After seeing that Ugly House, we were hoping for something with more…charm, appeal, something attractive. The next house on the list was not so appealing, but it was in a pretty spot on a quiet stretch of road, with a nice curved driveway and a gated entrance. The Terrace House, at first glance, was pretty sad. It wasn’t old enough to have any charm, but it was on a nice large piece of land, with a beautiful wooded area just behind the house. This place needed some love and some updating, and it could be something very nice. We seriously considered this one, although it was not right in the center of the village, but just around the corner outside of town.
After staying the first 10 days in La Grange in Chaumussay, we moved into Les Balcons in Le Grand-Pressigny. We had been looking forward to staying in town, and being there for awhile confirmed that we definitely did want to live within that village.
Les Balcons is a sweet house right on the main street. It’s a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with a stunning balcony on the upper floor.
Les Balcons has some unique and charming features, but we knew it was not the home for us.
Off we go.
Accompanied by the charming local real estate agent, we started our house search with this one. It quickly became apparent that we needed to give each house a name so we could refer to them later. This one, unfortunately, had to be called The Ugly House. The exterior was unquestionably that, but inside there were some wonderful features, mainly the incredible floor in what was the kitchen.
We loved our time in La Grange. (And I love that houses here have names.) Now that we’ve decided we want to move to France, we’re looking for a house to buy. La Grange is for sale, and has so many great things about it. However, it’s not in the village of Le Grand Pressigny, where we want to live.
We flew to Paris, rented a car at the airport, and with the help of a very accommodating GPS voice, managed to find our way, 3 1/2 hours later, to the little village of Chaumussay, where we stayed at La Grange for 10 days. Chaumussay is a tiny hamlet with very limited services, but most of these little towns are so close together (within 5 -15 minutes of each other), you are never very far from a small market and/or bakery.
