* Period family home or Guest House full of natural light
* Easy walk to village, shops, church & harbour
* Many original Georgian features & proportions retained
* 3 reception rooms (2 currently Guest House Bedrooms): 4 further bedrooms:
* 6 Bathrooms (3 en-suite): Bathroom: Kitchen: Office: Store Room: 2 large attic-rooms
* Great business potential if required with established Guest House license, tea garden etc
* Established, low maintenance gardens surround the house with good-sized Outbuildings
* Secure Leasehold with no occupancy restrictions

SITUATION Le Vieux Clos is centrally located, close to the old windmill, on the Channel Island of Sark. A short walk from the harbour and the ‘The Avenue’, the islands main shopping lane, past the original Seigneurie, Le Manoir, and along Rue du Moulin brings you to Le Vieux Clos, which is one of the highest points of the island and has easy access to the spectacular west coast scenery.

Map reference (when printed) F7

Sark is located about nine miles east of Guernsey and twenty three miles north of Jersey with access only permissible by boat with regular ferries to Guernsey and Jersey where there are international airports.  Flight time to Gatwick is about thirty minutes by jet.

SARK  Sark is spectacular in both its scenery and its simplicity; its tranquil beauty is unmarred by cars or tarmac roads and yet enhanced by excellent modern facilities and telecommunications for residents and visitors alike. The only independent feudal state remaining in Europe, Sark is self-governing through ‘Chief Pleas’ and is presided over by the Seigneur. Transport on Sark is restricted to the horse and carriage, the bicycle and ‘shanks pony’. Tractors are, however, allowed by licence for general farm work, carting of goods from the harbour, and personal transport by arrangement. Everyday shopping facilities are available on Sark together with a selection of excellent hotels, restaurants, and public houses.

TAXATION Sark does not levy any income tax, property gains tax, capital gains tax, value-added-tax tax or inheritance tax on its residents. Other, local taxes are very moderate.

THE HOUSE Le Vieux Clos is a substantial Georgian-style house set in approx. 1/3 of an acre of mature gardens. Le Vieux Clos was the ‘Doctors Family House’ for many years, and, with its high-ceilinged rooms of light and spacious Georgian proportions still retains the traditional charm of modest grandeur. Although the property was a gracious family home for many years Le Vieux Clos is currently a comfortable and popular Guest House with 6 Guest Bedrooms and Bathrooms (3-en-suite), offering cream teas in the gardens to non-residents in the summer months, and could continue to be commercial premises if a purchaser so wished. The Office and Store Room could also be converted to an ‘owner’s apartment’ or let separately to maximise the income potential. 
 
However, the house would easily revert to being a spacious family home; many of the original features have been retained and the recent refurbishment including 3 new bathrooms finished to a high standard has enhanced the charming atmosphere of a comfortable and welcoming house, with few alterations needed to create a gracious home of generous proportions.
 
The property is currently operated as a Guest House, and is ideally situated for such. The vendors are happy to give all existing bookings to the purchasers and to continue to take bookings if required. However, no new bookings will be accepted from August onwards so the property is available with vacant possession from September if the purchasers would prefer the house to be available as a private home.

THE ACCOMMODATION BRIEFLY COMPRISES:
 
GROUND FLOOR

Entrance Porch  Approached through a glazed door, with a quarry tiled floor, south and east facing windows, a perspex ceiling, double frosted doors leading to the Conservatory and a partially glazed traditional door leading to...

Entrance Hall  28’5” x 7’. Carpeted & with a mat well, radiator, overhead light, central heating thermostat, understairs storage, carpeted stairs with an attractive   varnished pine banister leading to the First Floor, and doors leading to...

Reception Room 1 14’ x 13’10”. With a south facing upvc double glazed Georgian pane window, an open granite & brick fireplace with dark surround, mantel with mirror over and arched alcoves either side, a hatch through to the kitchen, radiator, overhead light, TV point and a door leading to…

Conservatory  14’ x 7’. With south and west facing windows, perspex ceiling, overhead lighting, quarry tiled floor and double frosted doors to the Entrance Porch.

Reception Room 2 13’9” x 13’8”. With a large south facing upvc double glazed Georgian pane sash window, a fireplace with pine surround and mantel with mirror over, arched alcoves either side, radiator, TV point and original dado rail.
NB: Currently used as a Bedroom for Guest House purposes.

Reception Room 3 13’10” x 11’10”. With north facing upvc double glazed French doors opening to a patio area,  a granite fireplace currently adapted to be a dressing table with cupboards under, fitted wardrobes and cupboards with pine doors in the fireplace alcoves, an original dado rail, radiator and TV point.
NB: Currently used as a Bedroom for Guest House purposes.

