This old school in the village of Marsais offers huge possibilities for a place to live with extraordinary potential. Ideal for welcoming artists or guests – gites etc, this place could be adapted to several ideas – 500m2 of buildings!
House of 240 m²: a large, very bright living room of 60 m² (kitchen, living room, dining room), renovated with natural materials; 5 bedrooms with water point, spread over two floors; 1 bathroom; 1 additional room, 1 attic, and 1 mezzanine/ground floor, with pantry, laundry room, and office. An adjacent house of 70m2 to renovate, with an attic height which allows the development of an additional floor. Two former classrooms: 1 room of 60 m² currently converted into a greenhouse, winter garden; 1 room of approximately 70 m² with stove flue, currently an activity room, which can accommodate shows and workshops of various practices. Exterior annexes: a tool room, which can be converted into a processing laboratory; a barn-workshop of 70m2. The exterior is made up of a small, very pleasantly decorated spa garden overlooking Rue du Sacre Coeur; and a courtyard/garden of 1000 m², with trees, with an orchard. The main house is equipped with a hydraulic pellet stove (16KW) and its cast iron radiators. The insulation was made with lime-hemp coating. Double glazed windows and door. The electrical installation has been brought up to standard. Sanitation is an approved phytopurification (Aquatiris, Equivalent to 5 inhabitants) for the treatment of gray and sewage water, possible connection to the mains sewer in the years to come. Marsais-Boisse is a dynamic country village, of around 1000 inhabitants, and central: 10 minutes from Surgeres, 10 minutes from Mauze-sur-le-Mignon (stations and all shops), 25 minutes from the entrance to Niort, 40 min from the entrance to La Rochelle, 35 min from the entrance to Rochefort, 20 min from the entrance to St Jean d’Angely. The A10 motorway can be reached in 15 minutes. The village has the following amenities: school (Boisse), pharmacy, delicatessen selling organic, local and artisan products, with organic bread depot, community bar (Le Troquet de Marsais), organic market gardener, and a bakery. School buses serve Surgeres, Boisse and Rochefort.