Quiet, self-contained apartment in villa, garden 150 m from the beach

The villa is Barbatre, Plage du Midi (south side of the island). It overlooks a private street, quiet, 150 meters from a large sandy beach, ideal for swimming and water sports. It is divided into 2 apartments, fully independent. The apartment is rented ground garden (the owner reserves the 1st floor where he occasionally resides). It includes 2 main rooms (living room and bedroom), hall, kitchen, bathroom, separate wc. All the floors are tiled (sand color) and the walls are painted white. The sleeping possibilities and furniture are planned for 5 people. The garden (about 400 m2, with trees) is accessible to tenants who have a garden with barbecue and a parking space. The living room has French doors (double glazed), facing south-east and overlooking the garden. The decor is neat (in library bindings, watercolors, old furniture, ...) and the sofa bed (140 x 190) has a good mattress and a slatted base The villa was built in 1967 by a craftsman of the Island. The facade walls and gables are doubled: concrete blocks and bricks. The roof is in Roman tiles. The shutters are wooden and were repainted in 2011. The frames of the ground garden (rented apartment) are PVC (rebuilt in 2011) and double glazed windows with small panes, with the exception of the kitchen (original wooden window frames). Interior paints (white walls) were done in 2012 and 2013. Health, were remade in part in 2011 (water heaters, faucets, shower, vanity, closet, toilet seat). The washing machine, television, refrigerator, gas stove, major appliances (kettle, toaster, ...) and most kitchen accessories (pressure cooker, Dutch oven, pots, ... ) were changed in 2011 and 2014. The floors were tiled in 1998. The renovation was carried out with epoxy in 1994 and revised in 2011. Six wall electric heaters (thermostatic) provide heating of all if it is cold. Hot water is produced by the kitchen boiler. The garden, enclosed by a white wall (about one meter in height) on both sides and hedges on the other two is organized in two levels. The soil is sandy and covered with grass, typical vegetation of the island. This herb, cut each May, can be high in spring and shaves winter and summer, especially when it's hot. Two trees of five and eight meters high provide shade at any hour of the day spaces. The occupants of the ground floor of the villa have access directly and freely in the garden. They have table, chairs, umbrellas, chairs and barbecue for lunch or dinner outside. A parking space in the concrete floor is also provided in the grounds of the property. The island of Noirmoutier is connected to the mainland by a bridge. It has an extensive network of footpaths and cycle paths (cycles can hire locally). A hike on foot through the marshes of the spine or in the bird sanctuary of Mullembourg in Noirmoutier, is highly recommended. Shore fishing is very widespread (cockles and clams in Gois, shrimps in front of the Villa prawns in La Fosse and wild oysters and shellfish (mussels) to the Guérinnière at Viel and Herbaudière, ...). Sea fishing (gray bream, bass, pollack, eel, ...) is, also, very nice. For practice, you can rent on site one boat or in groups. The practice of all water sports are widely available. Sailing schools abound. It is possible to rent (hour, day or for longer periods) of catamarans and windsurfing eight hundred meters from the villa but with several clubs on the island. There is also a Kite-changing school renowned 6 km from the villa. Boats, including tall ships can embark, from the Pit, Fromentine, the old port of Noirmoutier or port Herbaudière for mini cruises to Ile d'Yeu, Pornic, the Pillar island tours or Bourgneuf Bay. Swimming on the main beaches of the island is monitored. Noirmoutier has, in addition, a modern swimming pool with water slide, hot tub, sauna, gym, ... There are two beaches where naturism is tolerated. There are also many cultural distractions: performances Salorges Noirmoutier Castle twelfth century folk museum, old town of Noirmoutier, notably with the high street and the district of Banzeau, villas nineteenth century the Bois de la Chaize, salt museum, oceanarium, ... It is also possible, in season, to enjoy multiple activities: aqua park with sauna and Jacuzzi, screen printing, masks, pottery, tennis, miniature golf, horseback riding, archery, ...