Villa for sale in Pépieux, Aude, Occitanie

In a quiet street in this growing village, now with the best café/bar in the area, is this fine house steeped in history, with imposing double doors leading into a wide and spacious hall (26.7m2) paved with terracotta tiles, and with an archway in the centre.

On the left is the beautiful kitchen of 21.5m2 and its stylish grey units, partly fitted, partly unfitted, its generous granite worktops, panelling and large south-facing windows.

An opening leads into the dining room of nearly 24m2, facing west, with a large window, dado panelling, a marble fireplace and elegant cornices. And double doors leading out into the garden. A travertine-paved terrace with dining and barbecue areas precedes the sun lounge terrace next to the pool, and opposite is the covered outside sitting area, all surrounded by climbing fragrant plants, a bay tree, roses, trumpet vines, an olive tree, jasmine and virginia creeper and a stone wall enclosing the 12m by 12m garden.

Opposite the kitchen is a large pantry - all the rooms have panelled double doors - and opposite the dining room is a gracious sitting room of nearly 34m2, with two large windows facing east, decorated floor tiles, cornices, a marble fireplace and a large walk-in cupboard. A door leads to a study of 12.3m2 with panelling and a parquet floor.

From the hall there is a utility room and WC, and a door to the stairwell, which has a lift, stone stairs and a curved door to an outside store with access from the garden.

The first floor landing of 36m2 with an archway in the centre and tiled with terracotta, gives access to a fabulous traditional bathroom of 10.2m2 with rolltop bath and shower, Savoy basin and WC, black and white floor tiles and heated towel rail.

The first bedroom has a marble fireplace and beautiful parquet flooring. It is 16.6m2 and faces east. Its en suite of 9.8m2 has a large Italian style shower, a Savoy WC, marble washstand, heated towel rail and east facing windows.

Bedroom 2 also has parquet flooring, and an east-facing window, and measures 19.7m2. Bedroom 3 has two south-facing windows, a marble fireplace, timber floorboards and is 22.7m2.

Bedroom 4 measures 24m2, terracotta and black floor tiles, a marble fireplace and 2 west-facing windows, towards the garden. Its en suite has an Italian style shower, Savoy basin and WC, a west window and heated towel rail.

The stair and lift allow access to the top floor with a landing of 3.9m2 leading to a hall of 13.4m2 with terracotta floor tiles. Off this is the fourth bathroom of 5.2m2, with painted terracotta floor, a traditional basin and WC, a bath and heated towel rail. From the hall an opening leads to a corridor giving access to four bedrooms of 10.7m2,8.4m2,9.1m2 and 7.5m2, with terracotta floor tiles, old panelled doors and south-facing windows, and an attic room of approx. 8.4m2.

The hall also gives access to an attic room of 41.9m2 currently used as a workshop area. This has east-facing windows and terracotta tiles. Opposite this is a lobby of 12m2 with a rooflight, leading to a very luminous sewing room or study of 13.2m2 with two west-facing windows and a store room of 5.8m2, also facing west.

The village is 4 km from Olonzac, 36 km from Carcassonne, 32 km from Narbonne, and 47 km from Béziers; 48 km from the sea, 2.5 hours from Font Romeu for skiing, and just under an hour and a half from Spain. It has a good selection of amenities: Several shops, a café/restaurant, a hairdresser's, a pizzeria, an asiatic restaurant, a small supermarket, a grocery and a bakery. Within 5 km there are more than 20 restaurants!