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COUNTRY PROPERTY FOR SALE IN FRANCE

Name: Suzi Keating
Telephone number: 0033676196385
E-mail address: suzi@patiras.com

Type of property for sale: Country property
Country: France
Nearest town or village: Pauillac
Nature of sale : Private treaty
Price: 395 000
When available or date of auction: immediately

Description:

Ile de Patiras is a fantastic location in the middle of the Gironde estuary around 1.5km from either shore. The only access to the island is by private boat from either Pauillac on the Medoc peninsular or from just north of the town of Blaye on the “mainland” side. Both of these towns are about 50kms North of Bordeaux. The whole island is about 4kms in length and about 1.5km in width. It is almost uninhabited having just one family of permanent residents and two others coming for short stays. L’ile de Patiras is one of only two islands in the estuary that remain in private ownership, and because it is in a planning “red zone” no other houses will be built. Two properties are currently being offered for sale:

Château Trinité 5 bedrooms; 2 hectares of land 395 000€

A 19th century Maison de Maître known as the Château Trinité, which is immediately habitable but in need of complete modernisation. It has mains electricity and drinking water from a borehole. The accommodation consists of: On the basement level; Workshop/boiler room with wood burning boiler for central heating with cast iron radiators throughout. There is a ready supply of free drift wood all around! Two “farm labourers” bedrooms accessed from the outside or via the workshop. On the ground floor; Kitchen (16m2) in need of upgrading; back door and small porch; dining room / study (14m2); very large living room (40m2) with large window and panoramic views; bathroom with bath and basin, separate W/C; playroom / 5th bedroom; a spiral staircase in the octagonal tower. On the first floor; 4 bedrooms (18, 16, 16 and 14m2); large landing with space for a bathroom at one end; extensive convertible loft space. The property includes about 2 hectares of land including lawned gardens wit
h mature trees and two large fields currently grassed. There is a right of way alongside the property which leads from a recently installed pontoon (the upkeep of which is shared with two other owners) to the neighbouring properties around 250m from the main house.

Gîte d’Ile Cazeau 2 bedrooms; 0.5 acre of land 150 000€

The property known as the “Ile Cazeau” has 2 huge bedrooms, the smaller being 20 sq.m. Sympathetically converted from an abandoned barn, the full sweep of the roof remains visible by the creation of a mezzanine bedroom upstairs, and by leaving the main living/dining/kitchen area open plan. All of the rooms are enormous, with over 120 sq.m. of space in total. The whole property has been newly renovated and refurbished with cool tile and wooden floors, traditional rustic thick stone walls and exposed beams, most of which were recycled from the original building. There is also a very large bathroom with double basin unit, extra long bath & extra large shower. The property is semi-detached & the adjoining property was bought last year by a French family from Bordeaux who use it as a weekend escape. There is a long strip of land of 14m x 122m with a well included in the sale. The property is around 250m from Chateau Trinité and is an ideal investment: Currently rented out as a holiday home in the summer it generates around 10 000€ per year.

More details on www.patiras.com/trinite.htm

ADDED 28/05/07