Situated about 10 minutes from the beautiful hill top city of Angouleme in the Charente region of South West France, this
property was virtually derelict when it was acquired it in 2003. The original building was basically a "one up one down"
labourers cottage. Behind the cottage, framed by a beautiful "pannier" archway had once been a large barn, which had now
no roof or internal structure remaining. Our designs added a double storey extension inside one end of the old barn, facing
onto a landscaped courtyard, turning the property into a three bed roomed quality family home with a superb exposed stone
bathroom. The ground floor of the new extension contained a large fitted kitchen with french doors out into the courtyard.
property was virtually derelict when it was acquired it in 2003. The original building was basically a "one up one down"
labourers cottage. Behind the cottage, framed by a beautiful "pannier" archway had once been a large barn, which had now
no roof or internal structure remaining. Our designs added a double storey extension inside one end of the old barn, facing
onto a landscaped courtyard, turning the property into a three bed roomed quality family home with a superb exposed stone
bathroom. The ground floor of the new extension contained a large fitted kitchen with french doors out into the courtyard.
The following photographs show the various stages of this project. As a guide, a similar property today could be brought in neglected state for around 75k Euros. With
a further 85 - 95k Euros for a quality renovation, you could expect the finished house to be valued at over 230k Euros. Which means that from the day of completion,
your "search and renovate" home has almost certainly produced a profit of 60k Euros !! .... not bad capital growth ... and you have the beautiful holiday home that you
couldn't find through Estate Agents. That is why we are proud to promote "Search and Renovate" as the ideal solution for those seeking affordable quality in France.
a further 85 - 95k Euros for a quality renovation, you could expect the finished house to be valued at over 230k Euros. Which means that from the day of completion,
your "search and renovate" home has almost certainly produced a profit of 60k Euros !! .... not bad capital growth ... and you have the beautiful holiday home that you
couldn't find through Estate Agents. That is why we are proud to promote "Search and Renovate" as the ideal solution for those seeking affordable quality in France.
The original state of the buildings.
Neglected and over-grown
Neglected and over-grown
One of our "permis de construire"
drawings - the extension to the right
drawings - the extension to the right
early days, the living room with the old
rear door ( will be an arch to kitchen)
rear door ( will be an arch to kitchen)
Construction of the extension and
start of raking out the old stonework
start of raking out the old stonework
Finished lower courtyard, with
re-pointed stonework and old well.
re-pointed stonework and old well.
The view up towards the new
extension. Arch looks stunning.
extension. Arch looks stunning.
Internally, the balance between old
and new carried through to Kitchen
and new carried through to Kitchen
Exposed stonework, matched with
salvaged quoins, in the bathroom
salvaged quoins, in the bathroom
Example of a recent "Search & Renovate" project .... Carried out by Ourselves
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