There are apartments that you visit and apartments that you remember. This one belongs to the second category. Located on the top floor of a small condominium built in the late 1960s, on the edge of vineyards, it unfolds its volumes over two levels and ends with a 60 square meter living room that nothing could have predicted: a true nave, open up to 5.20 meters in height, with a stone fireplace and a large bay window overlooking the terrace.
The property needs to be renovated. This is precisely what makes it interesting: the structure, the volumes, and the orientation are intact, and the generous surfaces offer a true freedom of layout. An opportunity for those who want to compose their interior without compromise, in a calm and green environment, just a few minutes from the center of Neuchâtel.

THE DAY LEVEL
You enter through a hall that serves the entire level and hides a visitor toilet. The dining area then opens up in one piece: nearly 35 square meters under a height of 2.70 meters, with an anthracite flooring in large format that sets the tone. The kitchen, closed and functional, is directly adjacent. In close proximity, a third bedroom of about 10 m² makes an ideal office, away from the sleeping area.

A few steps, bordered by a handrail in light wood, mark the transition to the upper levels. It is these successive offsets that give the apartment its character: each space has its own height and its own light.

THE SLEEPING AREA
A corridor of about 6 square meters, in gray slabs, distributes two bedrooms of 16 and 17 m², both regular and easy to furnish, under a height of 2.40 meters with large windows. The bathroom, about 5.5 square meters, is equipped with a bathtub, its tiles from the period, today witnesses of a certain taste of the seventies, call for a renovation - a renovation item to be budgeted.

THE ATTIC LIVING ROOM
This is the master piece. "Sixty square meters" under slope, a wooden ceiling that rises to 5.20 meters, a bay window opening onto the terrace, a second window on the side of the vineyards, and the fireplace, behind a small alcove, offers discreet storage. A bench runs along the bay window, in the style of the large villas of the period.

Such a volume in an apartment is rare. It allows everything: the library in double height, the table for ten people, the workshop, the piano - or simply the luxury of empty space.

THE TERRACE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
In the extension of the living room, the terrace deploys about 60 m² over more than ten meters in length, bordered by stone flower boxes. The view goes over the neighboring roofs to reach the lake; on the right, the rows of vines climb the slope. The original gray flooring deserves to be renovated: the opportunity to design a true summer room.

Hauterive is a sought-after village on the Neuchâtel coast, known for its calm, its vineyards, and its immediate proximity to Neuchâtel, its schools, and its train station are just a few minutes away, as well as the A5 highway.

THE BUILDING
-Small condominium with ten units, built in the late 1960s.
-Apartment located on the top floor, in the attic level, on three levels.
-Heating by radiators.
-Private garage.
-Common areas:
-Laundry room and bike room.
-The building does not have an elevator.

THE SURFACES

Entrance hall - Serves the entire day level - 6
Visitor toilet - 2.5 m²
Dining area, approx. 35 m² - Height under ceiling 2.70 m
Kitchen, approx. 9 m² - Closed, adjacent to the dining area
Bedroom/office, approx. 10 m² - On the day level, away from the sleeping area