6.5 room House in Lausanne

You don't expect to find this here. A street set back, just a few minutes from the center of Lausanne, and silence.

This 1925 detached house occupies a rare position, nestled against the hillside, open to its enclosed garden and to a view that stretches to the heights of the city. It has never been altered. The tiled entrance hall in a checkerboard pattern, the turning staircase with a wooden railing, the solid wood floors with broken battens, the moldings, and wood paneling are all original.

The living room in the rotunda receives light from a five-part bow window. It communicates through a wide bay window with the dining room, whose wood paneling and rosette have been preserved. Three meters of ceiling height on the ground floor as well as on the first floor.

The garden is the argument that few houses in Lausanne can offer. Enclosed, planted, extended by a gravelled terrace sheltered under a wisteria, and then by a summer room with a latticework ceiling. The garage is adjacent to the house and can be accessed directly from the road. A balcony on the first floor opens onto the wooded hillside, without any opposite views.

An independent suite on the lower ground floor, with direct access to the garden, offers real autonomy for a parent, a young adult, or an office.

Two recent interventions: the gas heating was renewed in 2019, the entire windows were replaced in 2022 with wooden double glazing. The envelope remains period, the price takes this into account.

An object for those who are looking for a house in the city without giving up the garden, and who know how to respect what a century has left intact.