Tours, Centre-Val de Loire 37000

Between Tours and Vendôme, a fully renovated former mill, with outbuildings and 1.3-hectare tree-filled grounds. From the centre of the village, a narrow street leads to the property. There are two entrance gates, one to the front and one to the rear of the buildings. The first opens onto a parking area and a car port where two vehicles can be parked. A drive runs through part of the grounds, through which the River Brenne flows, and leads around the former mill to a patio enclosed by a wooden fence with a gate in front of the building, which is made up of two edifices and was built with rubble stone covered with rendering. The different sized windows have brick frames, which is typical of the region, and the large patio doors on the ground floor let light stream generously into all the rooms. A former lean-to standing against the gable end has been transformed into a summer kitchen and is glazed on three sides. Five bedrooms and a vast office space are spread over the first two floors. The attic level forms a single room and the whole building has recently been fully renovated. Next to the mill, an outbuilding with a bread oven could be converted, as could the brick outbuilding alongside the narrow street. Opposite the mill, a barn is used for storing gardening material and also serves as a workshop. The banks of the mill race have been planted with flower beds and the grounds are very well kept, with a variety of trees, a range of landscaped spaces, lawns and a vegetable garden.