Normandy Home and Income For Private Sale
 

A light and spacious 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom modern Normandy property set back from the road in an acre of mature private garden.

Fabulous location, south-west aspect in a quiet village setting with easy access to local shops. Well placed for UK transport links (ferry ports, airports, motorway network and Channel Tunnel) making the property easily reached all year. There's even space for a helipad.

The house has all modern amenities including double glazing throughout and would make an ideal family home, holiday home or investment for a couple wishing to run a B&B. 

20 minutes from the regional capital, Caen, with its wide variety of employment opportunities and 30 minutes from the busy international tourist centres of Deauville and Honfleur.

Well presented and ready to move into with no renovation required, this property has been pre-approved for a mortgage at low Euro rates (subject to status). Latest Rates

  
 

A Home and Business Opportunity

The house has previously been operated as a successful, though part-time, Normandy Bed & Breakfast and the website along with the customer mailing database is available.

The Property

The house, built in 1980 and excellently insulated, and its grounds have benefited from a rolling programme of maintenance and refurbishment and are in excellent trading condition with no backlog of  maintenance and no expensive replacements due.

An Ideal Location

  • 19 Km east of Caen, 20Km south-east of Ouistreham with its Brittany Ferries (conventional 6 hour & high speed 3 hour 45 minutes) links to the UK.
  • The main UK ferry ports of Cherbourg (1hr 15m), Le Havre (1hr), Dieppe (1hr 30m) and Calais (3hr) are easily reached via the motorway network.
  • SkySouth flights to Brighton/Shoreham from Caen airport (20 minutes away).
  • RyanAir flights to Stansted from Deauville airport (30 minutes away).
  • FlyBe flights to Southampton from Cherbourg airport (70 minutes away).
  • RyanAir flights to East Midlands from Dinard (90 minutes away).
  • 5 minutes by D road from the main A13 motorway and almost exactly 2 hours 15 minutes from central Paris.
  • Ideally placed for travelers in transit to or from one of the many ferries to the UK, visitors touring the Normandy region, people house hunting in Lower Normandy and those just taking a short break, perhaps with friends.

A Ready Market

  • Normandy, Calvados and Pays d'Auge
  • One of France's most frequented short break destinations
  • The Normandy Beaches
  • Motorcycle Touring
  • Cycle Touring

These sectors are typified by high net worth individuals with high disposable incomes.

Great Untapped Potential

The new owner would be easily able to achieve an excellent occupancy rate and profit in future seasons:

  • Exploit the area's strong equestrian tradition as the property is only a short walk from one of Normandy's well known riding schools.
  • Offer evening meals. Normandy is renowned for its gastronomic heritage of dairy products, seafood, beef, fruit, cider and of course Calvados.
  • Promote weekend breaks. The region is particularly favoured by Parisians as a weekend destination, being only 2 hours 15 minutes from the capital via an excellent direct motorway.
  • Take a listing in one or more of the French Bed & Breakfast guides such as Gîtes de France.
  • Develop a guided tours business.
  • Accept "chance" bookings.
  • Extend the accommodation by adding further letting accommodation within the existing building shell along with a 20 sq m terrace extension. This would not normally require planning permission.

An Internet Marketing Programme

An Internet site designed to maximise the impact of the owners marketing strategy could be provided at low cost.

A Flexible Building

For an owner wishing to maximise the B & B potential of the property the accommodation could be simply optimised and extended to increase the letting potential.

Similarly, the building could easily be converted into a main home with attached gite, there being two staircases in the original design.