5-Bed Country House with Pool & 2.3 Hectares in Dordogne – Holiday Home in Southwest France



Aquitaine, Dordogne, Saint-Martin-de-Gurson, France, Saint-Martin-de-Gurson (France)
5 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 188m² Floor area
€223,000
House
No parking
5 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
188m²
No garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand on the terrace on a July morning and the air already carries the warmth of the day ahead—cut grass, wild thyme, and the faint sweetness from the sunflowers that blanket the fields around Saint-Martin-de-Gurson. The only sound is birdsong and the distant clang of a tractor somewhere beyond the tree line. This is the Dordogne that people read about in novels and then spend decades trying to find.
This five-bedroom house sits on 2.3 hectares of French countryside in the Périgord, one of the most quietly coveted corners of southwest France. At 188 square metres, there is real room here—space to have the whole family over in August, space for teenagers to disappear into their own corners, space to breathe after years of city life. The condition is good and the house is ready to live in, which matters more than people realise when they're buying in a foreign country. No lengthy renovation drama, no months of waiting. You could be spending your first summer evening on the terrace within weeks of completion.
Inside, the living room is the kind of space that earns its keep in every season. In the height of summer the French doors pull light in from all angles. Come November, the wood-burning stove becomes the centre of gravity—a proper cast-iron one that heats the room fast and makes the whole house smell like a mountain chalet. The open kitchen flows directly off the living area, with a proper pantry (cellier) that any serious cook will appreciate immediately. Storing olive oil from the Dordogne market, wine from a Bergerac cave, charcuterie from the Saturday market at Montpon-Ménéstrol—there's space for all of it.
Five bedrooms gives you options that most French country houses simply don't. Guest rooms, a home office, a studio space, a room that stays permanently made up for when friends call from London or Amsterdam or Berlin. The second bathroom is functional and well-placed. This is a house built for real habitation, not a showroom.
Outside is where this property genuinely stands apart. Two-point-three hectares is vast by the standards of French village houses—roughly the size of four football pitches. Part of it is cultivated, part of it runs wild and borders the tree line, and in the warmer months the above-ground pool on the terrace becomes the social hub of every afternoon. The terrace itself gets sun until well into the evening, making it ideal for long outdoor dinners that start at eight and run past midnight.
Saint-Martin-de-Gurson is a commune of a few hundred people, which means it has the character of a proper Périgord village without the tourist bustle of Sarlat or Périgueux. Montpon-Ménéstrol is just a few minutes by car and covers all the practical bases—weekly market, supermarkets, schools, pharmacies, restaurants, and a handful of very decent local bars. The drive into Bergerac takes around twenty-five minutes. Bergerac matters here because it has an international airport with direct flights to London Stansted, Dublin, and several other northern European cities, which makes this significantly more accessible than many properties deeper in the Dordogne. You can be in Bordeaux in under ninety minutes if the train from Bergerac is your preference.
The Périgord is genuinely extraordinary for outdoor living. The Dordogne river—the actual river, not the département—runs in broad golden curves through the valley about forty minutes south, with canoe hire at La Roque-Gageac and swimming spots near Beynac that feel like they belong in another era. The Route des Vins de Bergerac threads through vineyards producing Pécharmant, Monbazillac, and Saussignac, wines largely unknown to the wider world but taken very seriously by the people who grow them. The Saturday market in Bergerac sells all of them, alongside foie gras, walnuts, truffle products in season, and cheese from farms within cycling distance.
In autumn the landscape shifts dramatically. The sunflower fields go to seed, the vines turn amber, and the forests fill with mushroom hunters working the tracks between the oaks. Périgord noir truffle season runs from November to March, and the truffle markets at Périgueux and Sainte-Alvère draw buyers and chefs from across Europe. Winter here is mild by northern European standards—frosts happen but snow is unusual, and the grey days are far fewer than in Paris or Brussels.
For international buyers, the Dordogne has one of the most established property markets in France. Legal pathways for EU and non-EU buyers are well-trodden, notaire fees are predictable, and the department has a significant English-speaking expat community if local guidance is useful during the purchase process. At the asking price, this property offers strong value for its size and land—comparable properties in the Lot Valley or closer to Sarlat typically command considerably more. Rental potential is real: five-bedroom houses with pools and significant outdoor space are in short supply on the short-term holiday rental market for July and August, when weekly rates in the Dordogne are at their strongest.
Key features at a glance:
- Five bedrooms across 188 square metres of living space
- 2.3 hectares (approximately 5.7 acres) of land
- Wood-burning stove in the main living area
- Open-plan kitchen with integrated pantry
- Above-ground pool on a sunny terrace
- Two bathrooms
- Minutes from Montpon-Ménéstrol for schools, shops, and markets
- Approx. 25 minutes to Bergerac International Airport
- Direct flights from Bergerac to London, Dublin, and other Northern European cities
- Easy access to Dordogne river valley, Bergerac wine route, and Périgueux
- Strong short-term rental market for summer holiday lettings
- Good structural condition—ready to use immediately
- Mild southwest French climate with long warm summers
This is a house that works. It works as a family holiday home where cousins pile in for six weeks in the summer. It works as a countryside retreat for long weekends when the city gets too loud. And it works as an income-generating asset in the months when you're not using it yourself. Rare to find all three in one property at this price point.
Get in touch through Homestra today to arrange a viewing. The terrace, the wood stove, and 2.3 hectares of Périgord countryside are waiting—and they're patient, but not indefinitely.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 5
- Size
- 188m²
- Price per m²
- €1,186
- Garden size
- 5490m²
- 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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