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For sale: exceptional estate in a rare panorama

In a hamlet of Lac d'Issarlès village, at an altitude of 1050m(3450ft), owner-occupier sells a lovely mountain thatched cottage on its 1.6 hectare land.

The house, nearly 150m², in a really good condition is a two levels one.

On the ground floor, you'll find: the large living-room(50m²) with a US kitchen and a huge open fireplace with heat economizer, the study(12m²) the guests' shower room and closets(4.2m²), the owners' suite(bedroom 11m² with bathroom and closets 6.5m²), a small laundry(7.5m²) and a cellar(6m²).

Upstairs, there's: a small sitting-room/library(15m²), the guests' suite:bedroom 16m² with bathroom(tub and shower) and closets(7m²).

In front of the house, there's a 50m² patio facing S/O with typical "lauze" pavement.

Central heating with heat pump and a Godin wood burning stove. Ground, walls and ceiling thermal insulation. Double glazing.

Attic: 90m². Garage: 30m².

Entirely restored thatch. New standard sewagedisposal planned.

More information at number 33606989708. Blog in french: http://www.chaumiere-ardeche.blogs.fr

What does the cottage looks like?

Look at it, first with its old straw hat and then with the new one!

If you please, we'll go around before getting inside.

Thank you so much to Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART for the Andante of his number 21 Concerto.

The patio

Facing south and west, it gets lots of sun and that really is very nice most of the time at a 1050m (3450ft)altitude. Nevertheless, in summer, you do need sunshade because the temperature can reach 40°C outside, deeply contrasting with the one inside (about 20°C).

It has a 50m²(540sft) typical and beautiful local flagstones pavement, called: "lauzes". We do love to be there as soon as spring is back.

The access to the moor

When you get out of the house, just cross the patio. A short wooded footpath leads you to the moor and the high garden.

The thatched cottage from the moor

It does look like some sort of strange animal, crouched in a luxurius grove, watching the lake.

The lake from the moor

It glitters just like a jewel in it's crater/casket!

From the high garden

John particularly loves to garden it. When he stops working, he admires the the wonderful view, the mountains landscape, the lake, and, down the moor, the thatched roof lost in the greenery.

When he comes back, he often says he feels "good weariness" and rested at the same time.

Let's go to the "bachat" with him.

The "bachat"

One of the numerous springs that crosses the moor subsoil, supplies nearly all the year long a tiny but lovely "bachat". Beside it, a "natural fridge" ( a rocky hole with a wooden door) must have been very useful to the inhabitants in the past.

The "bachat" separates the cottage from it's nearest neighbour (an unoccupied stone house) everybody calls: the old school.