5-Bed Norman Manor with Jacuzzi & Outbuilding, 30 Min from Rouen – Second Home in France



Normandy, Seine-Maritime, St-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France, Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf (France)
5 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 235m² Floor area
€399,900
House
Parking
5 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
235m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Sunday morning in Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf starts with a smell you can't manufacture: woodsmoke drifting from the fireplace insert downstairs, coffee brewing in the fitted kitchen, and the faint sound of the Seine moving somewhere beyond the garden wall. It's the kind of slow-morning feeling that people spend years chasing and rarely find this close to a motorway junction.
This is a five-bedroom Norman manor house in good condition, spread across 235 square metres, sitting in fully enclosed landscaped grounds with a south-facing terrace, a jacuzzi, two garages, an outbuilding, a workshop, and a paved parking area complete with an electric vehicle charging point. On paper, it sounds like a checklist. In person, it reads like a life upgrade.
Let's talk about the house itself first. The ground floor opens with a generous entrance hall — proper proportions, not the awkward squeeze you find in newer builds — with a large closet and a separate WC. The kitchen runs to about 25 square metres, fully fitted and equipped, with enough room to cook for a family gathering without anyone getting in anyone else's way. A utility room with a sink connects directly to the garden, which makes returning from a muddy riverbank walk entirely civilised. The living room has a fireplace insert; the adjacent sitting room has its own fireplace. Two rooms with fires. That is not a small thing in a Norman winter.
Up on the first floor, three well-sized bedrooms include a master suite with a dressing room and sink — a practical luxury that transforms the morning routine. There's a large bathroom, a laundry room, another dressing room, and a separate WC. The layout gives a family room to spread out without living on top of each other. The second floor delivers two more bedrooms, each roughly 25 square metres, one with an L-shaped configuration that lends itself naturally to a home office, a teenager's private domain, or a creative studio. Floor-to-ceiling potential up there.
Outside, the terrace faces south. This matters enormously in Normandy, where the difference between a south-facing garden and any other orientation is the difference between eating lunch outside in April and eating inside until June. The jacuzzi sits on this terrace. The grounds are enclosed and landscaped — private without feeling hemmed in. The outbuilding and workshop add the kind of flexible, practical space that international buyers often underestimate until they arrive and start imagining what they'd actually do with it: a gîte conversion, an art studio, a serious workshop for weekend restoration projects.
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf occupies a quietly strategic position in the Seine-Maritime département of Upper Normandy. The train station is a five-minute drive away, the A13 — which runs Paris to Caen — is ten minutes from the front door. That means you're roughly 90 minutes from central Paris by road on a clear run, or you can take the train into Rouen's Saint-Sever station in under 20 minutes. Rouen itself deserves more than a passing mention: the Gothic cathedral that Monet painted obsessively across different hours of light, the half-timbered streets of the Vieux-Marché quarter, the Saturday morning market on the Place Saint-Marc where you'll find raw-milk Camembert, andouille de Vire, and tarte normande still warm from someone's grandmother's oven. It's one of France's genuinely underrated cities, and it's essentially your nearest town.
The Seine riverbanks here are extraordinary for walking and cycling. There's a small beach accessible nearby — actual sand on a river, the kind of place locals know and tourists rarely find. The lake in the area adds another layer of outdoor access for kayaking, fishing, and early-morning walks when the mist sits low on the water and the whole valley goes quiet. Spring and summer in this part of Normandy bring long evenings, the apple orchards in blossom, and the particular gold light that explains why the Impressionists kept coming back to this region. Autumn is cider season — the roadside stands along the D-routes sell fresh-pressed juice and calvados with the casualness of a lemonade stand. Winter has its own rhythm: the fires earn their keep, the market stalls shrink but grow more concentrated, and Rouen's Christmas market along the cathedral forecourt is one of the better ones in northern France.
For day trips and longer excursions, the Côte d'Albâtre — the chalk cliff coastline running through Étretat, Fécamp, and Dieppe — is roughly an hour north. The D-Day landing beaches of Calvados are two hours west. Giverny and Monet's garden at Vernon sit about 40 kilometres southeast. This is a property that opens up a genuinely rich part of France, not just a single town.
Practically speaking: property tax runs to approximately €2,000 per year, which is reasonable for a house of this size and specification. Heating is by gas. The Tourville-le-Rivière commercial zone nearby covers the everyday essentials — supermarkets, DIY stores, healthcare. Schools, including a collège and lycée, are local. For international buyers considering a second home in France, Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf sits in a part of the market that remains accessible compared to Paris suburbs or the Côte d'Azur, while offering genuine character and real connectivity. France's non-resident property ownership process is well-established, and the region attracts a consistent rental audience — particularly from UK buyers who lost their easy cross-Channel access and are now booking Normandy farmhouses and manors with renewed appetite.
Key features at a glance:
- 5 bedrooms across three floors, including a master suite with dressing room and sink
- 1 large bathroom plus multiple WCs and a laundry room
- 235 square metres of living space in good condition
- Two fireplaces (insert in living room, open in sitting room)
- Fully fitted kitchen of approximately 25 sq m with utility room and garden access
- South-facing terrace with jacuzzi
- Fully enclosed, landscaped grounds
- Two garages, an outbuilding, and a dedicated workshop
- Paved parking for 3 vehicles with EV charging point
- 5 minutes from the train station; 10 minutes from A13 Paris–Caen motorway
- 20 minutes to central Rouen by train
- Seine riverbank walks and local beach access nearby
- Gas central heating; property tax approximately €2,000/year
- Strong second-home and rental appeal in the Seine-Maritime market
If you've been considering a vacation home in France that gives you real Norman architecture, room for a family, outdoor space that actually works, and a drive to Paris that doesn't require an overnight stay, this property deserves a serious look. Viewings tend to convert quickly on houses like this — the combination of size, condition, and location at this price doesn't linger on the market long. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange your visit or to get full legal and ownership documentation for international buyers.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 5
- Size
- 235m²
- Price per m²
- €1,702
- Garden size
- 2400m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- Yes
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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