06409 FOLLES - euros 81,000.  This elegant country house with attached barn sits in a quiet hamlet surrounded by beautiful countryside and yet with easy access to the A20 motorway and LImoges. The house has been fully renovated over the last few years and is extremely attractive, with scope for further improvement/extension if wanted.

  It has mains drainage and heating is by wood. The roofs of both house and barn are new. There is a really beautiful garden surrounding the buildings of about 300m2 and an additional detached vegetable garden of almost 2.000m2. The house has to the ground an entrance hallway with shower and toilet off, sitting room 24m2, dining room and kitchen with door to rear. All is very bright and decorated with great taste. Upstairs are 2 double bedrooms, office, shower room. Additionally, the attic level is renovated and is currently one large area - this could make another 2 large bedrooms. The attached barn is about 70m2 and there are several small outbuildings.

06309 ST VAURY - euros 81.000.  A collection of buildings in a quiet hamlet just a few kilometres from the town of Guéret. These former farm buildings are all in good order and are being offered in three lots:

LOT 2: Lovely old house for renovation plus a large barn and about 1.500m2 garden, with lovely views. The house measures about about 9 x 9 over three levels and the barn is about 14m x 9m. All in excellent structural order

00210 ST DIZIER - euros 82,000. A beautiful maison de maitre-style house in need of total internal renovation but in good order externally. Located on the edges of a sizeable village, this has all local shops accessible by foot.

It is a very well-built house on a grand scale, measuring approx 10m x 10m on each of three floors. There is land of almost 3,000m2 attached, with outbuildings. Currently the house has to the ground floor a beautiful living room of approx 45m2, dining room, kitchen, rear hallway with toilet and access to cellar. The first floor has 5 bedrooms and the attic above provides approx 80m2 further usable space. The house is completely dry and sound throughout with some wonderful period features including marble fireplaces in every room.

15006 ST MAURICE - euros 85,000. This old house has tons of charm and character and could be occupied immediately though there is plenty of scope to improve/modernise. It is situated in a pretty little hamlet close to the town of La Souterraine and has attached land of approx 2,500m2, partly wooded. It is structurally in first class order and has mains water and electricity and drainage to a septic tank.

The existing accommodation is all on one level. It consists of one very large open plan kitchen/living room with a fireplace, exposed beams and a door out to the back garden. This was the extent of the house originally. Off here is a hallway giving access to four double bedrooms and a toilet - this part has been created from the former barn. All is in neat and tidy order and very well presented, though old-fashioned and "authentique", but this is what makes it so attractive. There is a first floor level above the house and extensive roof-space in the barn part, all of which could be converted to accommodation. Outside, a small part of the original barn remains unconverted and serves as a workshop/store. There is a large courtyard to the front of the house and a further courtyard garden to the rear, with beyond that wooded land of about 2,500m2. The property is in a lovely private and tranquil spot and yet very easily accessible from Limoges and from the A20 motorway.

06308 BOSMOREAU - euros 85,000. A great price for this charming house in a pretty village and enjoying wonderful views. The house is in excellent order throughout.

It is designed in the popular “sous-sol” styles, meaning that the ground level is taken up by garage, workshop,etc with the accommodation above. On the first floor is a kitchen, living room,dining room, bathroom, toilet and a double bedroom. Off the kitchen is a huge terrace, approx 8m x 4m, private and with spectacular views. The second floor has two enormous bedrooms (could be split) and a new shower room (to be finished). All is fresh, airy, newly decorated and ready to occupy.

ING 0809 ST GEORGES/BEAULIEU - euros 85,000. Ideal holiday home, with private garden and open view. Kitchen and large living room. Upstairs needs reconfiguring to make two private bedrooms and bathroom. This work and redecorating would provide a smart compact house. Outhouse and large garden shed. Quiet position but not isolated. 20 minutes to La Souterraine. Internal viewing of this property can only be arranged for Monday through Thursdays.

04709 MONTAIGUT - euros 86,000.  A charming house and attached barn, with enclosed private garden of over 2,500m2. The house is habitable but will need some modernisation.

