Mont-Crosin - Farm house buy

Authentic rural property in the Chasseral environment

Located on the heights of Lignières, on the Neuchâtel side of the Chasseral, this old farm is set in a typical landscape of the Jura foothills of the canton of Neuchâtel, between open meadows, forest edges, and open horizons. The immediate environment remains very little built and provides a real sense of space and tranquility. The location allows for quick access to Neuchâtel, La Neuveville, or Biel while maintaining a daily life turned towards nature. The usual amenities remain accessible in a few minutes while the surroundings prioritize walks, cycling, or outdoor activities all year round.- Old Neuchâtel farm completely renovated with character- Natural environment at the foot of the Chasseral, absolute calm- Wellness area with indoor pool, sauna, and jacuzzi- Large barn with workshop and independent apartment- Large plot with garden, pond, vegetable garden, and numerous parking spaces

Restored 17th-century Jura farmhouse

Built in the 17th century, this restored Jura farmhouse offers today a rare alliance between historic character and contemporary comfort. Distinguished by the Neuchâtel Prize for Heimatschutz, the property testifies to a rehabilitation work carried out with respect for the original architecture, while integrating amenities designed for current quality of life.The living area unfolds around generous and carefully highlighted volumes. The living spaces are located in the former agricultural volumes, transformed into a bright living room, a convivial dining room, and an open kitchen, where exposed stone, solid wood, and traditional timber framing create a warm and authentic atmosphere. The circulation between the rooms is natural, in a harmonious continuity between ancient elements and contemporary interventions.The sleeping areas are distributed over several levels, offering calm and intimacy. The bedrooms, with comfortable proportions, preserve the charm of the period constructions while benefiting from a sober and elegant layout. The bathrooms, integrated with discretion, combine functionality and quality materials. Additional spaces, such as offices, multipurpose rooms, or storage areas, enrich the distribution and allow the place to be adapted to different uses, whether for daily life or extended stays.Outside, the property is set in a preserved natural environment, offering unobstructed views of the rolling landscapes. The setting, peaceful and without nuisance, reinforces the feeling of intimacy and serenity that emanates from the whole, making this home a place as pleasant to live in all year round as to invest in as a secondary residence.More than just a residence, this home is an invitation to live a living heritage, designed to last and be passed on. A rare property, intended for lovers of authentic places, sensitive to history as much as to the art of living.

Magnificent renovated farm. Entrance into the history of watchmaking

IN 1985, THIS RESTORED OLD FARM HAD OBTAINED THE NEUCHÂTEL HEIMATSCHUTZ PRIZE.THE PAST TO THE PRESENTWhen architecture is combined with the contemporary past, or how to bridge three and a half centuries of history.Between the original "beautiful room" and the modern living room installed in the old barn, there is only a simple wooden door. And a leap of three hundred and fifty years. But no shock: just life continuing, in the gentle hills of this northern end of the Val-de-Ruz.It is a Jurassic farm, like there are still some in the region. Built in 1652, it had belonged, throughout the last century, to the same family of modest peasants, the Scheideggers. When the father died in the sixties, the mother and daughter continued to live there as in the previous century, with just enough electricity and water to be drawn from the cistern. The tiny habitable part consisted of the hearth (the kitchen), the "beautiful room" where one only entered on holidays, and above, a small room: the "grandfather's room", which was accessed by a trapdoor by climbing onto the stove. All the rest was the barn and the empty stable. The house was abandoned in the mid-seventies when, the mother having died, the daughter had to be placed in a home.For ten years, Henri and Paule Schneider had been searching the region for a farm to renovate. They must have passed by this ruin ten times: cracked walls, the roof ready to collapse, the beams rotten... What prompted them, on this summer day in 1979, to take a look inside? And there, in what was left of the kitchen, supporting a blackened fireplace where a small wood stove sat, they stopped in front of the column: a masterpiece of a corner column in stone, carved, intact, beautiful as on the first day, supporting a chimney with a straight lintel. They bought the column... with the ruin around it. Not without having to compensate an investor who wanted to install vacation apartments there. Purchase price: 50,000 francs. The Heimatschutz then stepped in and immediately classified the facade. For the rest... began for the brave owners an adventure similar to the one told by Katharina von Arx in Ma Folie Romainmôtier.Henri Schneider, ETH engineer in watchmaking, and his wife Paule - "no training but passions" - worked with local craftsmen, rediscovering techniques, relearning traditional gestures, transforming themselves, from weekend to weekend, into laborers, masons, carpenters, draftsmen, historians. First objective: the rough construction. Jean-Louis Geiser, carpenter from La Ferrière, built the new roof structure, calculated according to modern norms but using the techniques of the old building: six columns, roof beams made from spruce trunks worked on two sides, beams and posts adjusted and fixed with wooden pegs. The 305 m² of roof area were covered, as originally, with 66 cm long wooden shingles, cut from white spruce wood, which Henri Schneider had chosen in the forest with Denis Sauser from La Chaux-du-Milieu, one of the last specialists in this art (he received the Heimatschutz prize in 1981).

