PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

House nicely positioned in the centre of Montendre, built in the 17th or 18th century this house is full of character. Could be made into two houses. Investment property.

This street house (maison de ville) was once two houses, it needs refreshing and could be a lovely spacious family home, or be split into 2 houses or apartments again. Ideal business investment. All amenities right on your doorstep, and a beautiful view of the Chateau. This property will appeal to young and old alike.

Entrance to kitchen, lounge with fireplace, stairs to two large bedrooms both with splendid views one with a marble fireplace. Bathroom and separate wc. Other entrance to lounge diner, stairs to bedroom. Stairs lead to attic, which could be converted to further accommodation, and would make a lovely mezzanine area. The roof is good, the house is on mains drains and electric is connected.

This house has some extraordinary features such as the bull’s-eye window (in architecture, a small circular or oval window, usually resembling a wheel. In French, oeil-de-boeuf means “eye of the steer,” and, in the French chateau of Versailles, erected for Louis XIV between 1661 and 1708, there is a small antechamber called the oeil-de-boeuf room, which is lighted by such a small, round window. This type of window is also frequently featured in the Jacobean manor houses of 17th-century England.

Another character feature of the house is the Juliet balcony off the master bedroom (named after Shakespeare's Juliet, who courted Romeo from her balcony in the play Romeo and Juliet) .

The whole house has not been lived in for a few years and does need updating, but once brought back to life again this could be a fantastic character property. There is a cellar under the house size approx 100m2. There is a separate garden around 400m2, ideal to grow trees or for a vegetable patch.

Priced to sell, this house offers over 250m2 of living accommodation and is in a fantastic location, only 40 minutes to Bordeaux, 20 minutes to the Estuary, 40 minutes to the beaches at Royan, 40 minutes to Angouleme.