‘The camera never lies’? The front façade of this property certainly distorts the truth. Built into the hillside, there is a third floor to this town house, leading out onto a terrasse overlooking the back garden. This is a spacious family house in a quiet street, with views over gardens and vegetable plots, yet seconds from the centre of a bustling little market town. It is the best of both worlds, arguably.
Entrance is directly into a vast living room with wood flooring, working fireplace and revealed stone. The open-plan kitchen/dining room also has stone revealed and looks down onto the walled garden. The lower ground floor includes a laundry room, WC and wine cellar. There is direct access from here to the patio and to the garden. Upstairs, there are four double bedrooms, a second WC and a modern bathroom with separate shower. These bedrooms all have double glazing.
The garden is walled and there are useful storage areas under the patio.
The pretty market town of Ruffec provides a choice of bars, restaurants, hypermarkets, retail parks, open-air markets, hospital and TGV rail service to Paris. It has a genuine pavement café culture.
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