Limousin, Limousin 87150

Renovation Project with 8 Apartments for Sale in Oradour Sur Vayres Limousin France Esales Property ID: es5553376aa 22 Bis, Rue de 8 Mai 1945, Oradour Sur Vayres Limousin 87150 France Famed for its beautiful beaches easy living and golf resorts, France remains one of the most desirable places anywhere in the world to live. This glorious property offers you the chance to wake up to this magical place every morning and make a fantastic investment at the same time. Consisting of two large, attached houses this property is in a very quiet village in Limousin area of central France. Oradour sur Vayres is known for its annual Fete which attracts some 15,000 people from around France to this small town every July for a feast of food, music, and entertainment. Its an event not to be missed. Apart from this the village offers many outdoor activities such as Motorcycling Motocross, shooting, cycling hire and cycling routes around the region, football Tennis, Camping, and walking. Opposite the property is a large car park where people can park their cars and cycle to the next villages using the now removed railway track that used to carry passengers a ferry lumber around this part of France. The town hosts a large library and cycle hire venue. The Marie lives in the town and the Marie's office is very helpful for finding out about the local services available for residents. The library too offers a wealth of visitor attractions and details on what's on around the region along with the best restaurants and evening venues. The town hosts a couple of hotels and Chambre D'hotes, a choice of restaurants and cafes, newsagents, Boulangerie, Pharmacist, doctors, and banks. Limoges is just a 30-minute drive giving access to great selection restaurants, hotels and shopping and offers main line links by rail, aeroplane, and car to the rest of France and Europe and Internal destinations. The well-known TGV train service has a direct line to Paris which is about 4 hours. Flights also available direct to Paris. Oradour sur Vayres is in a central location to many tourist attractions and offers stress free living but with good communication links to many large towns and cities in the is part of France. It's a great get-away location as it is so peaceful and tranquil. Oradour Sur Vayres is often mistaken for a similar named village nearer to Limoges, Oradour Sur Glane, which was the scene of one of the most horrific blood baths of the second world war where the entire village was raised to the ground and the residents massacred by gunshot by the German forces. This village is now an official museum town where visitors can go to see what happened there and learn about the events that took part there. The German forces intended to supress the then French resistance movement of Oradour sur Vayres, but mistakenly got the location wrong and set about destroying Oradour sur Glane. The property on offer has been in existence since late 19th Century. Originally built as a house of stature but then later used as the local Gendarmerie and has been used as this until the new gendarmerie was built in the town some years ago. Both houses retain features of its use as a Gendarmerie in the barn spaces. The property housed inmates and Gendarmes' families and was developed into the 8 apartments on offer today. The smaller house being newer and added as an extension to the existing larger house in the early 20th century. The original left-hand house is known as Une Maison de Maître, A Gentleman's House, and built for someone of stature being an important community member. The house contains many original features on 3 floors such as wooden oak panel flooring throughout and ornate coving lining the ceilings along with ornate plaster castings for the central lighting in each of the downstairs reception rooms. Some original bathroom fittings remain as do all of the 8 fireplaces with large marble surrounds. It is a spacious property consisting of 3 floors above road level se