OLD TOWN HOUSE FOR SALE IN SAINT REMY DE PROVENCE - SAINT REMY DE PROVENCE
Ref: CD-SR-MDV - Price: 900 000 Euros
Town House in St Remy de Provence
Beautiful 5 Bedroom old Town House with Pool
5 Minutes Walk from Old Centre with all its Restaurants
Lovely old 5 bedroom town house with original Provençal 19th century floor tiles and beams, big open fireplace and mature walled garden with a 3x10m pool. 4 minutes walk from St Remy de Provence and its famous Wednesday market. The house was originally 2 houses and has 2 staircases, 2 receptions and a big convivial central kitchen so it provides lots of privacy for families with friends. The character of the house is 19th century but the comfort is 21st.
There is a cosy sitting room with a library. There is also a large dining/games room with open fireplace. The house has two master bedrooms in different wings, with en-suite bathrooms (each with twin basins, toilet, shower and bath). All bedrooms are double. There is a third bathroom with washbasin and both bath and shower. There are a further two separate toilets.
The large kitchen is central with the reception rooms off it on either side. The kitchen has a professional-grade gas cooker with five burners, griddle and big oven. There is a professional-grade double sink. . There is a utility cupboard on the top floor.
Outside
The house is a town house and the beautiful walled garden is therefore quite small. It comprises: A 3x10 m pool, entirely enclosed by attractive railing; with regulation safety locks so one can leave the doors to the garden open and eat out on the terrace without anxiety about little ones there is also a cold water exterior pool shower. There is a heating pump.
A south facing terrace with a pergola covered by a mature wisteria providing shade when eating out. There are many cypress trees and the street on which the house is situated is flanked by mature plane trees. There is secure off-street parking.
Coast/Beach
An hour's drive to the beaches of the Camargue or those around Marseille.
Travel
50 minutes to Nimes and Marseille airport and 20minutes to the TGV Eurostar in Avignon.
Car is not needed as walking distance from town but recommended in that there is much to visit in the area (Les Baux de Provence, etc.).
Distances
10 minute drive (or 3 hr hike on the GR6!! ) up the Alpilles to Les Baux de Provence.
25 minute drive to Arles and the Roman amphitheatre.
20 minute drive to Avignon and the Palais des Papes.
15 minute walk to the Roman ruins of Glanum and the famous asylum where Van Gogh stayed.
4 minute walk to the fabulous Wednesday market of St Remy
45 minute drive to the Luberon.
Further details
There are loads of wonderful restaurants in the old centre and over a dozen bakeries/patisseries within walking distance. Try a different croissant every day! There is a fantastic cheese shop, fishmongers, several butchers and many more fresh fruit and veg shops. And, of course great local wines available at great local prices.! Stroll in to town to buy up fresh seasonal ingredients before each meal and have long leisurely lunches and dinners. Punctuated by siestas and a dip in your pool... everything is on your door step.
The highlights of this property, the bedrooms, bathroom, and the courtyard which inspired a guest to make her garden back home equally beautiful, and to comment, “ What a wonderful house –it felt like a multigenerational home where all ages are welcome. The house was private, and it was wonderful for everyone to be within walking distance to the village…”.
