HOME(s)Forever

from GJ187: Winter Edition 2023

The Anonymous interview

If you've got a large family then you dream of space. Space to live, space to work, space to entertain. Space to accommodate your children, maybe your parents and perhaps somewhere extra for visiting friends or family to stay and enjoy it all with you.

It's a tough ask; achieving all the requirements of an extended family with a single dwelling. Multi-generational houses are sometimes compromised in their arrangement to try and achieve all those space needs. La Bourdonnerie is clearly a home that has served its present occupiers well and is now on the market to be enjoyed by a new growing family. Located along a quiet green lane on the St. Clement/Grouville border, this substantial granite residence is just a short walk from Robin Bay and La Rocque Harbour and leaves very little missing from most families' list of desirable features.

The main residence offers an abundance of living and sleeping accommodation set over three floors. The proportions are generous and the central hall flows comfortably into the living spaces which offer a myriad of options and uses. The sitting room stretches the depth of the house and leads through to an office and gym space. In the other direction the formal diningroom leads through into a breakfast room which steps down into a traditional shaker-style kitchen, complete with Aga which is very much in keeping with the style of the property. The breakfast-room also houses a second staircase that leads up to one of the bedrooms. Beyond the breakfast room you will find even more living space; a snug, beautiful conservatory/ sun room, a huge pantry (which opens out onto the garden) and large utility room.

Upstairs are seven double bedrooms in total, spread across the first and second floors. There are two bedroom suites and a further three bedrooms; attractive features include fitted furniture and one boasts a character turret-shaped picture window that looks out over the fields to the front of the house. The Master suite offers a bedroom that's 21ft by 17ft with a great roll-top bath within the en-suite. All bedrooms are, on average, over 15ft square and some of the bathrooms are larger than the bedrooms of an average home; all are well-appointed.

The gardens extend to the rear of the property; south-facing, walled and offering multiple seating areas/zones. There is also an outdoor heated pool that exudes a real tropical atmosphere with a huge palm tree and palms along the outside walls. There is a large courtyard at the front where an ample parking area leads to a large double garage with games/pool room above that could also be a larger home office.

You would struggle to find a property that offers more comfortable, well-appointed and multi-faceted living than La Bourdonnerie. This is a home with a heritage, part of which dates back to when the Bourdon family occupied the part of the house which dates back to the 1800s and which provides the archetypal muti-generational home that has served Jersey families ever since. If you're looking for a forever family home, it's one to view.

AndIf you're looking for a little extra space....

La Bourdonnerie sits on a large plot with an adjacent two bedroom detached cottage across the courtyard. The cottage is available for purchase along with the house if a prospective buyer desires to own both properties and utlise a larger footprint to accomodate a larger family or have guest accomodation on site. The cottage comprises sitting room, sun room/dining room, kitchen, two double bedrooms and house bathroom. Externally the cottage benefits from its own private driveway and garage, with a West-facing garden to the rear and courtyard to the front.