Mains water and electricity are connected and there is a communal drainage system. The electric hot water heater and radiators are recently installed and all is in very good, clean order. To the ground floor is a living room and kitchen/diner, with fireplace. To a half-landing is a full bathroom, old-fashioned but clean and useable. The first floor has three generous bedrooms. The attached barn measures about 12m x 7m and is in excellent order, plus there is a large hangar and other outbuildings.

03210 AZERABLES - euros 87,000.  A delightful cottage in a small hamlet just outside la Souterraine. This has been fully renovated with great taste, retaining all the character but with new plumbing, wiring, roof, upper floor, septic tank, etc.

On the ground floor is a large living room (about 5m x –m) with a fireplace with fitted woodburner, exposed beams and stonework. Adjacent to this is the kitchen/breakfast room. Upstairs are two generous bedrooms and a lovely new shower room. The house has a small attached outbuilding and an garden of approx 500m2 in total, including terrace and vegetable plot.

03910 LAURIERE - euros 87,000.  An excellent price for this very pretty traditional hamlet house in good habitable order, totally sound structurally, with a new septic tank, new electrics and oil-fired central heating. Just needs some internal updating.

The property includes an attached barn, a detached outbuilding and land of approx 4,000m2 with wonderful views over the Monts D’Ambazac.On the ground floor is a hallway, living room with woodburner, kitchen, shower room and toilet, bedroom. To the first floor is a very large landing area with three generous double bedrooms off. There is also an attic which could be converted.

00410 DUN LE PALESTEL - euros 87,000.  This large and very attractive barn in a small hamlet just outside Dun le Palestel is ideally located and has a totally private attached garden of 2,500m2. The barn is partly renovated, with the ground floor almost complete. It is in excellent order structurally and has a new septic tank, wiring, plumbing, bathroom, insulation, etc.

The ground level measures almost 160m2 overall and consists of an entrance hall, central kitchen area, two double bedrooms, sitting room and bathroom. The entire first floor area is still available for development. The property also includes an attached ancient cottage of about 50m2 on two levels and a further detached bread oven/garage.

03607 ST SEBASTIEN - euros 87,000.  This former farmhouse with attached barn and other outbuildings is located in one of the most picturesque corners of Creuse, close to the “artists village” of Crozant and to the leisure lake of Chambon.

The house needs work internally but is basically habitable and structurally sound. It has a wood-fired central heating system. The property includes a large attached barn, other small outbuildings, garden of approximately 800m2 and a detached wood of 4,500m2. More attached garden could be purchased from the commune at little cost. The house has to the ground floor a very large kitchen/living room (approx 7m x 4m), bathroom, utility room and toilet. On the first floor are four large bedrooms, all with lovely views. There is an attic above which is high enough for conversion.

01510 CROMAC - euros 87,000. This hamlet house is in excellent order structurally and has been totally re-decorated. It has a private garden and enjoys wonderful views. Habitable immediately, with drainage to a septic tank and oil-fired central heating. The accommodation is all on a single level and comprises entrance, kitchen, lareg sitting room, 2 double bedrooms (one with dressing/washroom), bathroom and separate toilet. There is also an attic and cellar.

ING 0709 ST GEORGES LES LANDES - euros 88,000. Farmhouse, two barns plus a further barn requiring a new roof. Animal house. 2,700 m2 of flat land wrapping around the property. The plot is 3786 m2 in total. Village location, with interesting view of the village church. Some renovation has already been done with a new kitchen area, toilet and shower, so it’s comfortably habitable. Internal viewing of this property can only be arranged for Monday through Thursdays.

02409 LA SOUTERRAINE - euros 88,000. Located in the fascinating medieval streets of La Souterraine, this ancient house is full of history and interest. It is structurally sound and in basically habitable order but will need modernisation. Mains drainage, water and electricity connected.

The house has three storeys plus a convertible attic, and on each floor there are three main large rooms. Currently, the layout is: ground floor kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room; first floor three bedrooms; second floor kitchen, sitting room, bedroom. There is also a wonderful vaulted cellar.