House buy in Lesterps Nouvelle-Aquitaine

South facing Stone house with attached water mill to make second house and nearly 6 acres of land. This historic house with water mill sits at the end of a no through drive with river and land attached. The mill has still its original workings inside. In the not too distant past the water passing through could generate electricity to power the mill house and adjacent properties, the turbine is now in dis use but its still there in the stream, With some planning and new equipment it may be possible to generate some income from the electricity generated by the water as there's a 2-3m wide stream funnelled into chute that falls approximately 4m , in fact the power used to do the heating in the neighbouring house ! The gates are still in use so you can divert the mill stream further away from the property like a divert for the water The house is basically habitable but does require updating and is currently in the process of roof repairs. The ground floor is open plan with a sitting room,dining area and kitchen. There is a shower room with separate WC. The first floor has two good size bedrooms with a third used as a dressing room,also a family bathroom. The attic above has good head height for conversion to further accommodation. The old mill to the right forms roughly 2/3 of the building and it can be reached externally and also through an adjoining door from the house. It could make a beautiful conversion, opening and windows in situ' and original staircase also ideal for storage. Outside the river splits further upstream and runs behind the mill with and island. There is a large flat field the other side of the river currently used for hay. This property is south facing and detached although it does have close neighbours to the rhs and there is also the possibility to purchase then there will be no other neighbours in the immediate vicinity, the other property is ref 214JS16 or follow the link [hidden]/en/maison-vente-lesterps-16-10560429.html The property is situated 2km or so from the village of Lesterps and 10minutes from the popular town of Confolens , location almost equidistant between cities of Limoges, Angouleme and Poitiers The Charente region boasts a good climate, it is about 6 hrs drive down from the northern ports in France, the property is situated within short 5 min drive to a village with local amenities and less 15 mins to Confolens a good size town with pretty much everything and less than an hour from two popular airports offering discount flights to and from the Uk, please contact us at J & S Immo for more details, French company with English representatives with nearly two decades of experience in property sales, we are an enthusiastic agency with our ear to the ground and here to help guide you through the purchasing process and beyond. J&S IMMO ESTATE AGENTS TEL OFFICE 0033 (0) 545680550 MOBILE FR 0033 (0) 617767520 MOBILE UK 07902181489 Email [hidden] 65 Avenue de la Republique - 16260 CHASSENEUIL-SUR-BONNIEURE PRIX HONORAIRES D'AGENCE INCLUS : 125 000 euros dt 6.00% d'honoraires - a la charge de l'acquereur - PRIX NET VENDEUR: 117 920 euros Reference 380CN16 Nbr rooms 3 Surface 100 m2 Land 23567 m2 Nbr bedrooms 2 Nbr bathrooms 1 Shower room 1 **