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“Lac de Naussac off ers beaches and a variety of water activities, as do other smaller lakes”
stone will be granite, in Haute- Loire, volcanic as you approach the Auvergne volcanoes. Expect to pay in the region
of €230,000–€250,000 for a farmstead that has been recently and sympathetically renovated – for example, retaining the exposed stonework and conserving the original wooden beams. If you want to do it yourself, you’ll pay around €20,000–€30,000 to buy “four walls”. Then give free rein to your imagination to convert stables into spacious living rooms, and barn doors into French windows with living quarters behind. “There is enormous potential in these properties,” says Ingrid. You may want to create
Le Malzieu-Ville, one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France
lakes in the Massif Central in northern Lozère
farmsteads, renovated or ready for renovation
populated rural setting, yet within easy reach of the Mediterranean and Alps
On the market
Year-round living in a tranquil sparsely
Aff ordable old stone village houses and
unspoiled area of plains and plateaux, forests and
TO BUY HERE A wild, secret and
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sheep, pigs and horses. Today in the Margeride you’ll also fi nd camelsAn ambitious farmer at Auroux near Lac de Naussac sells soap and other produce made from camels’ milk. These farmsteads, be they
small or large, are much in demand. People are looking for space, authenticity, a change of scene (dépaysement), to recharge their batteries (se ressourcer) – two useful terms you’ll often hear. “The old farmstead with its cantou, a monumental stone fi replace with rustic benches within its surrounds where rural families congregated in earlier times, that’s what people are looking for,” says Ingrid. In Lozère, the
chambres d’hôte or gîte accommodation for walkers
along two famous hiking paths nearby. Robert Louis Stevenson, on his travels in the Cévennes with his donkey, Modestine, passed through Langogne along what is today the GR70 (grande randonnée, long-distance hiking path).
PILGRIM ROUTES Pilgrims follow the Way of Saint James, which traverses the Margeride through St-Alban- sur-Limagnole on the 1,530km- long Via Podiensis. This starts at Le Puy-en-Velay and is one of the four major routes to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. In a nearby hamlet, an old stone renovated farmstead is on the market for €270,000. You get six bedrooms, attic for conversion, enclosed grounds with fruit
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The Rocher de St-Jean at Serverette (above leſt ); the Médiévales du Malzieu festivities take place in the 13th-century town every May
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€130,000, St-Étienne-du-Vigan: Just north of Langogne is this renovated three-bedroom village house with cellar and attic (Agence Immobilière Langonaise)
€149,000,Chambon-le-Château: This six-bedroom farmstead near Grandrieu has a barn, garage and stable – and great potential (Agence Immobilière Langonaise)
€110,000,St-Bonnet-de- Montauroux: A farmstead with four bedrooms, outbuildings and gardens, near Lac de Naussac (Agence Immobilière Langonaise)
€115,000,Laval-Atger: Near Lac de Naussac, is this fi ve-bedroom stone house with vaulted cellar, former forge and stable (Agence Immobilière Langonaise)
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