8-Bed Group Gîte with 4.8ha Park & Pond in Vienne, Poitou — Vacation Home



Poitou-Charentes, Vienne, Châtillon, France, Valence-en-Poitou (France)
8 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 293m² Floor area
€290,000
House
No parking
8 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
293m²
No garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
On a slow Sunday morning in Ceaux-en-Couhé, the bread oven in the stone shed still holds yesterday's warmth. Eight bedrooms, a pond catching the light through the oaks, and 4.8 hectares of parkland stretching out beyond the kitchen window — this is what a second home in rural Poitou actually feels like. Not a curated Instagram fantasy, but something real and rooted.
This is a rare find in the Vienne department: a fully renovated maison de maître that has been operating as a group gîte, sleeping up to 24 guests across its eight bedrooms, all equipped with private shower rooms and WCs. It's move-in ready — or more accurately, move-in and open-for-business ready. The bones are solid, the renovation is done, and the layout is already designed for the kind of communal living that makes group holidays worth taking. Whether you're imagining family reunions across generations, a yoga and wellness retreat in the French countryside, or a creative residency program, the infrastructure is already in place.
Step inside and the ground floor sets the tone immediately. There's a generous entrance hall that opens into a laundry room, a dedicated office, a proper kitchen, a dining room, and a sitting room — the kind of layout where a group of twelve can occupy the same house without tripping over each other. Three ground-floor bedrooms, each with their own shower room and WC, sit along a hallway with fitted storage. Upstairs, five more bedrooms follow the same logic: private bathrooms, cupboard space, and enough separation that guests actually sleep well. The boiler room sits in a separate annex, keeping mechanical noise well away from the living spaces. And then there's the bread oven shed — a detail that sounds minor until you've pulled a warm loaf out of it on a September evening with a glass of local Haut-Poitou wine in hand.
Outside is where the property earns its asking price. The park runs to 4.8 hectares — that's nearly twelve acres — and includes a pond. It's the kind of outdoor space that changes the conversation from "where should we eat tonight?" to "let's just stay here." Children can run without supervision. Guests can wander. Weddings, retreats, and outdoor events have real room to breathe. The village hall is a few minutes on foot, which matters more than you'd think when you're organizing anything involving a crowd.
The surrounding region is Poitou-Charentes at its most authentic. This isn't the Loire Valley tourist circuit or the Dordogne expat trail — it's quieter, less visited, and significantly more affordable per square meter. The Vienne department has its own serious draws. Poitiers, just 35 minutes away, is one of France's most underrated cities: a medieval core with the Baptistère Saint-Jean (one of the oldest Christian buildings in France), the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, and a university that keeps the city lively year-round. The Tuesday and Saturday markets on the Place Charles de Gaulle are the real thing — local chèvre, Charentais melons in summer, walnuts and chestnuts come autumn.
Futuroscope, the science and technology theme park just north of Poitiers, is one of the most visited attractions in France and makes this area genuinely appealing to families. If you're building a rental calendar, proximity to Futuroscope is a genuine draw for domestic French tourism in a way that often gets overlooked by international buyers focused on coastal or Alpine properties.
Angoulême is an hour south — the city hosts the famous Festival International de la Bande Dessinée every January, drawing over 200,000 visitors and turning it into the comic arts capital of Europe for a week. It's also increasingly recognized for its food scene, with a Saturday market on the Place du Champ de Mars that rivals anything in Bordeaux for its charcuterie and cognac-adjacent producers.
The climate here sits in that sweet spot of inland western France — warmer and sunnier than Brittany, without the summer extremes of the south. Expect long, dry summers where temperatures sit comfortably between 25 and 30 degrees, and mild winters that rarely drop below freezing. The pond on the property comes alive in spring with frogs and waterfowl; in July and August it's a swimming hole; in October it reflects the copper of the chestnut trees. Each season genuinely changes what this place feels like.
For international buyers, the access story is compelling. Poitiers-Biard Airport is 30 minutes from the property and has direct connections to London Stansted and several other UK and European cities — critical if you're planning to fly in a group of friends for a long weekend. Limoges Airport, with its strong Ryanair network, adds another option 90 minutes southeast. Paris by TGV from Poitiers takes under 90 minutes. You are not choosing between authenticity and connectivity here — you get both.
From an investment standpoint, the group gîte model in rural Poitou is genuinely viable. The French gîte market benefits from strong domestic demand — French families make up the vast majority of rural holiday rentals, meaning your occupancy isn't dependent on international flight patterns or exchange rates. With 24 beds and a property that can host weddings, corporate seminars, family reunions, or retreats, the revenue ceiling here is meaningfully higher than a standard holiday cottage. A registered gîte business in France also comes with favorable tax treatment under the loueur meublé non professionnel (LMNP) regime, which international buyers would do well to explore with a French notaire early in the process.
The property is priced at €290,000 — which, for 293 square meters of renovated space, eight private-bathroom bedrooms, a working commercial kitchen, and nearly five hectares of parkland with a pond, represents the kind of value that simply doesn't exist in Provence or the Basque Coast. This is a working asset at a rural land price.
Key features at a glance:
- 8 bedrooms, each with private shower room and WC — configured for group gîte use (24-bed capacity)
- 3 dedicated bathrooms plus en-suite facilities throughout
- 293 sq m of renovated interior space across two floors
- 4.8-hectare park with private pond
- Traditional bread oven in stone outbuilding
- Laundry room, office, and dedicated boiler room in annex
- Village hall within easy walking distance — ideal for event overflow
- 35 minutes to Poitiers city center; 30 minutes to Poitiers-Biard Airport
- 1 hour to Angoulême; 90 minutes to Limoges Airport
- Immediate proximity to Futuroscope — one of France's top tourist attractions
- Fully renovated and move-in ready — no major works required
- Strong potential for licensed gîte operation, weddings, retreats, and corporate events
- Favorable French LMNP tax regime applicable to furnished rental income
- Priced at €290,000 — exceptional value for scale and condition in the Vienne department
If you've been looking for a vacation home in France that can actually pay its way, a second home that works for the whole extended family without compromise, or a launchpad for a rural hospitality business — this property in Ceaux-en-Couhé deserves a serious look. Get in touch with the team at Homestra today to arrange a private viewing or to request the full property dossier, including current rental income records and notaire details for international buyers.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 8
- Size
- 293m²
- Price per m²
- €990
- Garden size
- 9803m²
- Has Garden
- No
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 3
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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