Vineyard house with a contemporary transformation in a village near Uzès
Stop to the Parisian greyness! Gérald and Christine, decide on a change of life. They were looking for a stone house with caracter to start a neaw life in the south of France. They found this stone house, who was first an agricultural farm, then an architectural agency. It has been designed by the architect Bernard Castaldin. Finish the gray, Gréald and Christine coul move into a warm colored house!
This contemporary renovation is located in the center of a village in the Gard, near Alès, Nîmes and Uzès. Who could imagine looking outside, that this vineyard house redesigned, hides an interior garden and its splendid mulberry plane tree, whose leaves in the summer, protect you from the sun, a basin that will allow you to cool off at the hottest hours of summer, and a sumptuous building of over 450m2?
Bernard Castaldin, the architect, has created a chic and contemporary universe, preserving the soul of the old stone, in a mix of old and contemporary.
The main house, is surrounded by high stone walls. It is build in a U form, with 2 levels. Fully enclosed on the outside by the high stone walls, the house and its outbuildings are organized around a green courtyard with a refreshing pool. The ground floor, opened on the garden, is composed of a large entrance on the left part, a lounge area with fireplace, a reception area and wine tasting. On the right you have the kitchen, also opened on the garden, and its back kitchen.
The entrance on the left part, allows access to the different levels by a staircase, a feat of architecture, bathed in light by the skylights on the roof. On the first floor, there is a laundry room, two bedrooms, a shower room, and a large lounge area. A staircase in this room joins the kitchen. The last level includes 3 other rooms including a parental suite with terrace and fantastic view on the garden and the roofs of the village.
The right part of the house offers more than 100m2 of living space in the DRC. It offers a spacious master suite of 65m2. You have also a transformed 36m2 room with mezzanine, serving as an agricultural counter at the begining, then transformed into an architectural agency. This space could be transformed into independent housing.
A shelter in the courtyard, open allows to park 2 cars.
Real estate project ideal for guest rooms, or a large family.
Shops and market in the village. A station in the village, connects Nîmes in 20 minutes. You can get to Uzès, in 20 minutes. And why not go skiing in Prat Peyrot in winter (60mn), or go for a walk to the sea (45mn)?
Our favorite for sparkling lights both inside and out the building
Free rein in a village house near Nîmes and Sommières, already updated by architects
Stéphanie and Romain, 2 young architects (RD FACTORY Architecture and Jamot Romain Architecture), were inspired by the potential of this fulltop village house. They completely redesigned the house, creating 2 independent dwellings. One is still ready to be finished as you like!
The house, oriented East-West stretches up in full light. All the floors are see through, with access to private terraces, with to the East an extraordinary view. This 3 storey house develops a 135m2.
First level: Little yard (for a car or a garden), 2 rooms, 1 laundry, 1 bathroom
Second level : 1 kitchen, 1 room
Third level : 2 rooms, 1 bathroom
12mns drive : Sommières and its traditional market ; 15 mns drive : Nîmes
Numerous possibilities : first by, first investment, holiday house ???
Our favorite for How to make it simple yet competent with minimum effort !
Wood house, panoramic view on edge of wild zone near Pic Saint Loup
For nature lovers !
Between Sommieres and Quissac: on 4500m2 of hillside, a 95m2 wooden house with an 48m2 annexe.
Joelle and Olivier, two Parisians who love the Gard and came on holiday every summer first acquired the land to camp there in a hut; over the years the hut acquired a tower; then the hut with a tower got its annexe. . .
Joelle, scenographer designed the ‘hut’ siting it with particular attention so as to preserve the magnific view up the valley and of the Pic Saint Loup. Priority has been given to opening wide the living areas and limiting visual impact.
The house is on the flat but at the top of the land.
The main room still feels like a ‘hut’ connected to the landscape and the surrounding nature.
The ‘tower’ contains a bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor, while upstairs is a ‘dormitory’ with a magnificent view of the surrounding countryside. The annexe, separated , offers isolation either to play music or to receive family and friends
The house and its annexe are a perfect as a holiday home, a break from bustling city life or, after renovation, as a principal house. Perfect for nature lovers, who wish for calm and a simple life far from the town.
