4-Bed Stone House in Bergerac with Heated Pool & Dordogne Valley Views



Bergerac, Aquitaine, 24100, France, Bergerac (France)
4 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 213m² Floor area
€550,000
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
213m²
No garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand on that south-facing terrace on a July morning — coffee in hand, the Périgord hills rolling out ahead of you in every direction, a light mist still clinging to the valley — and you'll understand immediately why people who move to Bergerac rarely leave. This four-bedroom Périgourdine stone house, sitting in an elevated hamlet just minutes from the town itself, gives you that view every single day.
The house is the real thing. Thick limestone walls, original oak beams, terracotta floors that have absorbed two centuries of Dordogne summers. Not a pastiche of the style — the genuine article, with a 2016 extension that added modern volume without disturbing the bones of the building. At 213 square metres of living space, it never feels cramped, but it also never tips into the cold grandeur of a château. It's a home first, a showpiece second.
Ground floor living centres around a generous open-plan kitchen and sitting room, which is exactly where you want life to happen when the evenings cool and dinner stretches past 10pm. The kitchen is large enough to actually cook in — not just stage photos in — and the terrace just beyond the glass doors makes the transition between inside and outside feel effortless. Four bedrooms and two bathrooms handle family or friends with ease. There's also a dedicated office, which matters increasingly for buyers who want to work remotely from somewhere with genuine soul. Upstairs, a large games room — currently configured as flexible space — could comfortably be converted into three additional bedrooms if you ever needed them.
Outside, the 4,566 square metre plot gives you room to breathe. The terrace runs to 100 square metres facing due south, meaning it catches sun from mid-morning until the hills finally swallow it at dusk. The 14 x 6 metre heated pool runs longer than most, with a pool house alongside for storage and shade. A double garage, mature fruit trees — figs, plums, possibly walnuts depending on the season — and the kind of settled garden that takes decades to establish. Annual property tax sits at just €2,027, which for a house of this size and quality in the Dordogne is genuinely reasonable.
Bergerac itself is six kilometres of country road away — ten minutes by car, though you'll often find yourself lingering in town longer than planned. The Wednesday and Saturday markets on the Place de la Madeleine draw producers from across the Périgord: walnut oil pressed weeks ago, foie gras from farms you can actually visit, white Monbazillac wine from the vineyards you can see from the D933. The old town's pedestrianised quarter — stone lanes, shuttered 15th-century townhouses — is just pleasant to walk around, full stop. Lunch at one of the riverside restaurants watching the Dordogne slide past below is the sort of afternoon that becomes a ritual.
The wine geography alone justifies attention. Bergerac AOC surrounds the town on three sides, with Pécharmant reds five minutes to the northeast and the sweet whites of Monbazillac vineyard-village ten minutes south. These aren't consolation-prize wines for buyers who couldn't afford Bordeaux — Pécharmant especially has been producing serious, age-worthy Merlot-Cabernet blends for decades. Cellar space is, conveniently, not a problem in a house with Périgord stone walls.
Further afield — though not very far — the Dordogne delivers. The Vézère Valley, designated UNESCO World Heritage status for its concentration of Palaeolithic sites, is under an hour east. Font-de-Gaume in Les Eyzies still has original polychrome paintings open to a limited number of daily visitors; book months in advance. Lascaux IV, the most technically advanced replica of the painted caves, opened in 2016 at Montignac and is genuinely worth the 45-minute drive. The bastide towns — Monpazier, Beaumont, Domme — are a different kind of history, 13th-century planned towns with arcaded market squares that have barely changed their footprint since Edward I ordered their construction.
On the Dordogne River itself, canoe hire from La Roque-Gageac or Cénac puts you on one of France's most varied stretches of river. You paddle between limestone cliffs, past troglodyte villages, under the shadow of Château de Castelnaud. It takes a full day done properly, and earns a serious dinner at the end of it.
Walkers go to the GR6 and GR64 trails, which thread through the oak and chestnut forests above the valley. Cyclists use the Voie Verte between Bergerac and Mussidan. Golfers have Château des Vigiers fifteen minutes away, which also has a Michelin-listed restaurant if the round doesn't go to plan.
For international buyers, Bergerac's own airport is the practical detail that changes everything. Direct flights to London Stansted, Heathrow, Bristol, Southampton, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and Dublin operate seasonally and year-round depending on the route — you can be at the property within three hours of leaving central London. No connecting flights, no long drives from Bordeaux. This kind of direct access is increasingly rare for properties at this price point in southwest France, and it's a significant factor in both personal use and rental yield calculations.
The rental market for Périgourdine houses with pools in elevated positions near Bergerac is active and reliable. Peak summer weeks — mid-July through August — can command €2,500–€4,000 per week for comparable properties. Shoulder season bookings from May through June and September through October are growing as the Dordogne attracts visitors seeking wine tourism, walking holidays, and the truffle season (November through February, if you want an excuse to visit in winter, when the Saturday market in Périgueux becomes a different kind of event entirely).
The property is in good condition and ready to use immediately — no remediation projects required, no contested planning history, no drama. The septic system was upgraded alongside the 2016 extension. Notaire fees run approximately 7% on top of the listed price, standard across French property transactions. As an EU property purchase for non-EU buyers, legal structure and currency considerations are worth discussing early in the process, but France has well-established frameworks for international ownership and a straightforward inheritance law system.
Key features at a glance:
- Four-bedroom Périgourdine stone house, 213m² living space on a 4,566m² plot
- Elevated hamlet position with open Dordogne valley views
- South-facing terrace, 100m², catching full-day sun exposure
- Heated swimming pool, 14m x 6m, with adjacent pool house
- Original stone, beams, and terracotta floors throughout
- Modern extension added 2016, upgraded septic system
- Open-plan kitchen and living area, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, dedicated office
- Flexible upstairs games room, convertible to three additional bedrooms
- Double garage and mature fruit trees on landscaped grounds
- Bergerac airport 10 minutes away — direct flights to UK and Ireland year-round
- Annual property tax €2,027
- Strong short-term rental demand in peak and shoulder seasons
- Walking distance to hamlet amenities; 10 minutes to central Bergerac
- Within 45 minutes of UNESCO Vézère Valley prehistoric sites
- Proximity to Pécharmant, Monbazillac, and Bergerac AOC wine appellations
This is the kind of property that buyers spend years looking for in the Dordogne and rarely find at this combination of condition, size, position, and access. If you're serious about a second home in southwest France — one that works for family summers, wine-country weekends, and long-term capital growth — this is worth a conversation. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to get answers to your questions about the buying process in France. Our team knows this market, and we'll make sure you do too.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 213m²
- Price per m²
- €2,582
- Garden size
- 45908m²
- 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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