The Belvedere or observation tower
This was the last section of the building to be renovated.
It consists of a garage at ground level with an open staircase up to the utility room which is used for producing our house wine.
Sports equipment is stored here. It also includes a toilet and shower room.
It has a sink unit, table and chairs and a microwave oven.
There is a door leading to yet another staircase up to this
3 single bedded (teenage) room above the utility room.
The stairs on the right lead up to the observation platform
originally designed for star watching. The skies are virtually free of light pollution. Ideal for users of the resident 100mm reflector telescope.
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The utility room includes toilet and shower rooms, casual eating area with microwave oven, sink and storage and has stairs up to the bedroom above and open stairs down to the garage.
Garage
There are two parking areas at the front of the house, one at the end of the front terrace,
the other at pool level with automatic gates and lights.
The garage houses two mountain bikes for the use of guests and relics of vintage agricultural equipment.
There is an open wooden staircase to the two upper floors and the Observation platform.
The house car,
an elderly diesel Citroën BX lives here. The car is for the use of clients and is insured for drivers who must be over 25
AND have their UK licence with them. It is ideal for pottering around locally and copes very well with the unmade 500 metre track
(rue de pays) that leads to the house from the public road. The town of Cluny is only 2 kilometers away.
Champ Boyer is the only house along this track, the only other users of which will be the occasional neighbour tending his woodland further up the hillside.
Note: Europe and Canada have gone metric - for the rest of us here are some quick very approximate conversions.
An inch is 25mm, a yard is 91cm and a mile is 1.6 km.
A pound is 450 grams and a gallon of gas is 3.8 litres,
Petrol sales in the UK have gone metric.The euro €1 is around $1.33 USD and £0.90 GBP
as at March 2009 - check for latest results
on CurrencyToday.co.uk
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