Lovely home with annex (gite / holiday home potential) in a calm village in the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Summary We love this house and shared happy moments in it. We chose to live nearer from our working place, but we hope you will enjoy this property as we as we did. The property is : a house, 81 m2 (large living room, 2 bedrooms, hall and mezzanine, veranda ) + 66m2 for the annex (garage, summer kitchen, terrace) + 35m2 garage under the house. Location The house is in Feilluns, a small village that is both quiet and active, with a travelling grocer 5 days a week, and all commodities about twenty minutes, at St Paul de Fenouillet. The property is excellently located in the northern Pyrenees Orientales department with lots to see and do nearby: Tourist attractions Train Pays Cathare et Fenouillèdes (TPCF) Red tourist train from Rivesaltes to Axat (20mins Caudiès de Fenouillèdes station) Bélesta museum of archaeology (30mins) EcoZonia animal park (45mins) Tautavel museum of prehistory (45mins) Grenat jewellery workshop (50mins) Rennes les Bains thermal baths (1hr) Castei Zoo animal park (1h10) Sigean wildlife & safari park (1h30) Nearby Côtes du Roussillon vinyards (Maury (30mins), Lesquerde (25mins), Tautaval (40mins), Latour de France (30mins), Caramany (20mins) Outdoor activities Roc Aqua rafting (15mins) Ranch de Sournia Equestrian Centre (20mins) Canyoning Pyrenees Orientales Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes (20mins) Saint Paulais Tennis club (25mins) Via Ferrata Saint Paul de Fenouillet (25mins) Pyrene Rafting Axat (30mins) Oxygen Adventure Caving, Canyoning, Via Ferrata (35mins) Canyoning Galamus (35mins) Extérieur Nature highropes & canyoning (45mins) Historical sites / Chateaux / Caves / Prehistory Cathar castles of Fenouillet (20mins), Château de Rodès Puilaurens (35mins), Quéribus (45mins), Peyrepertuse (1hr), Aguilar (1hr), Château d'Opoul (1h05), Donjon d'Arques (1h10) & Château de Termes (1h30) Nearby dolmens, including the dolmen de la Rouyre (10mins) Pont de Roquevert (20mins) Pont-Aqueduc d'Ansignan (20mins) Marcevol Priory (40mins) Grotte de l'Aguzou (55mins) Grottes de Canalettes (1hr) Pretty villages / towns: Ansignan village & aqueduct (20mins) Sournia village (20mins) Cucugnan village (45mins) Eus village a "plus beaux villages de France" (50mins) Swimming locations: Nearby river swimming at Felluns (5mins), Gouffre de Saint-Michel de Sournia (25mins), Ansignan (15mins), Gorges de Gouleyrous (45mins), Moulin de la Ribaute Cucugnan (55mins) La Fontaine des Amours (1hr) Municipal swimming pools: Fosse (15mins), Prats de Sournia (15mins), Saint Paul de Fenouillet (25mins) Lakes Lac de Caramany - fishing , kayaking & boating only (15mins) Lac de Vinça (45mins) Lac de Quillan Parc Saint Bertrand (50mins) Lac de Vène Bugarach (50mins) Areas of natural beauty, walks, gr routes & bike rides Gorge de Galamus (30mins) Le Roc / pic Serre de Verges Panorama (30mins) Mont Bugarach (45mins) and its vulture observatory (50mins) Le Sentier Nature Et Le Labyrinthe Vert (1hr) Pyrénées Catalanes (1hr) & Mount Canigou (2hrs) Coastal resorts of Canet en Roussillon (1h05), Le Barcares (1h05) & Saint Cyprien Plage (1h15) Côte Vermeille coast (1h15) and famous Collioure (1h30) Ski resorts Mijanes Donezan resort at 1530 - 2000m altitude (1h15mins) Puyvalador at 1700 - 2400m altitude (1h30) Formigueres at 1500 - 2400m altitude (1h30) Les Angles at 1600 - 2400m altitude (1h40) Font Romeu / Pyrenees 2000 at 1600 - 2250m altitude (1h45) Ax 3 Domaines at 1350 - 2400m altitude (2hrs) Pas de la Casa Andorra at (2h40) Access Good access to a selection of airports: about 45 minutes from Perpignan Airport, 1h45 from Caracassonne airport, 2hrs from Beziers & Girona airport and 2h30 from Toulouse airport. A car is needed as there is no public transportation. Cars can be parked in two garages, or in front of the house. Interior Ground floor: Spacious living room with open kitchen in solid zebrano, fireplace with insert and large double-glazed windows, west facing. Bathroom with closed shower cubicle and toilets. Bedroom 1, approx 9.5 m2, without window. 1st Floor: Bedroom 2: high ceilings, approx. 12m2. Toilets with sink. Mezzanine, for storage and/or extra sleeping. Small bonus, a magnificent veranda, bright, for mid-season. Under the house: large garage, with water and electricity. Exterior Annex : charming renovated stone barn adjoining the house. The water and electricity connections are already planned to make it a studio at the ground floor but we have not completed the project. The electricity has to be finished. Upstairs, summer kitchen and terrace. Please note, regarding this terrace, it has happened that we have had infiltrations in the event of heavy rain and stagnant water, we have a professional quote if you wish to make it perfectly waterproof. Additional Details The house was built in 1992 and we renovated it in 2014 when we acquired it. It is immediately habitable, no work required.
