4-Bed Dordogne Holiday Home with Pool & Wisteria Terrace in Tocane-Saint-Apre



Aquitaine, Dordogne, Tocane-St-Apre, France, Tocane-Saint-Apre (France)
4 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 115m² Floor area
€199,000
House
Parking
4 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
115m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
On a quiet Sunday morning in Tocane-Saint-Apre, you wake to birdsong and the faint smell of woodsmoke drifting from a neighbouring farmhouse. You pad downstairs, throw open the kitchen window, and the garden just sits there — unhurried, green, completely yours. That's the rhythm this house has kept for three decades, and it's one you can step straight into.
This four-bedroom house in the heart of the Dordogne has been the summer anchor for the same family since the early 1990s. That kind of loyalty tells you something. The property sits in Tocane-Saint-Apre, a genuinely lived-in village rather than a tourist set piece, about 20 minutes northeast of Périgueux along the D939. Local life here revolves around the weekly market in Brantôme — the so-called Venice of the Périgord — just 14 kilometres up the road, where you'll find duck rillettes, walnut oil pressed from trees grown a field away, and strawberries from the farms around Vergt that are, frankly, absurd in their sweetness.
The house itself is symmetrical in plan, which gives it an unusually calm, balanced feel the moment you step inside. The entrance hall acts as a natural spine: to one side, a dual-aspect living and dining room with a wood-burning stove that throws out serious heat on autumn evenings; to the other, the kitchen and a shower room with WC, plus a separate guest WC — practical for a family who's actually using the place, not just looking at it. Upstairs, four proper double bedrooms, all generously proportioned in that unhurried way older French houses tend to be. Above that, a full attic accessible by stairs. Storage now, potentially a fifth bedroom or studio space later, subject to the usual planning considerations.
Outside is where summer really happens. A wisteria-covered terrace wraps around the front of the house — in June, the scent alone is worth the trip. This is where lunch stretches into the late afternoon, where bottles of Bergerac Blanc sweat in the shade and nobody quite manages to get up from the table. The in-ground swimming pool sits beyond, tucked into a garden of 741 square metres. Manageable is the right word: enough space to feel private and lush, not so much that it becomes a maintenance project.
The Dordogne needs little introduction for buyers who know southwest France, but it consistently rewards those discovering it for the first time. The river itself — wide, slow, prehistoric in feeling — carves through limestone cliffs past some of the most visited prehistoric sites in Europe. Les Eyzies, the self-declared world capital of prehistory, is about 40 kilometres south. The painted caves of Font-de-Gaume still take advance booking but are worth planning around. Closer to home, the cliff-top village of Bourdeilles with its dual châteaux is barely 10 kilometres away and sees a fraction of the visitors that crowd Beynac or La Roque-Gageac.
Summers in this part of the Périgord Vert run warm and long — reliably hitting 25 to 30 degrees through July and August with enough afternoon breeze to keep the pool inviting. Spring arrives early, and autumn, when the walnut harvest is on and the forests go amber and copper, is genuinely the Dordogne's best-kept secret season. The house currently operates as a summer residence, and with the addition of a heating system — a straightforward upgrade in a house this size — it converts easily to a year-round home or a four-season rental.
Speaking of which: the rental market for gites and holiday homes in the Dordogne remains one of the most consistent in rural France. Families from the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany return to the region annually, often booking the same property year after year. A four-bedroom house with a pool and this kind of village setting is exactly what that market searches for. A professional gite management company can handle everything from changeovers to pool maintenance, making this a genuine lock-up-and-leave investment when you're not using it yourself.
For international buyers, France's property purchase process is well-established and transparent, handled through a notaire who acts in the interests of the transaction rather than either party. EU buyers face no restrictions on ownership, and non-EU buyers will find the process similarly accessible. Dordogne property has held its value steadily over the past decade, particularly in the sub-€250,000 bracket that attracts both lifestyle buyers and the rental market. At €199,000 for a house of this size, condition, and position, this represents the Dordogne at its most accessible.
At a glance, the key features:
4 double bedrooms on the upper floor with good natural light
1 shower room with WC plus separate guest WC on the ground floor
115 square metres of living space with a symmetrical, well-organised layout
Dual-aspect living and dining room with wood-burning stove
In-ground swimming pool in a manageable 741m² garden
Wisteria-covered terrace for outdoor dining and shade
Full attic with development potential (subject to permissions)
Village location in Tocane-Saint-Apre, 20 minutes from Périgueux
14km to Brantôme's markets, restaurants, and river walks
Strong gite rental potential in one of France's most consistently popular holiday regions
Move-in ready condition — used and well-maintained as a summer home for 30 years
Easy lock-up-and-leave format for international or part-time owners
Scope to add heating for year-round use
Priced at €199,000, offering genuine value for the Périgord Vert market
This is a house that already knows how to be a holiday home. It doesn't need to be taught. Whether you're looking for a Dordogne vacation home to enjoy privately, a second home in France with real rental upside, or a permanent base in one of Europe's most quietly compelling rural regions — this property is ready to be handed on to its next chapter.
Get in touch with the team at Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property details. The Dordogne moves at its own pace, but the best properties don't wait.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 115m²
- Price per m²
- €1,730
- Garden size
- 5402m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- 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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