4-Bed Single-Storey House Near Plaisance du Gers | A-Rated Energy, Jacuzzi & 1.8 Hectares



32160, France, Civray (France)
4 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 164m² Floor area
€281,000
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
164m²
No garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a crisp October morning, coffee in hand, and the only sound you hear is birdsong. No traffic. No neighbors peering over a fence. Just open agricultural land stretching toward the foothills of the Pyrenees, the kind of quiet that feels almost physically restorative after months of city noise. This is what 17,796 square meters of Gascon countryside does to you—and it happens every single day you're here.
This four-bedroom single-storey house in the Gers department of southwest France sits back roughly 30 meters from the D14, which connects Maubourguet to Plaisance-du-Gers. That distance, combined with exceptionally solid insulation added just six years ago, means road noise is essentially a non-issue. The house is rated A on both energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions—a January 2026 EPC confirmed it. For a rural property of 164 square meters, that's genuinely rare, and it translates directly into heating bills that won't ruin your winter.
The layout is all on one floor, which matters more than people realize until they've lived in it. No stairs to negotiate with luggage, no carrying firewood up from a lower level, no thinking twice about ageing parents or young children running between rooms. Everything flows—living room to kitchen to terrace, bedrooms down the hall, garage off the side. Daily life here has a natural, unhurried rhythm built right into the architecture.
The living room runs to 32 square meters and centers on a fireplace fitted with an insert, which throws serious heat on January evenings when the temperature in the Gers drops below zero. The separate kitchen—also 32 square meters, notably generous—opens directly onto the rear terrace, making the transition between cooking and eating outside feel entirely effortless in summer. That terrace covers 54 square meters of stone, shaded in the afternoon, and a jacuzzi is already installed and included in the sale. After a day hiking the trails around Marciac or cycling the Voie Verte toward Riscle, dropping into warm water with a glass of Armagnac is not a luxury—it's just Tuesday.
The four bedrooms range from 15.5 to 19 square meters each, all properly sized for adults rather than the cramped afterthoughts you sometimes find in older French rural homes. Two bathrooms serve the household without the morning bottleneck that plagues so many four-bedroom properties.
What makes this property genuinely different from most of what's on the market in this price range is the energy infrastructure. Twenty-five solar panels feed a self-consumption system that also sells surplus electricity back to EDF—the contract is six years old and well-established. A solar water heater, installed two years ago, handles hot water. A heat pump (six years old) and a pellet stove (three years old) provide redundant heating options. Perhaps most remarkably: a private well, dug five years ago, supplies the entire house with water. Utility independence at this level takes years and real investment to build. Here, it's already done.
Outside the main house, a closed 36-square-meter garage and workshop gives you space for tools, a car, bikes, or a proper woodworking setup. A carport, a kennel, and even a chicken coop are already on the land. If you've ever thought about keeping hens—and in the Gers, almost everyone does eventually—the infrastructure is in place.
The land itself is mostly agricultural, unfenced across its broader expanse, and entirely private in feel. There's no direct overlooking from any direction. For buyers thinking about horses, sheep, or a serious kitchen garden, 1.78 hectares with agricultural classification opens up real possibilities.
Plaisance-du-Gers is three minutes by car—close enough for a baguette run before breakfast, far enough that you don't feel hemmed in. The town has primary and secondary schools, a weekly market on Friday mornings where local producers sell foie gras, Armagnac, Gascon saucisson, and seasonal vegetables you won't find in any supermarket. Fifteen minutes east sits Marciac, home to the Jazz in Marciac festival every August—one of France's great summer events, drawing world-class musicians to a medieval bastide village with a population of barely 1,200 people. The contrast between the scale of the place and the caliber of the performances is part of what makes it so special.
Tarbes, with its TGV station and Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport, is about 50 minutes away. Pau—another TGV connection and international airport—is roughly an hour. Toulouse, the nearest major city with direct flights across Europe and beyond, is about 1 hour 45 minutes. For a second home in rural France, that's a realistic journey. You can fly into Toulouse on a Friday evening, be sitting on that terrace with a glass of Côtes de Gascogne by nightfall.
The Pyrenees are an hour's drive south. In winter, ski resorts like Cauterets and Luz-Ardiden are accessible for day trips. In spring and summer, the mountain trails—including sections of the GR10, which traces the entire Pyrenean range from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean—offer hiking at every level of ambition. The Gers itself is flat to rolling, perfect cycling country, and the Voie Verte between Riscle and Maubourguet is one of the more underrated rail-trail conversions in southwest France.
For international buyers, the Gers remains one of the more accessible corners of rural France in terms of price. Property values here haven't followed the same trajectory as the Dordogne or Provence, which means the entry point is still realistic and the upside is genuine. An A-rated energy certificate is increasingly significant as French property regulations evolve—this house already meets standards that many French rural properties will spend the next decade trying to reach. Some rooms will benefit from cosmetic refreshing, which keeps the price honest and gives buyers the opportunity to personalize the interior without structural concerns.
Key features at a glance:
- 4 bedrooms (15.5 m², 15.5 m², 18.2 m², 19 m²), all single-storey
- 2 bathrooms
- 164 m² of living space on one level
- Energy performance rating: A/A (EPC January 2026)
- 25 solar panels with self-consumption and EDF resale contract
- Solar water heater (2 years old)
- Heat pump (6 years old) and pellet stove (3 years old)
- Private well supplying the entire house (5 years old)
- 54 m² rear terrace with jacuzzi included
- 36 m² closed garage and workshop
- 17,796 m² plot, predominantly agricultural
- Carport, kennel, and chicken coop on the land
- Double-glazed windows, electric roller shutters, automatic sliding gate
- 3 minutes from Plaisance-du-Gers shops and schools
- 50 minutes from Tarbes TGV and airport; ~1h45 from Toulouse
If the combination of energy independence, genuine rural space, and a ready-to-use terrace with a jacuzzi sounds like the reset you've been looking for, this property deserves a serious look. Get in touch through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full documentation—there's a lot here that doesn't come across in photographs alone.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 164m²
- Price per m²
- €1,713
- Garden size
- 17796m²
- Has Garden
- No
- 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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