House for sale near Swiss border

A unique opportunity to own this very large and solid Napoleonic house, with original stone walls, completely renovated and modernized inside out.

The house is situated in the East of France, near the Swiss border, between Besançon the capital city of the Franche-Comté district and the town of Vesoul, the capital of the Haute-Saône departement. The area is often named the French Switzerland for its emerald green fields, sloping hills and a variety of local cheese.

The house has a modern electricity system, a new and modern central gas heating, double glazed windows and doors, floating and tiled floors, modern recently installed two kitchens, three bathrooms and a large tiled and covered terrace, leading to a wonderful lush green garden.

This double storey house offers 336m² of living area, or 168m² per level; a total of eight rooms, two kitchens, three bathrooms and a fully equipped laundry area. The extra large attic when converted into a loft could add another 90m² to the living space. In addition there is an outside terrace. The property is set on 1242m² of enclosed land, with off street parking for five cars. Furniture is also available on request.

Downstairs: large entrance hall, two living rooms (18.5m² each), one bedroom (14.3m²), modern kitchen (14.6m²) leading to terrace (24m²), bathroom with bidet and modern shower cubicle, separate toilet, laundry area and a large (19m²) cellar or workshop.

The fully equipped kitchen has an extra large gas top and stove, extractor hood, american double-door fridge/freezer, built in microwave oven, quality dishwasher and TV.

The kitchen cupboards and drawers are of the highest quality. There is ample room for dining four persons.

Upstairs: three bedrooms (14.4m², 14.4m² and 17.3m²), one large office room (16.6m²), modern bathroom. In addition, outside stairs lead to the apartment.

Oak stairs lead to the house's attic, one that may easily be converted into a second floor huge living area. The bedrooms and office are wired to individual satellite dish.

The office has two large fitted desks with sturdy work surface and is connected to the Internet by dual band WiFi delivered by a 4G+ router.

The apartment, previously used as a beauty clinic, has its own hot and cold water, electricity, central gas heating with radiators and telephone installation, thus it may be let in order to generate revenue. Currently, the apartment comprises of an entrance hall, one large bedroom (14.8m²), a modern fully fitted and equipped kitchen with room for dining (11m²) and a bathroom with toilet.

The electricity system, the water supply and the apartment's gas central heating, are completely independent and separate from the rest of the house. The heating system is equipped with an electronic panel for accurate temperature control.

There are radiators the room and kitchen and a towel rack radiator in the bathroom. The windows are double glazed. The floating floor is of the highest quality. The apartment also has its own telephone line and independent WiFi access.

The fully equipped kitchen has a gas top an extractor hood, a fridge and a built in coffee machine.

The kitchen cupboards and drawers are of the highest quality. There is room for a dining table in the kitchen.

There is easy access to a grandious attic via oak stairs. The door opens to a very tall oak beams structure. With little investment it may be turned into a beautiful, spacious loft or living area of over 100m². Preliminary electricity, hot and cold water and drainage is already installed in the attic, in view of building a bathroom and/or toilet, or kitchen in the loft.

The original, very impressive hand made oak structure that sustains the house tiled roof is in perfect condition.

The attic's ground surface is about 160m².

The roof has a very steep slope allowing for an easy conversion of the attic into rooms of a standard height, on at least 80% of the attic's surface.

The attic may simply be used as store room, just as is.

The property's fertile court-yard is divided into a large lawn and a generous vegetable garden, with fruit trees.