House in Somport - Pyrénées-Atlantiques

House Somport - Somport

€349,000 - £292,298**

Located in a delightful village in the picturesque Vallée d'Aspe, this gorgeous village house will charm you with its stylish décor, magical garden and artist's studio!

Ideal for a family home or a holiday home, the property has three bedrooms, with the possibility of creating a fourth by using the huge first-floor sitting room as a master bedroom. It might also be possible to create more bedrooms in the loft (permission required for additional windows).

Should you want to rent out the house as a gîte, your guests will love the property's proximity to ski resorts (30 – 60 minutes), along with limitless mountain-based activities. Alternatively, you could offer B&B accommodation to pilgrims following the Chemin-de-St-Jacques-de-Compostelle pilgrim route, which passes right in front of the house!

With shops, bars and restaurants just a short stroll away, you will absolutely adore this superb house with its secret garden, artist's studio and fabulous views of the mountains...

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This adorable village house is currently a wonderful family home. It is also the perfect size to use as a holiday home or to rent out as a gîte to holidaymakers. Located in the centre of a pretty village in the Vallée d'Aspe, the gorgeous property has a small artist's studio, a magnificent garden and lovely views of the mountains!

Ready to move into straight away, the house is absolutely ideal for anyone who works from home - and if you have children, you have a good choice of schools both locally and in Oloron-Ste-Marie.

The front of the house has a parking area for two cars and a small garage. Adjacent to the parking area is a paved area, which is used as a small sunny terrace.

The front door of the house opens into an entrance hall with a staircase up to the first floor and a door into the garage. From the hall, a door opens into a spacious open-plan kitchen, which overlooks the garden. Behind the kitchen is a utility room with a deep sink, storage shelves/pantry, a door to the garage and a door out to the terrace and garden.

Adjoining the kitchen is a superb sitting room/dining room with exposed stone walls and French doors out to the dining terrace and garden.

Upstairs, there is a wonderful south-facing second sitting room, which could be used as an office or a fourth bedroom. There would also be enough space for an en suite shower room, if desired. Also on this floor are three more bedrooms, a bathroom and a separate WC.

From the sitting room, stairs lead up to unconverted loft space, which could transformed into more bedrooms with shower rooms (permission required for additional windows), or used as a gym, a games room, a home cinema...

Outside, a paved terrace leads into a glorious garden planted with trees, shrubs and flowers. Next to the terrace is a small artist's studio, which could also be used as an office.

The terrace has enough space to add a summer kitchen/barbecue area to the outdoor dining area, which is the perfect spot for sunny breakfasts, long lazy lunches and romantic moonlit suppers, whilst enjoying beautiful views of the mountains!

This charming village house is located in a pretty village in the Vallée d’Aspe. Your daily baguette is just a short stroll away, along with bars and bistros... The riverside town of Oloron-Ste-Marie is 30 minutes away, where you will find a theatre, a cinema, a hospital, schools and an excellent choice of supermarkets and hypermarkets.

There are several ski resorts 30 – 60 minutes away, as well as numerous leisure and sporting activities on your doorstep, including fishing, hiking, trail-running, mountain biking, mountain climbing, paragliding... If you prefer to surf and swim, the beautiful beach resorts on the Atlantic coast are under two hours away...

THE HOUSE

Ground floor:
- a small south-west-facing terrace, an outdoor parking area and access to a small garage
- an entrance hall with a staircase up to the first floor and a door into the garage
- a spacious main room with a sitting area, a dining area and French doors out to the garden
- an open-plan kitchen
- an adjoining utility room with a door to the garage and to the terrace and garden
- a separate WC

First floor:
- a huge second sitting room with a dining area and a staircase to the second floor NB: this room could be used as a home office or a large fourth bedroom
- three bedrooms
- a bathroom
- a separate WC

Second floor:
- unconverted loft space, which could transformed into more bedrooms with shower rooms (permission required for additional windows) or used as a gym, a games room, a home cinema...


THE SECRET GARDEN

The garden of around 250m² has super views of the surrounding mountains, along with...

- a small artist's studio
- a paved terrace for outdoor dining
- raised beds for growing vegetables
- a glorious array of trees, shrubs and flowers...


THE POTENTIAL!

This gorgeous village house is perfect for a family home, a holiday home or a weekend pied-à-terre - and with 3 bedrooms and a second sitting room on the first floor, you will have plenty of room to accommodate your friends and family when they come to stay!

The second sitting room could also be used as a home office/consulting room if you work from home - or you could use the small artist's studio in the garden. It might also be possible to create more bedrooms and shower rooms in the unconverted loft space, if desired (permission required for additional wondows).

The house is a perfect size to rent out as a gîte, both during the summer months and the skiing season. There are several ski resorts just 30 - 60 minutes away, as well as exciting mountain trails for walkers and cyclists.

You could also offer Bed and Breakfast accommodation to tourists visiting the area, as well as pilgrims following the Chemin-de-St-Jacques-de-Compostelle, which passes in front of the house! The gorgeous garden is the perfect spot for serving delicious breakfasts and hearty suppers to your B&B guests... although the beautiful setting might make them reluctant to leave your little corner of paradise!


SERVICES & TECHNICAL

Telephone
Cable internet connection
Some double glazing
Heating: oil-fired central heating + electric heaters + wood-burning stove
Mains drainage


THE LOCAL AREA

This gorgeous village house in the Vallée d'Aspe is about 30 minutes away from the Medieval market town of Oloron-Ste-Marie and 60 minutes from the historic city of Pau. Both Pau and Oloron-Ste-Marie are accessible by train and bus from the local village. The closest ski resorts are about 30 - 60 minutes away at Somport, La-Pierre-St-Martin, Issarbe and Candanchú/Astún (Spain); Biarritz and other Atlantic beach resorts are under two hours away.

The Béarn is extremely popular with tourists all year round. Once the skiing season is over, people visit the area to walk and cycle in the mountains, go white-water rafting on the fast-flowing Gaves (rivers) or enjoy paragliding high above the valleys. You can also explore the nearby Jurançon vineyards and sample local delicacies at the many farmers' markets throughout the region.

Many of the villages in the Vallée d'Aspe are located on the St-Jacques-de-Compostelle pilgrim route (the Voie d’Arles), which runs due south from Oloron-Ste-Marie up to the Col du Somport where the Chemin crosses into Spain - and many of the pilgrims hope to find peaceful accommodation en route, should you be interested in offering them Bed & Breakfast in your lovely home!

Airports: Pau, Tarbes-Lourdes, Biarritz
Train: local station to Oloron-Ste-Marie and Pau
Long-distance coach: Pau
Ferry: Bilbao, Santander

Ski: Somport, La-Pierre-St-Martin, Issarbe, Eaux-Bonnes, Gourette, Candanchú/Astún (Spain)...
Beaches: Biarritz, St-Jean-de-Luz, Hendaye, Hossegor...

Attractions: Aqua Béarn, Parc’Ours, Parc de Loisirs: Espace Ludopia, Le Petit Train d’Artouste, Aventure Parc Aramits, Grotte de la Verna, Grottes de Bétharram, Gorges de Kakuetta, Passerelle d’Holzarte, Chemin-de-St-Jacques-de-Compostelle…
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