5-Bed Stone House with Pool, Gîte & 6,400m² in Rural Deux-Sèvres, France



Poitou-Charentes, Deux-Sèvres, Rom, France, Rom (France)
5 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 164m² Floor area
€230,000
House
No parking
5 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
164m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a Tuesday morning and the only sounds you'll hear are the distant moo of Charolais cattle in the field next door and the wood pigeons working the oak at the far end of the meadow. That's Rom. Not a place most tourists pass through, but exactly the kind of unhurried corner of Poitou-Charentes that people who've done the Dordogne circuit a dozen times eventually find their way to — and then quietly start buying.
This five-bedroom stone house sits on just over 6,400 square metres of land in the commune of Rom, in Deux-Sèvres, priced at €230,000 all in. At 164 square metres of living space in the main house, plus a fully independent 49-square-metre gîte, a 130-square-metre barn, a gym, a games room, and a carport — this is not a property that runs out of purpose.
Walk through the front door and the bones of the place hit you immediately. Exposed limestone walls, thick and cool in summer. Original oak beams crossing the ceilings in every bedroom upstairs. Parquet underfoot. These aren't cosmetic details someone stapled on during a renovation — they're structural, authentic, the kind of craftsmanship that stopped being common practice a century ago. The open-plan kitchen and dining room is big enough to actually feed a crowd, which matters when this becomes the gathering point for extended family summers. Off to one side, the separate sitting room has a stone fireplace with a wood-burning stove — the kind of room that earns its keep from October through March when the Deux-Sèvres countryside turns cool and golden and quiet.
Upstairs, four bedrooms with beamed ceilings share a family bathroom with a bath. The ground floor has a shower room and utility room, keeping daily life functional without fuss. The property is in good condition — move in, settle in, start living.
Now about that gîte. The independent 49-square-metre annexe has its own kitchen, living and dining area, a generous bedroom, and a shower room. Fully separate from the main house, it gives visiting family genuine privacy — no awkward shared bathrooms, no one sleeping on sofas. Equally, if you decide to run seasonal rentals during the months you're not in France, you've got a ready-made product. This part of Poitou-Charentes draws slow-travel visitors — cyclists riding the Voie Verte, people tracing Romanesque church routes, walkers doing the GR48 long-distance trail. They're not looking for hotel chains. They want exactly what this gîte offers: a proper French stone property with a meadow out front and nothing but birdsong at night.
The outbuildings alone would justify a separate conversation. The 130-square-metre barn is the kind of structure that people with restoration ambitions, workshop dreams, or classic car collections spend years hunting for. The 45-square-metre games room and 17-square-metre gym are already functional. The 21-square-metre carport protects vehicles year-round. Outside, the terrace is draped with wisteria — in late April and May, the scent reaches every open window in the house. A vegetable garden and greenhouse mean you're growing your own tomatoes and courgettes by July, and the meadow beyond gives the whole property a sense of open sky that no amount of landscaping can manufacture.
The swimming pool sits in the garden — above-ground, practical, gets used. On August afternoons when the thermometer climbs past 30°C and the sunflower fields along the D611 are at their peak, that pool becomes the centre of the universe.
Location-wise, Rom itself has the essentials of a functioning village. For everything else, Civray is around ten minutes away — supermarkets, pharmacies, weekly market, bakeries that actually open before 7am. Ruffec, a proper market town with a good range of restaurants and services, is about 25 minutes north on the N10. Poitiers, the regional capital, is roughly 45 minutes — which puts you within reach of the Futuroscope theme park if you've got children, the excellent Saturday market at Place Notre-Dame, and the mediaeval old town around the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre, one of the finest examples of Romanesque Gothic in western France. Poitiers-Biard Airport handles routes to the UK and beyond, about 50 minutes from the front door. Limoges Airport, with additional connections, is around 80 minutes south.
The climate here is solidly Atlantic — proper summers that run hot from June through September, mild springs and autumns, winters that are cool but rarely harsh. Snowfall is occasional and brief. It's a region that works across the full year, not just a summer-only proposition.
For international buyers, France has a clear and well-established legal framework for property ownership. Non-EU nationals buy here without restriction. Notaire fees apply at approximately 7-8% for existing properties and are separate from the listed price. The agency fees are already included in the €230,000 price. If rental income is your goal, the gîte market in Deux-Sèvres is active and undersupplied at the quality end — a well-presented stone property with independent accommodation can realistically generate seasonal income of €8,000-€15,000 annually, depending on how many weeks you choose to rent.
This is rural France at its most genuine — not sanitised for tourism, not overrun, not priced accordingly yet.
Key features at a glance:
- 5 bedrooms across main house and independent gîte
- 3 bathrooms (family bathroom with bath, two shower rooms)
- 164 m² main house with exposed stone walls, beams and parquet
- Independent 49 m² gîte — ideal for guests or seasonal rental
- 130 m² barn with significant potential
- 45 m² games room and 17 m² gym already in use
- 21 m² carport
- Above-ground swimming pool
- Wisteria-covered terrace, vegetable garden, greenhouse
- 6,435 m² plot including open meadow with countryside views
- 10 minutes to Civray, 25 minutes to Ruffec, 45 minutes to Poitiers
- Poitiers-Biard Airport approximately 50 minutes
- Move-in ready condition — good throughout
- Priced at €230,000 including agency fees
If you're looking for a vacation home in rural France that has room to breathe, room to grow, and room for everyone you'd want to bring — get in touch through Homestra to arrange a viewing. Properties with this combination of space, outbuildings, and land in Deux-Sèvres at this price point don't sit on the market for long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 5
- Size
- 164m²
- Price per m²
- €1,402
- Garden size
- 6436m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 3
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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