The estate is accessed via a small private path that leads to the few discreet properties in the neighbourhood. A long driveway, framed by two cypress hedges, leads to the inhabited part of the estate, where the house and its landscaped garden are located. Built in 1760, the farmhouse has undergone successive extensions over the centuries. Its limestone rubble façades, topped with a canal tile roof and double rows of genoise tiles, rest on solid timber frames. The large-paned windows have retained their original proportions and materials. A number of carefully landscaped, gravelled outdoor areas extend the house, including a 10 x 5 m swimming pool and a boules area, all surrounded by lush vegetation that lends the property an intimate atmosphere. Further on, orchards and vegetable gardens precede two vast fields, themselves bordered by woodland. Everywhere, inside and out, the mountain is omnipresent.

The farmhouse

The ground floor
The main entrance is accessed via the north terraces, with a large-paned wooden French window opening onto a wide hallway. The view opens onto a double living room, where the interplay of volumes and natural light create a remarkable atmosphere. The large room has retained the characteristic proportions of old farmhouses, with an under-floor area, raised to the east by a more generous sloping space, where the beams have been left exposed. In the open-plan living room, the light is increased by the light whitewash renderings and wooden flooring. To the west, a passageway leads to a double kitchen, divided into two distinct areas: to the north, a fitted kitchen that opens onto the mountains through a large double-paned window; to the south, a light-filled dining area, which opens out onto the terrace and garden through a large-paned French window. Here too, limewashed walls and exposed beams meet the light-coloured tiled floor. An adjoining corridor leads on one side to a large utility room that could easily be converted into a bedroom, and on the other to a tiled shower room. A little further on, a door leads to a vast through space with double-height ceilings, flooded with light from large picture windows that open onto the north and south terraces. Topped by a mezzanine and combined with a shower room, the ensemble is distinguished by its white walls and light wood flooring, which amplify the brightness. It can easily be made independent of the rest of the house. On the other side of the central living room, a hallway leads to a first bedroom with generous volumes, with a double sloping ceiling and exposed beams. The light-wood parquet floor complements built-in shelving with wooden tops, while two windows and a French window bathe the room in light. It adjoins a large tiled bathroom under exposed roof timbers, and a wardrobe. It opens onto the gravel courtyard and the swimming pool area.
The first floor
The first floor is accessible in a variety of ways, so that movement through the house flows smoothly and it is suitable for different uses. It leads to three light-filled rooms opening onto the south-facing courtyard. In the attic, under a double-sloped roof structure, they have generous volumes. The light spreads softly across the whitewashed walls, punctuated here and there by recesses, built-in shelves and rough-hewn wooden doors, echoing the light wood flooring. From the living room, an internal staircase leads east to one of the bedrooms, which has a terrace and a private shower room with antique tiles. A second door opens onto a second shower room and leads to the other two bedrooms, which are currently arranged in a row. They also have independent access via an outside staircase from the courtyard on the kitchen side.