Loches, Centre-Val de Loire 37600

A specially designed house from the 1970s with 3.2 hectares of grounds with a stream, tucked away in France's Centre Val de Loire region. A country road leads to the property. A forest drive then takes you to the house. The edifice was built in 1977 for the current owner. It stands in the middle of a clearing. The dwelling looks across a small valley to a stream and meadow lower down. It faces east and west. It has a basement, a ground floor and a first floor. Its main entrance door is at the north-east corner, where a gravelled space is designed for vehicles to park in. The rooms inside are laid out around a central patio that forms an opening of natural light and, in summer, provides refreshing coolness. The elevations are coated with rendering. The roofing is made up of four asymmetrical slopes of slate tiles. In the basement, there is a garage, a workshop, a wine cellar and a pantry. In front of the reception rooms, there is a terrace that looks out at a grassy garden with shrubs. The whole estate covers more than 3.2 hectares of unbroken land. A stream runs through the grounds. Two little bridges stretch across this stream.