A rare opportunity to purchase a unique 19th century manor house and barn built at the highest point of Montcel at Auvers-sur-Oise, where the Impressionist artists found inspiration and a town that will be forever linked with Vincent Van Gogh, who lived and found his resting place here. Van Gogh is said to have painted a view of the Oise valley from this house, which, due to its elevated location, provided him with the ideal vantage point from which to be inspired by the superb panorama.
Of Italian design, carefully renovated and maintained in keeping with its initial design and construction, the house owes its charm to the nobility of the materials from which it is composed: dressed stone, solid oak parquet floors, Venetian floor tiles, fireplaces in marble and Burgundy stone, copper rainwater systems and slate fixings, all of which contribute to the supreme quality and character of the building.
Beyond the automatic gate, an offroad parking area and pathway lead to a beautiful 55m2 terrace paved in non-slip stoneware, perfectly exposed to allow the enjoyment of the beautiful garden featuring a spring and a wide variety of mature plants and trees, while a lighting system prolongs the outdoor experience into the evening. The house and garden are entirely enclosed by stone walls offering security and discrete privacy without vis-à-vis.
The terrace is accessible from the house via the entrance, the kitchen and the dining room, making it a convivial and practical living space. From the terrace the Venetian tiled entrance/office, leads on the left to a vast and luminous dining room with a cathedral roof, then a hallway with storage/dressing room leads to an independent WC with washbasin, a shower room with a walk-in shower and a laundry room with stoneware tile flooring. These rooms offer comfortable ground level accommodation when required.
The entrance/office leads to a large double living room with two fireplaces, one in marble and the other in Burgundy stone. Finally, the last room on the ground floor is the kitchen, which opens onto the terrace and is fully equipped with 2 ovens and marble worktops.
The upper floors are accessed by a superb solid oak staircase and on each half floor there is a separate toilet with hand basin and window.
The first floor offers two large bedrooms, one of which is a master suite with its own bathroom with bathtub, jet shower and two separate marble hand basins.
On the second floor there are three further bedrooms and a bathroom with bath, a shower and a double washbasin.
The house is built over a basement with vaulted ceilings and tiled floors. The rooms are distributed in a star-shaped layout around a landing that serves two large storage rooms, a boiler room and a wine cellar.
With access via an automatic double gate, the property offers the possibility of parking three vehicles on the large patio at the entrance, as well as an impressive 19th century outbuilding with a newly cleaned and restored facade and an imposing oak beam structure, which can currently be used as a closed garage for 2 cars, with a workshop and mezzanine floor.
With a floor surface area of 70m2 and with a height of 11m under the ridge beam the building offers great potential for development into a 2-floor housing project.
This property is located in Auvers-sur-Oise, a village emblematic of the impressionist painters and more particularly of Vincent Van Gogh, less than 30kms from the capital and whose train station allows you to reach Paris in 45 minutes or in 35 minutes by a direct shuttle from April to October. Auvers-sur-Oise also has shops and restaurants, with the possibility of attending school up to university level with Pontoise and Cergy just 15 minutes away.
This house is an ideal prestige property for lovers of fine materials and craftsmanship and is perfect for a family prioritising quality of life in a calm and picturesque setting while retaining all the amenities and services of an urban environment.
Ground floor: entrance/office 12.5m²; dining room 30m²; WC 1.5 m², shower room 3.5m²; utility room 13m²; hall 18 m²; living room 46m²; kitchen 12.5m².
First floor: parental suite 24m² with bathroom 8.5m², bedroom 2 22m²; WC. Second floor: bedroom 3 11.5m²; bedroom 4 13m²; bedroom 5 11.5m² (with a view of van Gogh’s church); bathroom 9m²; WC.
Basement: Storage room 1, 22m²; storage room 2, 22 m²; boiler room 6.5m²; wine cellar 5.5m².
House:
Year of construction: 1870
Type of construction: stone
Renderings in good condition
Roofing: slate for the house/flat tiles for the outbuilding
Roof condition: renovated in 2012 with copper rainwater systems and slate fixings
Interior features: Surface area: H: 286m². (Outbuilding: 70m² on the ground, 11m to the ridge beam, giving potential for140m² on the ground).
Number of rooms: 9
Number of bedrooms: 5
Number of bathrooms: 2
Number of shower rooms: 1
Number of toilets: 3
Equipped kitchen: ceramic hob, hood, oven, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, marble worktops.
Heating: individual oil-fired, low temperature double condensing boiler serviced every year, cast-iron radiators
Windows: wooden double glazing from 2018
Shutters: wooden shutters except for the 2nd floor dormer where they are metal
Sanitation: TAE compliant
Double motorized gate
Security: Pre-alarm, exterior interior alarm
Exterior features: large terrace facing E to W; 2nd terrace of about 12m² exposed E.
Garden with a wide variety of mature plants and trees including a magnificent Judas tree, entirely enclosed by walls
Source
Remote-controlled LED lighting on the garden and façade
Parking: Parking for 3 cars on the patio
Amenities: Train station access: 1km
Motorway access: 5 minutes
Proximity to schools: 4 minutes
Proximity to shops: 3 minutes
Schools: Kindergarten, Primary school, College
Taxe foncière (Property Tax) 3563€
*The fees for this transaction are the responsibility of the seller.