Mill

Buying or selling a mill deep in the country

Perhaps the ultimate exceptional home, former mills are now rising reborn from their proverbial ashes. Historic former watermills and windmills offer enormous potential.

Windmill, watermill or oil mill ?

One watermill with 360 m2 of living space on 4 floors, or another that has a river running through it and boasts a huge cathedral-like living room with an enormous fireplace. A mill for restoration complete with original millstones and wooden staircase… It’s hard to resist the charm of these 17th and 18th century buildings that can be found all over France. Although watermills are commonplace almost everywhere in the country, windmills are inevitably found located closer to the French coast or in windy regions like Provence with its Mistral and the Western Mediterranean with its prevailing northerly winds known as Tramontane. But if you want an oil mill, your search must focus on the Var, Lubéron and Alpes-Maritimes. You’ll find them in the sunniest spots surrounded by century-old trees.