Have you watched the video yet? - Beautiful four-bedroom town house with convertible attic, three minutes' walk from Ruffec town centre. The house has a pretty garden to the front, a courtyard to the rear with a garage and storage space and, the icing on the cake, a large terrace reminiscent of an ancient rampart overlooking the town. The property does, however, need some work: windows, electrics, general updating and drainage.

This is a house you'll love to visit!

- Ground floor:
Entrance hall (6m2): tiled floor, cupboard
Dining room (20m2): wooden floor, fireplace
Living room (16m2): wooden floor
Fitted kitchen (15m2): tiled floor
Boiler room (13m2): concrete floor, Veissmann gas boiler
WC (1m2): tiled floor
Shower room (3m2): tiled floor, shower, washbasin

- 1st floor:
Landing (7m2): wooden floor with access to the "ramparts"
Bedroom 1 (16m2): wooden floor
Shower room (4m2): linoleum, shower, washbasin (between bedroom 1 and bedroom 2)
Bedroom 2 (13m2): wooden floor
Bedroom 3 (18m2): wooden floor
Bedroom 4 (19m2): wooden floor, cupboard
WC (1m2): linoleum, washbasin

- 2nd floor:
Attic (plus a part divided into 2 rooms, formally bedrooms)

- Outside:
Front garden
Courtyard at rear with shed and tin-roofed garage for one car.

The department of Charente is located in the centre-west of France and is part of the Poitou-Charentes region along with Deux Sevres, Charente Maritime and the Vienne department.

Its name as is often the case comes from the river Charente which snakes through the department. Two local dialects are spoken in the area, Saintongeais in the west and Occitan to the east.

Charente is a thriving department for several reasons, Cognac production is one of the most interesting and profitable industries, the export level of approx. 95% is a success, the consumption in France being only 5% (some say they keep the best 5% in France!).

The department has many typical towns, Angouleme in the south east for example hosts an international festival that attracts hundreds of visitors and is not to be missed.

The region is popular with hikers, bikers and nature lovers who like to discover the woodlands, lakes and streams that are part of this amazing landscape.

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