15 mins to Sommiers, 10 to Quissac, 35 to Nimes and 50 mins to Montpellier
Our favorite for a panoramic view on edge of wild zone
Demeure house with courtyard in the center of a Gard village halfway between Nîmes and Montpellier –A perfect choice for tourism project
Love at first sight… for a PATIO?! Yes! Dominique and Yann were looking for somewhere to live in the South of France, then magic took place. As soon as they entered the vast patio they fell for its welcoming meridional charm, the Andalusian basin over-shadowed by a vine trellis. What better for a change of life than the cool calm of the place?!
Life on the patio: breakfast in spring on a stone terrace, cooling ones feet in the pool during summer heat or again a glass with friends in the cool of the evening on the wood deck beside the enormous Yucca.
A few kilometers from Sommières the stone building has known many lives; former farm, presbyter then restaurant, a perfect choice for a tourist hotel.
Dominique and Yann develop their project, re-think the decoration of the rooms so as to receive friends and guests. The house has EIGHT bedrooms! The other rooms have been conserved as they were for the pleasure of those who appreciate old stone walls and friendly small spaces.
The dwelling is situated in the center of a Gard village halfway between Nîmes and Sommières. It measures 320m2 (and additional technical areas). It is centered around the patio which leads off to all the many other rooms:
The north wing: on the first floor a passageway leads to three independent suites, on the ground floor a kitchen/dining-room for guests and at garden-level yet another suite giving onto the patio.
The south wing: the ground floor consists of a small drawing room, a dining room, a kitchen with its dedicated technical space and another small living room with a fireplace. On the first floor two suites (one gives on to a passageway) and an office/spare bedroom.
The west wing: the ground floor has a small living room with a big fireplace, its vaulted opening giving onto the courtyard, upstairs there is another suite.
There remain multiple possibilities the building lends itself to a tourism project such as a guest house/restaurant.
Nîmes and Sommières: 20 mins drive, motorway entry: 5mins, Montpellier: 20mins, Avignon: 45mins, seaside: 30 mins, Uzès and its traditional market: 50mins, Bambouseraie of Anduze: 1h.
Our favorite for the PATIO obviously! You can just imagine yourself glass-in-hand with friends. A house for all lovers of an old-fashion welcome.
House on the south side updated by an architect near Nîmes and Sommières
The oppidum Mouressipe overlooks a steep valley where all the trees of the garrigue abound. The presence of springs and a clay soil gave birth to The Vaunage known in ancient Gaelic as ‘the great clearing’.
Were Beatrice and her architect husband inspired by the presence of these venerable yews?
Their house, an integral part of an estate situated in a vast park of centenary trees, is a short distance from the medieval town of Sommieres and near Nimes, roman origin. The stone building consists of an interior, 220m2, completely renovated by a Swiss architect; the exterior, 560m2, is private with garden, terrasse and courtyard. But it is all possible to swim in the pool, drink a cocktail at the pool house, wander through the park or sit dreaming on one of the stone benches as the house is in partial co-property with the Domaine.
The renovation is intemporal : the historic building, the views, the noble building materials, wood beams, tile floors, all have been conserved.
Up a flight of stone steps into the long west-facing main room with its generous fireplace. A French window gives onto the terrasse and intimate garden. The dining area is opposite on the east side with views over the hill, park and surrounding countryside. The parental suite is also on this floor.
On the last floor (level 3) there are, in succession, a bedroom (window to the west), an office (window facing east onto the view), a bathroom, and a large bedroom (low window to the south overlooking the park).
The ground floor consists of two restored vaulted cellars in line, now used as a storage area but open to all possibilities. Finally hidden in a discreet backyard, an office, obviously designed by an architect, a quiet space to read, listen to music, study…. Finally, a utility and a boiler room complete the whole.
Sommieres :15 mins . Nîmes: 25 mins. Entrance Montpellier 45 mins
Our favorite for the privilege of life on a Domaine, simplicity shared, the peacefulness of a park
