Mill house with a pond and land in a private setting

Classic Tarnaise mill house (320 m2) dating from around 1820 which has been beautifully renovated to provide a very comfortable family home with four bedrooms and potential to use for B&B. There are plenty of outbuildings, a pool, a lake , a potager and orchard. Together with the land of just over 6 ha it could be suitable for a few horses, or for other animals and it is privately located at the end a driveway. The property is situated just 5 minutes from Cahuzac sur Vere, 20 minutes from Gaillac with all its commerces or about an hour from Toulouse with its airport.

The Accommodation

As you walk through the traditional double doors, you enter a well-designed glazed inner hallway that fills the spacious open-plan living area with natural light. The kitchen area is a culinary haven, featuring a large central island with a Corian worktop, plenty of storage, and space for cookery books. The island also includes three induction hobs, a Teriyaki hot plate, and a Robin extractor hood. The base units house a double sink, a large fridge and freezer, two Neff ovens, a microwave, and a warming drawer.

Adjacent to the kitchen, there is a dining area (6m x 3m) perfect for entertaining, and a sitting area (8.3m x 4.5m) with a cozy wood burner in an open brick fireplace. This room is further enhanced by exposed stone walls, downlighters, a stone-tiled floor, and a beautiful staircase leading up to the first floor.

The versatile studio/second reception room (5.0m x 5.6m) features a stone-tiled floor, exposed stone walls, and three radiators, with a secondary staircase leading up to the first floor. The inner hall (4.6m x 2.0) features tiled floors and leads to a cloakroom (3.4m x 1.9m) with a WC, wash basin, and tiled floors, as well as a utility room (7.9m x 4.8m) with space for a washing machine and dishwasher, a separate storage cupboard, and a door to the main barn.

Upstairs, the expansive landing features coir matting and a linen cupboard, leading to the master bedroom suite (8.1m x 5.4m) with coir matting, beams, a radiator, and dual aspect windows overlooking the gardens, lake, and the leat. The suite also includes a large en-suite bathroom with an Italian-style walk-in shower, a large wash basin, a WC, a radiator, and tiled floors, as well as a spacious walk-in dressing room with cupboards and a separate door to the landing.

Bedroom 2 (6.7m x 4.1m) features radiators, beams, and an en-suite shower room with a large shower cubicle, a wash basin, a WC, and a radiator. The second landing (6.4m x 5.8m overall including stairwell) features a parquet floor and creates a second office area/sitting area, with a lime oak staircase leading down to the studio and exposed stone walls. The corridor leads to bedroom 3 (4.4m x 3.7m) with carpet and a radiator, and bedroom 4 (3.6m x 3.6m) with a parquet floor and a radiator. The brand-new shower room (3.7m x 1.8m) features a slate-tiled floor, a large walk-in shower, a wash basin, a WC, and a towel rail.

Outside

From the large gravelled courtyard at the front of the house, a doorway leads to

• Workshop/Boiler Room (9.1m x 7.8m) With Atlantic oil fired boiler, 2 water heaters, double sink, workshop area, old stable and storage and door to utility room.
• Barn (7.7m x 6m). With stone walls, ideal for al-fresco dining and has various storage rooms off. Scope to cover roof with solar panels if wanted as cannot be seen from the front of the house.

A driveway leads around to the back of the house to a covered parking area and large double doors lead to :

• Rear stone barn (8.1m x 8.3m) Double height with stone walls and a staircase leading up to a huge L shaped insulated loft (12m x 11.3m and 4.7m x 4.4m - 162m2) offering further potential to be converted into rooms and access could be made into the main house.

Swimming Pool (11m x 6m). Located above the house, this chlorine pool will need a new liner and the tiled surround will need some attention.

The land extends to about 6.26 ha in total with is a combination of meadows, fields and woodland and surrounds the house.

The gardens are a real delight and feature of this property. To the side of the house is the original mill race and lawns to the side and a number of mature trees with seating, a covered pergola with wisteria and ramp down to the drive, terraces, numerous shrubs which run down to the lake with a central island and a waterfall at the end and is home to lots of wildlife including kingfishers. Asparagus beds, a large fenced off potager with raised beds, soft fruit area, polytunnel and a recently planted orchard.

All in all, this is a truly delightful and private property for which an early viewing is highly recommended.

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