5-Bed Early 1900s House with Heated Pool, 700m from Normandy Beach – Holiday Home in Saint-Jean-le-Thomas



Normandy, Manche, Saint-Jean-le-Thomas, France, Champeaux (France)
5 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 220m² Floor area
€399,000
House
No parking
5 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
220m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Walk out the front gate on a July morning and within ten minutes your feet are on the sand at Saint-Jean-le-Thomas, the Atlantic stretching west toward the Channel Islands, Mont Saint-Michel rising from the tidal flats less than twenty kilometres to the south. That's not a marketing line—that's the literal Tuesday morning reality of living in this five-bedroom house on the Normandy coast of the Manche.
Built in the early 1900s and sitting on a generous plot of just under a quarter of an acre, the property carries the solidity you'd expect from that era—thick walls, high ceilings, a real sense of permanence—while the interior has been kept in good condition and is ready to use from day one. At 220 square metres of habitable space across three floors plus a full garden-level basement, there is room here for a large family, a rotating cast of guests, or a combination of both. Five double bedrooms. Two bathrooms. A heated swimming pool. A large garage. A mezzanine with its own shower off the sitting room, which opens up all kinds of possibilities for sleeping arrangements without anyone feeling like they've drawn the short straw.
The ground floor sets the tone. The sitting room runs to just over thirty square metres, big enough to hold a crowd on a rainy October afternoon without anyone feeling hemmed in. The mezzanine above adds a quieter perch—somewhere to read while the noise of dinner prep drifts up from the kitchen. That kitchen opens onto an elevated terrace with a built-in BBQ, and from there, external steps descend to the garden below. On a warm evening, that terrace becomes the centre of everything: the smell of something grilling, a glass of Normandy cider on the railing, the light going golden over the garden as the day lets go. The dining room with its fireplace and wood burner faces the garden directly—practical for the shoulder seasons, when Normandy can turn crisp and atmospheric in a way that makes you glad to have a fire.
Upstairs the house settles into a comfortable rhythm. The first floor holds two double bedrooms with built-in storage, each a proper size, sharing a family bathroom. The second floor adds two more doubles, one with its own shower room, the other sharing a compact bathroom on the landing. It's a layout that works: families with teenagers, visiting parents, a group of friends splitting the costs of a summer in France. Everyone gets a door to close.
The garden-level basement is where this property separates itself from most coastal houses of this vintage. A forty-two square metre games room, a second large room of twenty-four square metres, a shower room, cellar, laundry, and the garage. That kind of space doesn't just disappear into storage—it becomes the ping pong room, the rainy-day craft headquarters, the place where the teenagers migrate after dinner. For owners thinking about rental income, it also offers flexibility in how the property is configured and presented.
Then there's the pool. Heated via heat pump, it extends the usable season considerably. Normandy summers can be warm and long, but even into September the pool stays inviting in a way that an unheated one simply wouldn't. The walled garden around it gives privacy, and the combination of pool plus beach access 700 metres away is genuinely rare in this price bracket on the Manche coast.
Saint-Jean-le-Thomas is a small coastal commune in the southern stretch of Normandy's Manche department, and it sits in one of the most underappreciated corners of France for second home buyers. The bay of Mont Saint-Michel is right there—the UNESCO-listed island abbey, the extraordinary tidal bore, the salt meadow lamb that local restaurants serve with a matter-of-fact pride. Drive thirty minutes north and you're in Avranches, with its Scriptorial museum, its Saturday market, and its unbeatable view over the bay. Granville—Normandy's own little Monaco, as locals half-jokingly call it—is about twelve kilometres up the coast. Its haute ville, its casino, its lively fishing port, and the ferry connection to Jersey and the Channel Islands make it a regular destination.
The coastal path from Saint-Jean-le-Thomas connects to broader stretches of the GR223, the long-distance hiking route that traces the entire Cotentin peninsula. In summer, the path above the beach fills with walkers and families; out of season, you can have kilometres of clifftop walking almost entirely to yourself. The tidal range in the bay of Mont Saint-Michel is among the largest in Europe—watching it move is genuinely arresting, the kind of natural spectacle that never quite gets old no matter how many times you've seen it.
Food matters here. Oysters from the beds at Cancale, thirty minutes south across the border into Brittany. Camembert, Livarot, Pont-l'Évêque from producers whose farms you can actually visit. Galettes and crêpes at the crêperies in Avranches. Fresh fish from the Granville market on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. The local ciders and calvados from the Manche's apple orchards. This is not vague regional cuisine—this is specific, seasonal, and very, very good.
For international buyers, the practicalities are straightforward. The property is connected to mains drainage, has double glazing throughout, electric main gates, and the pool heating system already in place. Rennes airport is about ninety minutes by car and serves multiple European cities. Cherbourg, with its cross-Channel ferry services to Poole and Portsmouth, is roughly an hour and a half north. Paris is accessible via TGV from Rennes in about ninety minutes, or from Caen in two hours. The Manche property market has remained steady, and coastal properties with this combination of size, condition, pool, and beach proximity at under 400,000 euros represent real value against comparable properties in Brittany or further south on the Atlantic coast. Agency fees are included in the asking price of 399,000 euros.
Key features at a glance:
- 5 double bedrooms spread across three floors with flexible sleeping configurations
- 2 full bathrooms plus additional shower rooms and WCs throughout
- 220 m² of habitable space in a well-maintained early 1900s house
- Heated swimming pool with heat pump, extending the usable season
- Full garden-level basement including a 42 m² games room and 24 m² flex room
- Sitting room with mezzanine and shower, dining room with fireplace and wood burner
- Elevated terrace off the kitchen with BBQ and direct garden steps
- Large garage plus additional outbuildings for storage
- Electric main gates, double glazing, mains drainage
- 0.23 acres of private walled garden
- 700 metres on foot to the beach at Saint-Jean-le-Thomas
- 500 metres to local shops
- Less than 20 km from Mont Saint-Michel
- Approx. 12 km from Granville with ferry connections to the Channel Islands
- Energy rating F — potential for improvement to add value
This is the kind of property that solves the holiday home problem permanently. Enough space for the whole family, a pool for the summers, a fire for the winters, the beach around the corner, and one of France's most visited landmarks practically on the doorstep. If you'd like to arrange a viewing or ask about the purchase process as an international buyer in France, get in touch with the team at Homestra today. Properties with this footprint, this location, and this price tag don't stay available for long on the Manche coast.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 5
- Size
- 220m²
- Price per m²
- €1,814
- Garden size
- 3219m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- Yes
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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