Unique Property with Historic Barn and Spacious Garden in Echt Centre

Bovenste Eind 12 is a distinctive property located in the centre of Echt, offering a combination of a comfortable family home and a historic barn with significant potential. The property is situated on a generous plot of 2,515 square metres, providing ample space, privacy, and numerous possibilities for the future owner.

The main residence was built in 2000 and offers a living area of 190 square metres spread over three floors. The house features a solid foundation with various improvements made over the years. The windows are fitted with plastic frames and HR-glass, contributing to both comfort and energy efficiency. The property has been awarded energy label B, indicating a reasonable level of energy performance.

Upon entering the house, you are welcomed in the hallway where the meter cupboard and a toilet are located. From here, you proceed to the through-living room, a pleasant and light space where daylight enters freely, creating an immediate sense of home. The entire ground floor is equipped with comfortable underfloor heating, ensuring pleasant and even warmth throughout the living areas.

Adjacent to the living room is the closed kitchen, finished in painted oak. While the kitchen is simple and functional, it offers excellent opportunities to be completely modernised according to personal taste. The current layout allows for the creation of a contemporary open-plan kitchen where cooking and socialising go hand in hand.

A particularly interesting feature of the ground floor is its flexibility. From the living area, you have access to the spacious conservatory through sliding doors. Thanks to three skylights, this space feels wonderfully light and airy. From the dining area, you can reach the bathroom, which presents the possibility of converting this space into a bedroom relatively easily. This arrangement creates the option for full ground-floor living, a significant advantage for those seeking age-appropriate accommodation or accessibility.

The ground floor therefore lends itself excellently to various living arrangements, including ground-floor living, working from home, or creating a hobby or practice space. Additionally, the property has a double garage measuring 47 square metres, equipped with all connections and electric doors. This space is ideal not only for parking vehicles but also perfectly suited for use as a workshop or storage area. From the garage, a small storage cellar is accessible, useful for additional supplies or storage.

The first floor is reached via the staircase leading to a spacious landing that provides access to three full bedrooms and a bathroom. The front bedroom is generously proportioned at approximately 3.68 by 3.98 metres and features a practical storage cupboard. At the rear are two additional bedrooms, both with sloping roof surfaces and cleverly designed built-in cupboards for storage. These rooms measure approximately 3.68 by 3.46 metres and 5.64 by 3.10 metres respectively, offering ample space for a family, guest rooms, or a home office.

The bathroom on this floor is simply but completely fitted with a bathtub, shower, washbasin, and toilet. This floor provides a solid foundation with numerous possibilities to increase comfort and modernise the spaces entirely according to personal preferences.

The second floor is accessible via a fixed staircase and houses the technical room containing the CV boiler and hot water cylinder. The current standing height is approximately 1.80 metres. While this floor is currently primarily functional, it certainly offers potential. By installing a dormer window, for example, a full additional room could be created here, such as a fourth bedroom, office, or hobby space.

The true added value of this property lies in the impressive, authentic barn dating from 1842. This is a place where possibilities and dreams converge. The barn is characterised by a robust construction and a distinctive appearance that simply cannot be replicated. It is a building with both history and future potential.

At the rear, the barn already features a spacious storage area, garden room, or conservatory with French doors opening to the deep, green garden. This creates a beautiful connection between inside and outside. Inside, a fixed staircase provides access to the first floor. This upper level is exceptionally spacious at approximately 9.37 by 9.51 metres and feels like an open, freely divisible space where your own living wishes can be fully realised. Thanks to the generous ridge height of approximately 4.05 metres, there is a wonderful sense of space and additional possibilities such as creating a loft for supplementary storage or usable space.

The barn is already equipped with basic facilities including water, drainage, electricity, and heavy-current power, which considerably facilitates any redevelopment. With the right vision and approach, this barn could be transformed into a fully independent dwelling subject to planning permission, a luxurious guest accommodation, an inspiring workspace or studio, or a combination of living and working.

The garden and outdoor spaces deserve special mention. The moment you walk onto the property from the rear of the house and barn, you immediately feel the space. This is not a small area but genuine freedom to live and create your own plans. Whether you dream of a large garden, an vegetable plot, keeping animals, or simply enjoying peace and privacy, this location is ideally suited.

In the garden, there is a spacious canopy currently used as storage space. With some attention and care, this could be beautifully transformed into a proper garden house, a pleasant place to relax, entertain guests, or spend long summer evenings. The garden itself feels like a natural extension of the home, with always a spot that suits the moment, whether for a quiet morning coffee or seeking the evening sun.

A particularly noteworthy feature is the accessibility of the plot. In addition to access via the house itself, the plot is also accessible from the rear via the Lidl car park. This opens up extra possibilities for use, layout, and any future plans, making the use of the plot especially practical and versatile.

Technical specifications include the Nefit Ecomline HR22 gas-fired combination boiler from 2000, which is owned. The property features roof insulation, wall insulation, and floor insulation. In 2019, 14 solar panels were installed with a system capacity of approximately 3.85 kWp, representing a positive step towards energy-efficient living. The property is connected to fibre optic cable and has mechanical ventilation, roller shutters, and TV cable connections.

The location in Echt offers the best of both worlds: quiet living with all amenities within reach. Echt has an excellent central location with an NS railway station, shops, schools, and sports facilities within short distance. Via the nearby N276 and A2 and A73 motorways, cities such as Maastricht, Eindhoven, Venlo, and Düsseldorf are reachable within 30 to 45 minutes. The surrounding area offers plenty of nature and tranquillity, ideal for walking, cycling, and relaxation.

Bovenste Eind 12 is not a standard property but an opportunity to create something unique. For those who look beyond just the house and see the possibilities, this represents a particularly fine beginning. The property is offered at €649,000 costs for buyer, with acceptance in consultation.