House for sale • 220 m² without real estate, North Rhine-Westphalia

Some houses aren’t found – they find you. This former forestry estate, built in 1922, is located in true seclusion on the edge of the Eifel National Park: surrounded by forests and meadows, with its own stream and a large ornamental pond on a completely fenced 2,373 m² property.

For families, this means space that in the city would be priceless. Nine rooms, a kitchen, and two bathrooms spread over approximately 220 m²; a garden where children can truly be children; forests and hiking trails right at the doorstep – and yet schools, kindergartens, doctors, and shops are only minutes away. The flexible layout also makes the house ideal as a multi-generational home or for communal living – whether with grandparents under one roof or as a shared living space among friends.

For anyone who wants a break from city life, this property is a genuine retreat: absolute tranquility, historic substance full of character – and, thanks to fiber optics, a fully functional home office space. Cologne, Bonn, and Aachen are easily accessible for appointments; Belgium and the Netherlands are practically around the corner.

A HIGH LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE

The modern ETA wood-pellet heating system (2023) makes you independent of gas and electricity prices – with firewood readily available from the surroundings, and the utility building offering ample storage space. As a second fully functioning heating system, there is an oil heating system (2019) with its own fuel storage (double-walled WERIT safety tanks, installed and approved by specialists in 2019). This allows one to heat autonomously for years. At the same time, the property is fully connected to public utilities (water supply and sewer), which is hardly ever the case in an isolated location. Adjacent pastures can be leased – be it for livestock, an orchard, or a self-sufficient garden.

Hellenthal is one of the most popular regions of the North Eifel. The Eifel National Park, Oleftalsperre, as well as hiking and cycling paths are right nearby; and connections toward Euskirchen, Schleiden, Belgium, and the Netherlands are excellent.

The property is ideal as a spacious country house for families, as a multi-generational home or a home-sharing community project, for self-sufficient individuals interested in keeping animals or horses, for everyone wanting to combine living and working, or even as a second home with home office quality – perfectly situated between Cologne, Bonn, Aachen, and the Belgian border.

SUBSTANCE AND TECHNICAL FEATURES

• Two independent heating systems: ETA wood-pellet heater (2023) and oil heater (2019)

• Listed timber-framed windows: original mullioned windows on the exterior, with a second, insulating glazed layer on the interior – offering excellent thermal and sound insulation

• Insulated roof (1990s)

• Partial basement with a dry cellar

• Fully connected: public water supply and sewer connection

• Fiber-optic connection

• Fireplace, parquet and tile flooring, historic ornamental tiles in the entrance

• Separate utility building (timber-framed): suitable as wood storage, studio, stable, workshop, office, or as an in-law suite – commercial use possible with the appropriate permits

• Carports and additional parking spaces

• Completely damage-free during the 2021 flood

A HOUSE WITH ROOM FOR PERSONAL TOUCH

The major investments – heating, tank system, windows – have already been made. Beyond that, the house offers space to develop individual areas according to one’s own ideas and at one’s own pace. Attractive note: as a listed building, modernization expenses may be tax-advantaged (monument depreciation). An energy certificate is not required for listed buildings under § 79 (4) of the Building Energy Act (GEG).

Handover is possible from November 2026. This is a private sale – there is no buyer’s commission. Viewing appointments will preferably be scheduled for interested parties with secured financing. Please, no inquiries from brokers!