport (Aéroport de Bergerac-Périgord-Dordogne) serves direct routes from London Stansted, Bristol, Birmingham, Dublin, and several other European cities, particularly through Ryanair and Jet2. Bordeaux-Mérignac, about 150 kilometres west, adds further international connections. The A89 motorway links the region to Bordeaux in under two hours. For buyers coming by rail, Gare de Sarlat has TGV-connected services via Bordeaux.
For international buyers considering this as a vacation home or second residence in France, the Dordogne's property market has long held its value. The region consistently attracts British, Dutch, Belgian, and increasingly American buyers, which maintains a healthy rental market for anyone considering holiday letting during summer months. A three-bedroom property in a hamlet setting at this price point — under 250,000 euros for a move-in-ready stone house with a courtyard and garage — represents the kind of opportunity that comes up less and less frequently as prices in the Périgord Noir continue their steady upward trend. As a vacation home in France, it qualifies under standard EU second-home ownership rules, and French notaire fees and purchase taxes are fixed and transparent for international buyers.
Key features at a glance:
- 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom stone house in good condition, 137 m² across three floors
- First-floor sitting room with original stone fireplace and fitted wood burner
- Ground-floor living room with exposed stone walls, beams, and terracotta tile floors
- Fitted and equipped kitchen-dining room with terrace access
- Three shower rooms with WC across the floors
- Courtyard garden of 440 m² with terrace
- Private garage
- Double glazing throughout
- Electric heating
- Hamlet setting with amenities nearby
- 20 km from Sarlat-la-Canéda and its famous weekly market
- Close to Dordogne river, canoe routes, and UNESCO-listed Vézère Valley cave sites
- Easy access to Bergerac Airport with direct UK and European connections
- Strong vacation rental demand throughout the Périgord Noir region
- Agency fees included in asking price of €249,100
If you've been thinking about a holiday home in the Dordogne — or a second home in France that actually feels like a place rather than a postcard — this property is one to take seriously. Contact the Homestra team today to arrange a viewing or to request the full property dossier, including diagnostic reports and title details. We work with English-speaking notaires and can guide you through every step of the French purchase process from first visit to key collection.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 137m²
- Price per m²
- €1,818
- Garden size
- 440m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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