3-Bed Stone House with Pool & Pigeonnier in Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine



Aquitaine, Lot-et-Garonne, St-Avit, France, Saint-Avit (France)
3 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 131m² Floor area
€228,975
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
131m²
No garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Step out onto the terrace on a Saturday morning and the first thing you notice is the silence — not the dead kind, but the alive kind. Birds in the walnut trees, a faint breeze off the Dordogne valley, and the faint scent of woodsmoke from a neighbouring farm. That's Saint-Avit. And once you've stood here with a coffee in hand, watching the mist lift off the rolling Lot-et-Garonne hills, it's very hard to imagine being anywhere else.
This three-bedroom stone house sits in one of the quieter, greener corners of Aquitaine — a region most people think they know from Bordeaux wine routes and the Périgord truffle markets, but which holds far more than that in its folds. Lot-et-Garonne is sometimes called the "garden of France," and it earns the name. Orchards line the roadsides in spring. The weekly markets in Villeneuve-sur-Lot and Monflanquin spill over with strawberries from the Garronne plain, foie gras from local farms, and cheeses you won't find behind supermarket glass. Life here runs at a pace that feels deliberate rather than slow.
The house itself has the bones of something built to last centuries — because it was. Terracotta floor tiles throughout the ground floor, thick exposed stone walls, and chestnut ceiling beams that have absorbed decades of firelight from the wood burner in the main living and kitchen space. That open-plan room clocks in at nearly 28 square metres, big enough for a long Sunday lunch with family but intimate enough to feel genuinely cosy on a January evening when the burner is doing its job. The dining room opens directly onto the terrace through double doors — the kind of detail that becomes central to daily life from May through October, when you'll eat outside more often than not.
The ground floor also holds two bedrooms and a bathroom — practical, comfortable, finished with the same terracotta and beam detailing that ties the whole house together. Head up to the mezzanine level and the scale shifts. The master suite here is a proper retreat: nearly 19 square metres of sleeping space with exposed stone walls and timber beams overhead, leading into an ensuite with a full bath, vanity, and WC. It has the feel of a boutique hotel room, but it's yours to come back to whenever you want.
What sets this property apart from a standard country house, though, is the games room — 25 square metres of travertine flooring and overhead beams that could become a cinema room, a yoga studio, a games room for teenagers, a wine cellar anteroom. The flexibility is real. And then there's the pigeonnier. These old dovecote towers are scattered across Lot-et-Garonne, and they've become something of a currency in the local market — architecturally striking, historically rooted, and endlessly useful as a studio, a guest sleeping space, or simply a conversation piece that makes this plot unmistakably French.
Outside, the swimming pool is ready for summer. The terrace has an outdoor oven, which in this part of France means long evenings with bread, grilled duck, and local Côtes du Marmandais wine from the cooperative in Beaupuy, fifteen minutes west. Saint-Avit sits between Villeneuve-sur-Lot to the north and Agen to the south — Agen being the city famous for its pruneaux, yes, but also home to a well-connected TGV station with direct trains to Paris in under three hours.
Climatically, this part of Aquitaine hits a sweet spot. Winters are mild by northern European standards, summers long and dry with reliable heat but tempered by evening breezes from the valley. The shoulder seasons — April, May, September, October — are arguably the best: warm enough for the pool and the terrace, cool enough for walking the Lot valley trails without wilting.
The outdoor options here stretch well beyond the garden. The GR652 long-distance footpath passes through the area, tracing the pilgrimage route toward Santiago de Compostela through bastide villages like Monflanquin and Villeréal. Cyclists will find quiet departmental roads through sunflower and maize fields. Canoe hire on the Lot river at Fumel is forty minutes away. The Grottes de Pech Merle and the clifftop village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie are an easy day trip north.
For international buyers, Lot-et-Garonne has been steadily attracting attention from buyers priced out of the Dordogne while still wanting that quintessential southwest France experience. Property values here remain realistic — this house at 228,975 euros for 131 square metres of character-rich space, a pool, and a pigeonnier represents the kind of value that has largely disappeared from the Périgord Noir. The market in this department has seen consistent interest from British, Dutch, Belgian, and Scandinavian buyers, and rental demand for authentically restored French stone houses is strong through July and August, with shoulder-season bookings growing year on year.
The house is in good condition and ready to use from day one, though any new owner will inevitably want to put their stamp on it — a new kitchen configuration, a different finish in the games room. The structure is solid, the character is there, and the bones of this place do all the heavy lifting.
Key features at a glance:
- 3 bedrooms including a mezzanine master suite with ensuite bath and WC
- 2 bathrooms plus separate WC
- 131 square metres of living space across a thoughtfully arranged floor plan
- Open-plan lounge and kitchen with wood burner, terracotta tiles, and exposed beams
- Dining room with direct terrace access via double doors
- Games room (25m²) with travertine floor and beam ceiling — flexible use potential
- Ensuite master bedroom with stone walls, beams, full bath, vanity, and WC
- Traditional pigeonnier — ideal for conversion to guest studio or office
- Swimming pool
- Terrace with outdoor oven, perfect for summer entertaining
- Exposed stone walls and chestnut ceiling beams throughout
- Located between Villeneuve-sur-Lot and Agen, with TGV access to Paris
- Within reach of bastide villages, Lot river activities, and regional markets
- Strong vacation rental market in Lot-et-Garonne for authentically styled homes
- Realistic entry price for a character property in southwest France
If you've been watching the French property market and waiting for the right combination of authenticity, space, and value, this is the conversation worth having. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to request a full information pack — properties with a pigeonnier and pool at this price point in Aquitaine don't stay available for long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 131m²
- Price per m²
- €1,748
- Garden size
- 3210m²
- 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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