House buy in Tours Centre-Val de Loire

City Park 19C 'Masters House' (Maison de Maitre) * Entirely renovated and tastefully modernised * Art deco design featured in several magazines * Less than 10 mins from Le Mans station, city centre and Cathedral * Proven rental potential (notably during the 24h period to a race team). * Main house (600m2), Guest lodge & Guardian's house * Enclosed park of nearly 4 acres. Hidden from prying eyes on the edge of Le Mans and dating back to the 1850s this prestigious property has undergone a complete restoration and sympathetic modernisation creating a one of a kind luxury residence with private park less than 10 mins from the centre of Le Mans (with TGV access to Paris in circa 1h). An ideal family home with separate guardian/gardeners accommodation and guest lodge. The current owner rents the whole property to one of the competing teams every year during the Le Mans 24h race period providing an income which covers all the running costs for the year - part rental using the guest lodge is equally envisageable if desired as is also B&B and/or gite rental. The 'Maison de Maitre' consists of formal entrance hall, designer lounge of 45m2, dining room, modern well equipped kitchen, wc. The 'garden floor' (beneath the main floor) has a summer kitchen, billiard room, wine cellar and wc. The 1st floor houses the master bedroom with large en-suite bathroom (twin sinks, bath and walk-in shower area), two further large double bedrooms, family bathroom and separate wc. The 2nd floor offers four further bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and wc. The 3rd floor is a large open plan guest suite with spa bath and shower. The 'guest lodge' provides 3 double bedrooms each one with en-suite facilities and a kitchenette on the 1st floor and a large office, smaller offer, entrance hall and garage on the ground floor (possibility to convert the ground floor creating a complete 'gite' if required). In total the main house and guest lodge currently offer 11 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms. In addition there is a guardian/gardener's accommodation (3 rooms and a conservatory) with independent entrance. Various outbuildings within the enclosed park, lawn and woodland area with specimen trees of the period. The accommodation enjoys views over the park from all rooms as well as a multitude of modern features: internet, motion detection lights and tv (even in the toilet), separate music systems and LED multicolored lighting as well as keeping the original fireplaces and coving etc. etc. an excellent mix of 'old and new' in a practical and attractive style which works very well in this home. Located in a residential area of Le Mans with excellent access to the centre and station whilst retaining a private a quiet setting. A unique property in exceptional condition with an enormous choice of possible uses. 15 mins to the aerodrome, 5 and 15km to the nearest golf courses, 17min to the Le Mans 24h circuit. Paris is circa 2h30 and the Normandy ports in under 2 hours. A large choice of reputed schools and an almost overwhelming choice of local amenities, restaurants, etc. etc. * : Healey Fox Ref Number: HF73486 The Healey Fox Service With more than 30 years experience of the French property market the team at Healey Fox offer an efficient and professional service to anyone looking to buy a home in France. The company is based in Surrey in the U.K., where we are always happy to meet with prospective buyers. In France, we work with carefully selected bi-lingual agencies who have intimate knowledge of their areas and properties and will be on hand to assist you during your visits and throughout the purchasing process. The team in the U.K. is headed by Dan Brewer who was educated in France and has lived and worked there. We have huge knowledge of the country and are always happy to help you to choose the right area for your personal needs and to help you select properties to suit your requirements. Once all that is sorted we will make viewing appointments with our partner agents who will show you selected properties and help you find the right one to buy. Throughout the purchase process both the team in the U.K. and the agents in France will work with you to ensure a safe, efficient and pleasurable buying experience. If this is the service you are looking for, not only have you found it with Healey Fox but the good news is, it is free! You pay exactly the same commission to the French agent for the purchase as if you walked in off the street, the agent then shares that commission with us. If a professional, free service is what you would like, call us, email us or check out our houses online. The Healey Fox website has over 3,000 property listings across France, as well as a comprehensive news section covering the different aspects of buying, owning a property and living in France. There are also sections covering French mortgages, money transfers to France and other useful information about buying in this magical country. Centre Regional Description The region technically titled Centre is also known as Centre-Val de Loire and as such causes confusion as it so closely overlaps in name and landscape with Pays de la Loire. Centre battled with the Ministry for the Interior to gain the name Loire to promote tourism which, in many ways it deserves, as the Centre department contains most of the Loire chateaux. Unfortunately it failed to gain Loire in its region name but tends to add it on for purposes of tourism. Hence the boundaries of Pays de la Loire and Centre merge and descriptions of each department can apply to the other. At Healey Fox we recommend that to get a feel of Centre you also read our description of Pays de la Loire. Centre combines three provinces, Orleans with the departments of Loire. Eure and Loir et Cher, Berry with departments of Cher and Indre and Touraine otherwise known as Indre et Loire. At Healey Fox we specialise mainly in Indre et Loire with a few properties also in Loir et Cher. We chose Indre et Loire as it has the most beautiful properties imaginable, small chateaux, manors and hunting lodges. Houses for sale in Indre et Loire are Centre is in the centre of northern France and is split in the middle by the Loire valley. It is situated south west of Paris and extends to the northern boundaries of Limousin and Auvergne. It is a department of chateaux and farmland. Large cereal growing farms give us the fields of golden corn in the north of the department which then give place to fields of sunflowers and rapeseed to the south and to the extensive vineyards producing the famous Loire wines. There is some beef and dairy farming throughout the department and flowers and apple orchards along the river valley. The landscape of Centre is reasonably flat which produces those amazing long distance views and big skies. Chateaux and cycles along the Loire Everyone seems to have their favourite chateaux and there is plenty of information on line about each of them. For me I think it is hard to beat Azay-le-Rideau, Villandry and, of course, Chateau d'Usse otherwise known as the Sleeping Beauty Chateau. Even if you have your own house in Centre and spend a lot of time there, it will be hard to ever bore of visiting the chateaux of the Loire valley and their beautiful gardens. If you are a garden lover, the Garden Festival held at the Chateau Chaumont-sue-Loire each summer is really worth a visit. Owning your own property in Indre et Loire, hopefully means that you can take life leisurely which may allow you to cycle part (or all) of the 800km Loire a Velo trail. This beautiful trail takes full advantage of the relative flatness of the region, so cycling is relatively easy and the cycle route takes you to many of the chateaux and through some of the lovely small towns and villages. It's. pretty amazing way to arrive to visit a chateaux! Life in the Centre Life in this region is mainly rural but with its reasonable proximity to Paris the population in many of its pretty market towns has increased recently. There is always something to see and do in towns like Blois which is a historic town on the northern banks of the Loire, Chinon with its medieval castle which was built by Henry II of England and Loche with its medieval fortress, Renaissance castles old city gates and cobbled streets. For lovers of sophisticated shopping, museums and galleries the bustling university town of Tours is a good day out. Access to your house in Centre-Val de Loire, from the U.K. is simple and fairly fast. Drive time from most of the channel ports is 3 - 4 hours, the airport at Tours has many flights arriving from the U.K. or there is the TGV connecting to Eurostar in Paris.