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• A converted barn in a small hamlet of three houses and a farm, near the village of St.Berthevin-la-Tanniere in the Mayenne.

• Easily reached from Caen, St.Malo, Dinard airport.  About 4.5 hours from Boulogne via Rouen.

• Very well maintained and available with or without furniture.

• Downstairs -  a large living room with dining and kitchen areas, woodburner and French windows overlooking garden; a bright roomy study; a small double bedroom with panelling; an entrance hall with cupboards; and a shower room with toilet, sink, shelving and new hot water tank.

• Upstairs - long mezzanine split into two areas, one currently used as a double bedroom and the other as a study. There is also a separate L-shaped bedroom with ensuite.

• Heating is via a large woodburner (cheap logs available locally) and several electric wall heaters.

• Cooker runs on butane gas, readily available from supermarket petrol stations.

• Outside: roughly an acre, including a large wood store and shed. Trees and hedges surround the property (cherry, hazel, plum, walnut...). Low maintenance, private garden.  Fosse septique.