Mayenne, France - A Place in the Sun

2024 / Mayenne, France, Jean Johansson on 30 April 2024

Mayenne, France, Jean Johansson

Jean Johansson heads to Mayenne in France to help engineer Martin and retired gardener Mandy find their dream forever home. The couple have been together for 13 years, and after holidaying in the northwest of France many times and they want to move lock, stock and barrel taking along their 3 motorbikes, and 2 prize parrots! They have a budget of £50,000 and Jean has 5 great properties, but will they love any enough to make an offer?

About the area

Comfortably positioned between Normandy and the Loire Valley, Mayenne is easy to reach from the UK, as it’s within a couple of hours drive of a number of ferry options as well as airports. Named after the river that runs through it, with some beautifully historic towns and villages dotted along its banks, this is definitely one of those ‘time has stood still’ kind of places. Out in the countryside amongst the rolling hills and cider orchards there are some great rural properties, a lot of them are Longere, a traditional type of farmhouse found in this part of France, popular with UK buyers.

Property 1

One-bed house in Laval

Surrounded by farmland, this house comes with a fairly large garden that wraps around the property. Inside there’s plenty of eighteenth century character in its downstairs living, dining and kitchen space. Then upstairs built into the eaves with the old beams on show the bedroom and very modern shower room. Next door the barn is also over two levels and has plenty of potential to create more living space, and has a shower room that’s not been finished.

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Valued at £50,336 at the time of filming.

Property 2

Four-bed house in Chantrigné

This house has a garden out the back and a workshop, along with the garage at the front. Inside there’s certainly more space with a large eat in kitchen and living room currently set up as a dining room. The first of the four bedrooms is also on the ground floor and has an ensuite shower room. Upstairs the second, third and fourth are all big rooms and within reach of a toilet. On top of all that there’s a large loft space, basement and room above the workshop that over time could all be renovated.

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Valued at £66,387 at the time of filming.

Property 3

One-bed farmhouse project in Chantrigné

This property has plenty of outside space and a garden. There are also two large outbuildings and a couple of lean tos that could accommodate a workshop. Inside the property the open plan living and kitchen space is in great condition, there’s also a bathroom down on the ground floor and then upstairs a great bedroom space that still needs finishing. Next door are a couple of attached barns, that have bundles of potential and importantly a solid looking roof.

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Valued at £54,538 at the time of filming.

Property 4

Three-bed Longère in Montreuil-Poulay

This property has some good outside space and a garden. Inside there’s a large kitchen, that leads through to the dining and living room. The three bedrooms are all a fair size but in need of a refresh, as does the bathroom and separate toilet.

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Valued at £56,303 at the time of filming.

Property 5

Two-bed Longère in Champgenéteux

As well as a front garden, this house also has an outbuilding and terraced seating, a barbeque area and a garden with a handful of fruit trees. Inside there’s a very usable kitchen and dining space, with a utility and shower room. There’s a large living room and the bedrooms are both doubles. Finally there’s the attached barn that could be a workshop or converted to more living space over time.

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Valued at £51,765 at the time of filming.

Hot Property

Seven-bed Chateaux

If you skim the property pages in this part of France, you’ll find a fair few of these Chateaux that have fallen into a state of disrepair as it takes a lot of dedication and money to renovate and maintain such a property. Luckily for this place a couple with the required passion stepped in. .