This 263-m² house situated on a residential street in the municipality of Saint Maurice, a town marked by edifices designed by famous French 19th-century architect Georges Guyon, is officially listed as French heritage. The four-storey residence stands on an almost 600-m² plot. It is one of the rare detached houses in the sector, which confers upon it an exceptional character, confirmed by the scale and classical appearance of its façades. This home was entirely renovated under the supervision of an architect and combines history and modernity. The ground floor of the main house is made up of a workspace that could be converted into a cloakroom, a vast lounge and an open-plan kitchen merging into a dining room. The first floor is made up of three bedrooms. A custom-made walk-in wardrobe is bathed in light and links the various rooms on this level, which is completed by a bathroom with a shower, bath and separate toilet. On the second floor, there are two large twin bedrooms, one of which boasts views of the garden while the other overlooks the street. There is also a bare, third room awaiting transformation for whatever purpose. The attic level can be reached from the bedroom overlooking the garden and can be converted according to the future occupants’ needs. There is also a shower room with a lavatory on this level. In the basement, three rooms and a shower room provide the possibility of creating further bedrooms, a fitness room or a utility room. An outbuilding that opens into the garden has been transformed into a single-level apartment, made up of two rooms, a shower room and a lavatory. The property’s exterior possesses enough space for parking two vehicles. Next to it, an enclosed garage could be used as a workshop or for further parking capacity. The class B energy efficiency rating, air conditioning and heat pump system demonstrate a desire to remain in control of energy costs, all of which is rounded off by an elegant appearance.

The house

This imposing building stands beyond the period wrought iron railings on top of a small millstone wall. It was built in the late 19th-century and is made up of a square pavilion with a classical architectural style. There are two separate entrances to the house. The main entrance can be found at the top of several steps on a stoop covered by a transparent glass brick awning supported by two columns. The large, period, wooden door adorned with ironwork opens into the house’s ground floor. The second entrance is on the right-hand side of the residence, adjacent to the parking area in the garden.

The ground floor
An almost 8-m² corridor leads to the four main rooms on this level and is paved with period cement tiles adorned with a blue rose pattern. A first, approximately 7-m² room to the right of the entrance could be used as a large family cloakroom or as a workspace. To the left, an approximately 35-m², dual aspect, double reception room with chevron-patterned wood stripped flooring is oriented north to south. A small-paned, double-leaf, wooden French window separates it from the living room, without blocking the light that pours in or the views of the garden. The pink marble fireplace topped by a large trumeau mirror framed with golden coloured moulding underlines the elegance of the premises. The corridor continues to an almost 9-m² fully equipped fitted kitchen, which merges into an approximately 13-m² dining room that is generously bathed in light. A door in one of its walls also leads into the lounge. Next to the dining room, there is a custom-made conservatory extension with workshop style glass walls and roof. It opens onto the garden and gives the feeling of an outside patio inside. The various sections of the conservatory can be opened and the glass has been specially treated to enjoy the sunlight while limiting passage of heat. It also boasts air conditioning. The green metal structure of the conservatory and fitted kitchen elements echo the nature surrounding the house.
The first floor
A remarkable, period solid wood staircase is the centrepiece of the house and climbs up to its various levels, boasting automatic lighting along its steps upwards. An almost 7-m² hall leads to three bedrooms with surfaces of approximately 10 m², 12 m² and 14 m². An almost 5-m², custom-made walk-in wardrobe is bathed in light and stands between the bedrooms. This spacious and central feature allows the sleeping area to be taken full advantage of. An 8-m² bathroom with a light-coloured bath, shower and washbasin, as well as separate lavatory, can also be found on this level. There is straight wood stripped flooring throughout this level, while the bathroom and lavatory are tiled and possess windows.
The second floor
An almost 5-m² landing leads to two 11-m² twin rooms on either side of the house, oriented north to south. The roof frame is exposed in these bedrooms, asserting the edifice’s character without comprising its spaciousness or brightness. An approximately 4-m² room next to the bedroom on the street side of the house still awaits conversion. An almost 5-m², retro-inspired, soberly coloured shower room overlooks the garden and includes a shower, washbasin and a lavatory. There is straight wood stripped flooring throughout this level.
The attic
The attic level can be found beneath the steep slate roof and can be reached by a retractable ladder fitted into the ceiling of the second-floor bedroom on the garden side of the house. It can be used as extra storage space as required.
The intermediate level
This intermediate level is linked to the basement and ground floor. It leads to the house’s second entrance door and includes a lavatory.
The basement
The basement stretches beneath the entire surface of the house and is made up of three rooms. The two central ones measure approximately 16 m², while the third one has a surface of almost 5 m². Each of them possesses a rectangular window. This level could be transformed into a fitness room, cinema room or a workshop. There is also an almost 5-m² shower room on this level that could house laundry facilities. A utility room containing the heat pump facilities can be found next to the shower room.