House in Sérignac-sur-Garonne

CHARTERHOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS – 4 HA – LOT-ET-GARONNE

There are places that don’t reveal themselves at a single glance. You have to enter them as you would enter a story. Nothing here seeks to impress. And yet, everything commands attention.

Behind a wooden gate, a courtyard opens up, closed, protective, almost secret. The gravel crunches underfoot. The thick, ancient walls hold the light as they have held the centuries. You immediately understand that time here hasn’t erased: it has worked.

At the heart of the estate, the main house stretches out, long and low, true to the architecture of Southwest France, which doesn’t rise to dominate, but to inhabit. The rooms breathe. Light enters freely, without ostentation. The fireplaces, the volumes, the materials speak of a simple truth: people lived here, for a long time, and well.

The Chartreuse, all on one level, opens onto a closed, tree-lined courtyard ; at the rear is a gallery of approximately 50 m² offering views of the surrounding rolling countryside. Approximately 200 m², it comprises :

– Entrance hall (8.60 m²)
– Living room (39 m²)
– Kitchen (33.60 m²)
– Office (17.60 m²)
– Bedroom 1 (25.60 m²)
– Bathroom 1 (8.65 m²) with bathtub, shower, and toilet
– Hallway 1 (12.80 m²)
– Bedroom 2 (14.40 m²), wooden floor, fireplace
– Bathroom 2 (5.70 m²) with bathtub and toilet
– Hallway 2 (11.90 m²)
– Bedroom 3 (14 m²), wooden floor, fireplace
– Shower room 3
– Toilet (3.20 m²) with washbasin
Air conditioning in the living room, kitchen, and two bedrooms.
Oil-fired boiler with hot water production.

A guest house, approximately 167 m², naturally welcomes guests, as is always the custom in these places where hospitality is paramount. It comprises :

Garden level :
– Living room (41.50 m²)
– Bedroom (22.90 m²)
– Bathroom (11.60 m²) with bathtub, walk-in shower, and toilet
– Separate toilet with washbasin

Upstairs:
– Dormitory (91.30 m²)
– Shower
– Toilet
– Storage room
Electric heating.

An outbuilding of approximately 200 m² awaits its awakening, a silent promise for those who will continue the story. There is a games room with a billiards table (44.50 m²), connected to the guest house, an old bakehouse (37.80 m²) with a possible upper floor, an old wine cellar (60.90 m²) with a possible upper floor, and various storage sheds.

But what gives this place its depth is something else entirely. It’s this tower. It doesn’t try to seduce. It stands there, straight, silent, almost austere. It belongs to a time when buildings were constructed to resist. It doesn’t tell a story : it preserves its memory. On its own, it lends the estate a gravity that even the most meticulous restorations cannot create.

Further on, almost set back, a swimming pool blends into the landscape without disturbing it. It’s not a decoration: it serves a purpose.

The pool : 14 x 6 m, heated, saltwater, with a submerged cover.

Around it, the property unfolds without revealing itself. More than four hectares, a mix of meadows, trees, clearings, open spaces, and a spring. Nothing ostentatious, but a rare balance : that of a landscape inhabited, nurtured, yet never constrained.

Another outbuilding of approximately 100 sq m, in need of restoration, is attached to the perimeter wall and awaits its new purpose.

A carport for vehicles or other uses, approximately 140 sq m.

Everything here speaks of a certain idea of timelessness. The timelessness of the stones, which have withstood the centuries. The timelessness of its uses, which have evolved without losing their essence. And finally, the timelessness of a way of life that was sometimes thought to have vanished, and which survives in these rare places where nothing has been rushed.
This is not a property one visits. It is a place one recognizes. As if it had been waiting. From up here, the view is vast.
Everything is in place to accommodate a family life project, or a hospitality business.

1 hour 20 minutes from Bordeaux and its international airport, 20 minutes from a TGV station and 20 minutes from a motorway interchange.

Buyer’s fees.
Fees : 6% incl. VAT of the price excluding fees.

Estimated annual energy costs for standard use : between €8,460 and €11,460 per year. Prices indexed to 1 January 2021.

Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website : www.georisques.gouv.fr