Villa for sale in Salies-De-Béarn, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Built in 1979, this super villa is an ideal size for a family home or a holiday home. Although in need of some redecoration and some updating, the property is ready for the new owners to move into!

The living space of 139m2 has a very practical layout - and a decked terrace adjacent to the kitchen is ideal for dining alfresco in the garden.

A private drive (shared with a neighbour) leads up to the villa and to a garage of about 24m2, which forms part of the villa's ground floor. Behind the garage is a spacious utility room of about 20m2, a storage area, which would be perfect for a wine cellar, and an internal staircase up to villa's first floor. Part of the ground floor could be transformed into a gym, a games room or a home cinema, if desired.

Outside, steps next to the garage lead up to the villa's front door, which opens into a long entrance hall. To the right of the hall is a superb open-plan main room with a fireplace (with insert), a sitting area and a dining area. French doors open out to a balcony with lovely views of the town and the surrounding countryside.

The kitchen is accessible both from the entrance hall and the dining area in the main room. The kitchen also has French doors out to the garden and a decked terrace for outdoor dining.

Also on this floor is a master bedroom with an en suite bathroom (which is also accessible from the hall), a second bedroom and a separate WC.

The second floor has two spacious bedrooms, two dressing rooms and a shower room. One or both of the dressing rooms could be used as an office/study/library, a small guest bedroom, a nursery, a playroom...

The woodland garden is perfect for children, who will love to play in amongst the mature trees and shrubs. As well as a decked terrace for outdoor dining, there is also a garden shed for storing garden tools and equipment. Should you want to create a summer kitchen and barbecue area, there is ample space behind the villa - and subject to permission, there should be enoughg flat land for installing a swimming pool!

The villa is located just a 10-minute walk away from the centre of Salies-de-Béarn, which has excellent shops, restaurants and amenities, along with a farmers' market every Thursday and Saturday. The town is famous for its healing thermal spas and casino, making it very popular with visitors and "curistes" throughout the year!

If you have children, there are schools for all ages, both in town and further afield. There is a bilingual school nearby in Orthez (French/English), as well as the International School of Béarn in Pau (40 minutes), which follows the English National Curriculum and accepts children of all ages.

The villa

Ground floor:
- a garage (24m2)
- a large utility room (28m2)
- storage areas

First floor:
- a balcony
- a terrace
- an entrance hall
- an open-plan sitting room/dining room (40m2) with a fireplace and French doors out to the balcony
- a modern kitchen (14m2) with French doors out to the terrace and garden
- two large bedrooms (11.5m2,10m2)
- a bathroom (10m2)
- a separate WC

Second floor:
- two loft-style bedrooms (13m2,10m2)
- two dressing rooms/storage rooms (10m2,10m2)
- a shower room (6m2)

nb: Please note that some of the rooms in the villa have sloping ceilings

The woodland garden

- a hillside garden of more than 2,000m2, planted with mature trees, shrubs and flowers
- a shady dining terrace next to the kitchen
- a garden shed

the potential!

This charming villa comprises 139m2 of living space, making it perfect for a spacious family home or holiday home. With four good-size bedrooms and two dressing rooms, which could be used as guest bedrooms, you will have plenty of room to accommodate your friends and family!

If you are looking for an investment property, this villa has great potential, either to rent out for long-term lets or as a gîte during the holiday season. To be located within walking distance of the centre of Salies-de-Béarn is a major advantage for attracting holidaymakers; the installation of a swimming pool would also be a huge plus.

If you prefer to have a smaller-scale business, one or more of the bedrooms could be used for accommodating Bed & Breakfast guests. In addition, people visiting the famous healing thermal spas ("curistes") require good-value B&B accommodation, which could be a great source of income for you all year round!

Services & technical

Telephone & cable internet connection
Double glazing
Heating: Electric radiators + fireplace with insert
Mains water
Mains drainage

The local area

Located on the outskirts of Salies-de-Béarn, this lovely villa is not far from the towns of Sauveterre-de-Béarn, St-Palais and Orthez. Orthez has a leisure lake with a beach, but if you prefer the real thing, Atlantic beaches are about 45 minutes away. The nearest tgv train station (10 minutes) and the motorway (5 minutes) are easily accessible from the villa, should you need to commute to Pau, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Paris...

The Béarn is very popular with tourists all year round, many of whom come to fish and go white-water rafting on the Gaves (rivers), or to hike, cycle, horse-ride or go rock climbing in the mountains. During the winter months, there are numerous ski resorts in the Pyrénées (80 - 90 minutes) for downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding and snow-shoeing... And during the summer months you can surf, swim and picnic on the beach at the chic coastal resorts of Biarritz, St-Jean-de-Luz, Hendaye, Hossegor...

If your interests are gastronomic, Salies-de-Béarn has a twice-weekly farmers' market (Thursday and Saturday), where you can sample locally produced Jurançon wines, Ossau-Iraty cheese and tasty Bayonne ham, which is cured using salt from Salies!

Airports: Biarritz, Pau, Tarbes-Lourdes
Train: Orthez, Puyoô
Coach: Pau, Bayonne
Ferry: Bilbao, Santander

Ski: Issarbe, La-Pierre-St-Martin, Val-d’Azun, Gourette, Somport, Candanchú (Spain)...
Beaches: Biarritz, St-Jean-de-Luz, Hendaye, Hossegor, Tarnos...

Attractions: Thermal Spas, Casino, Base de Loisirs d’Orthez-Biron, Aqua Béarn, Le Petit Train d’Artouste, Parc'Ours, Grottes d'Isturitz et d'Oxocelhaya, Grottes de Bétharram, Chemin-de-St-Jacques-de-Compostelle...