The house was built in 2011 upon the foundations of an old farm. It is a single two-floor rectangular building that faces south-east. It offers a clear, sweeping view of the local countryside, which is characteristic of the region: gently undulating pastureland dotted with hedgerows and woods.

The grounds surrounding the house cover around 5,000m². They start with a gravelled area where three cars can be parked. There is also a vegetable patch and a 2,500m² lawn. The building’s flat vegetation-covered roof and many climbing plants that grow up the walls help the house blend into its surrounding landscape well. Solar panels for self-sufficiency are fitted along the south face.

The house

The house is divided into two separate dwellings. On the first floor, the house offers roughly 250m² of floor area. A continuous balcony runs along its south face. From here, you can enjoy a commanding view of the surrounding countryside.

On the ground floor, there is a 43m² apartment, a workshop, a barn space and a double garage.

The first floor
You reach the first floor via an outside steel staircase that climbs up the north face to the main entrance door, which opens into a lobby. From this lobby, an inside staircase leads down to the ground floor.

All the rooms in the main dwelling face south. First, there is a large living room with a floor area of over 80m². Two large windows flood this room with natural light. An open-plan kitchen area with a scullery forms part of this extensive space. At one end of the first floor there is a master bedroom, which has a walk-in wardrobe, a bathroom and a lavatory. At the opposite end of this level, there are two other bedrooms, which lie next to a shower room and a lavatory.

There is a relaxation area in the middle of the dwelling. It includes a 16m² indoor swimming pool, a sauna and a steam room. All the rooms of this first-floor dwelling lead out onto a balcony that runs along the house’s south face. They are protected by a sunshade made up of solar panels. An outside spiral staircase leads down to the garden.

Across the ceiling, exposed timber beams in the flat roof give the entire first floor charm and elegance – they offer a contemporary approach to traditional exposed beams.

The ground floor
A double garage connects to a tiled workshop with a tap and a floor area of around 33m². A glazed double door fills the room with natural light and leads straight out into the garden. The room is completed with a lavatory, a cellar and an inside staircase that leads up to the first floor.

Beside this workshop there is a barn space with a floor area of around 32m². It reminds us of the building’s past purpose in farming: there are two wall racks and thick stone walls. French windows lead out to the vegetable patch and garden on the north side via a few steps. You can also reach this room through a wooden double door on the south face. Next to the barn space there is a technical equipment room, which contains the swimming pool tank and filtering equipment, the water-softener system, and the heat pump, which powers the home’s underfloor heating.

An apartment completes the ground floor. It is made up of a main room of around 23m² with a kitchenette and a 16m² bedroom with a bathroom of around 4m² that includes a lavatory. You can reach the apartment’s two rooms from outside via two glazed doors that are shaded from sunlight by the first-floor balcony.

Thick stone walls are tokens of the old building that used to stand here. These walls are partially coated. The stone floor is paired with the walls harmoniously.