Kitchen   14’5” x 12’1”. With a large north facing sash window, wall and floor fitted units incorporating a stainless steel double drainer sink, 4-ring gas hob and cooker, a separate hand wash basin, hatch to the Dining Room, phone point, overhead fluorescent light, and a door leading through the original external wall to…

Store Room  10’ x 10’10”. With small west and south facing windows, a radiator, overhead light and a door leading to…

Office   15’ x 11’2”. With north facing double doors leading to a private patio area, west and east facing windows, an overhead light and radiator.

Approached from the rear of the Entrance Hall through a doorway into a small passageway with a coat hanging area, with east and west facing doors leading to the rear garden areas and 2 doors leading to…

Shower Room 1  With a built-in tiled shower unit housing a Mira excel shower, WC, wash basin with mirror and light over, towel rail, radiator and frosted north facing window.

Shower Room 2  With a built-in tiled shower unit housing a Mira excel shower, WC, wash basin with mirror and light over, towel rail, radiator and frosted east facing window. NB. This room could be altered to give internal access to the Utility Room if required.

FIRST FLOOR  Approached from the Entrance Hall via carpeted stairs in one flight to…

Mezzanine Landing With a small west facing window and doors leading to…

Bathroom   With a north facing sash window, a white bathroom suite comprising bath with shower & shower screen over, WC, washbasin with mirrored cabinet and light over, recessed ½ height mirror, overhead light and radiator.

WC   With a WC and wash basin and small east facing window.

Linen Cupboard  Housing the immersion tank and with slatted shelving.

Three stairs lead on to…

Main Landing  28’5” x 7’. With a large south facing upvc double glazed Georgian pane sash window, radiator, attic stairs to the Second Floor and doors leading to…

Bedroom 3  13’8” x 11’10”, With north and east facing large sash windows, fitted wardrobe, radiator, TV point.

En-suite Bathroom Comprising white corner shower enclosure, wash basin & WC.

Bedroom 4  13’8” x 14’  (including en-suite Bathroom) With south upvc double glazed Georgian pane and east facing large pane sash windows, fitted wardrobe, radiator, TV point, a screened fireplace with a painted pine surround.

En-suite Bathroom       Comprising white corner shower enclosure, wash basin & WC.
 
Bedroom 5  15’ x 14’  With south upvc double glazed Georgian pane and west facing large pane sash window, radiator, TV point, a screened fireplace with marble surround & mantel.
NB: The plumbing and fittings for an en-suite Bathroom in this room are available if required.

Bedroom 6  15’ x 12’4”. With north and west facing large sash windows, fitted wardrobe, radiator, TV point.
 
En-suite Bathroom Comprising white corner shower enclosure, wash basin & WC.

SECOND FLOOR (ATTIC) Approached via fixed pine attic stairs a small landing has doors leading to…

Attic Bedroom 1  14’ x 14’8”. With a south facing Velux window, a partition screening a wash basin & WC, and an entrance to a small box room 
 
Attic Bedroom 2  14’ x 17’10”. With a south facing Velux window and eaves access. 

EXTERNAL

Utility Room Approached through an external door close to the east facing back door, and housing a Thermecon oil-fired boiler for the central heating & hot water, a washing machine & freezer, a commercial size deep stainless steel sink with draining board, shelving and space for drying washing.

Garden Shed Of timber construction, with storage space.

Outbuilding 15’10” x 12’. Adjacent to the entrance gate and approached through a small area enclosed by the original granite walls of an animal enclosure. Of block construction with a concrete floor and north & east facing windows

Borehole Situated behind the Workshop/Shed.  Drilled 9 years ago to a depth of 190 feet. 

Bicycle Shed With bicycle/machinery storage space.

Well  Traditional style, gated with a granite surround, fitted with a submersible pump to supply water to the house. A small area adjacent to the Well has been roofed to house the UV filter and pressure cylinder for both well & borehole water.

GARDENS  The gardens are mature and well stocked and create a lovely setting for the property, with sheltered areas suitable for a tea garden if required, and lawned areas for family recreation. There are areas for vegetables, drying washing and private seating, the whole having been well maintained and being surrounded by natural earth banks and mature hedges.

VIEWING  Strictly by appointment only through Sark Estate Agents as Sole Agent.

LEASE  42 years remaining of the current lease including extension period, which expires 4th June 2049.
 
SERVICES Mains electricity, 2-chamber septic tank drainage with 3rd separate chamber soakaway, water from own borehole and well, uPVC oil tank, LPG cylinders/

GROUND RENT A ground rent of £100.00 is payable for the whole, with Guernsey RPI reviews every 5 years.

PROPERTY TAX £558 per annum at the 2007 Island rate of £6.00 per quarter.  The measurements of the property equate to 93 quarters.

VACANT POSSESSION September 2007 or sooner with existing guest house bookings if required.

PRICE  £450,000 firm, to include all fixtures and fittings as seen.

Sark Estate Agents
These particulars are issued on the implicit understanding that all negotiations concerning this property are conducted through this Agency and whilst care is taken in setting out these details we do not guarantee their accuracy, nor do they form a contract or any part thereof.

SARK ESTATE AGENTS

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