Magnificent renovated farm. Entered into the history of watchmaking

IN 1985, THIS RESTORED OLD FARM HAD RECEIVED THE NEUCHÂTEL HEIMATSCHUTZ PRIZE.THE PAST TO THE PRESENTWhen architecture is combined with the past, or how to bridge three and a half centuries of history.Between the "beautiful room" and the modern living room installed in the old barn, there is only a simple wooden door. And a leap of three hundred and fifty years. But no shock: just life continuing, in the gentle hills of this northern corner of the Val-de-Ruz.It is a Jurassic farm, like there are still a few in the region. Built in 1652, it belonged to a family of modest peasants, the Scheideggers, throughout the last century. When the father died in the sixties, the mother and daughter continued to live there, as in the last century, with just electricity and water that had to be drawn from the cistern. The tiny habitable part consisted of the hearth (the kitchen), the "beautiful room" where one only entered on holidays, and above, a small room: the "grandfather's room", which was accessed by a hatch by climbing onto the stove. Everything else was the barn and the empty stable. The house was abandoned in the mid-seventies when, after the mother's death, the daughter had to be placed in a nursing home.For ten years, Henri and Paule Schneider had been searching the region for a farm to renovate. They must have passed by this ruin ten times without noticing it: damaged walls, a roof about to collapse, a rotten structure... What prompted them, on this summer day in 1979, to take a look inside? And there, in what was left of the kitchen, a column supported a blackened hearth where a small wooden stove sat, and they stopped in front of the column: a masterpiece of a stone corner column, carved, intact, beautiful as on the first day, supporting a chimney with a straight lintel. They bought the column... with the ruin around it. After having to buy out an investor who wanted to install vacation apartments, however. Purchase price: 50,000 francs. The Heimatschutz then stepped in and immediately classified the facade. For the rest... the brave owners began an adventure similar to the one told by Katharina von Arx in Ma Folie Romainmôtier.Henri Schneider, an ETS engineer in watchmaking, and his wife Paule - "no training but passions" - worked with local craftsmen, rediscovering old techniques, relearning traditional gestures, transforming themselves, from weekend to weekend, into laborers, masons, carpenters, draftsmen, historians. First objective: the rough construction. Jean-Louis Geiser, a carpenter from La Ferrière, built the new structure, calculated according to modern norms but using the techniques of the old building: six columns, roof beams cut from fir tree trunks, beams and posts adjusted and fixed with wooden pegs. The 305 m² of roofing were covered, as originally, with 66 cm long wooden shingles, cut from white fir wood, which Henri Schneider had chosen in the forest, accompanied by Denis Sauser from La Chaux-du-Milieu, one of the last specialists in this art (he received the Heimatschutz prize in 1981).

An exceptional farm nestled at the southern foot of Chasseral

Born from tradition and reinvented with audacity, this old farm, located outside the village of Lignières, embodies the rare encounter between authentic heritage and contemporary elegance.On the flank of a hill, nestled in a vast natural setting, it peacefully contemplates the Chasseral, in a landscape where light, forest, and meadows blend into a living picture.A discreet witness to a preserved rural past, the building today deploys all the nobility of a mastered renovation, faithful to its original soul and turned towards modernity.Fully rehabilitated, the property combines the warmth of wood, the nobility of stone, and the purity of contemporary lines. Nothing is left to chance, each material has been chosen with exigence, each perspective thought out to offer balance and harmony.As soon as you cross the threshold, an atmosphere of elegance and serenity imposes itself. Natural light generously invites itself into the volumes, revealing the raw beauty of the beams, the texture of the walls, and the finesse of the details. The spaces are articulated with fluidity, a convivial kitchen, a bright dining room, reception and work areas that open and respond to each other in a subtle continuity between tradition and modernity.At the center of the house, the cathedral lounge imposes its presence with its monumental fireplace, the true heartbeat of the place.Not far away, a wellness area worthy of the most beautiful residences prolongs this impression of harmony, an 11-meter indoor pool, a sauna, and a Jacuzzi invite you to relax, in a cocoon of intimacy. The ensemble is powered by thermal panels that heat the sanitary water as well as that of the pool, combining modern comfort with energy performance in an environmentally friendly approach.The rooms are vast and soothing, true havens of peace. The parental suite, with its dressing room and private bathroom, offers a perfect balance between intimacy and refinement.Under the roof structure, a suspended library accessible by a spiral staircase reveals a separate space, conducive to reading and rest of the mind.Adjacent to the main building, the restored barn prolongs the original vocation of the place while offering it new perspectives. It houses a large workshop, storage spaces, and an independent two-room apartment, ideal for accommodating guests or offering autonomy and intimacy to its occupants. From the terrace, the view extends to the horizon, on a panorama of forests and light, whose nuances vary with the seasons.The exteriors fully participate in this living experience. The carefully maintained orchard offers its fruits in the beautiful days. A raised vegetable garden and a greenhouse testify to a sincere relationship with the earth and the natural cycle of the seasons.The dining area, the ornamental pond, and the outdoor fireplace compose an ideal setting for shared moments and summer evenings. Each corner of this outdoor space has been designed to combine elegance, nature, and conviviality.And for horse lovers, the possibility of renting boxes in the immediate vicinity comes to perfect this exceptional living framework, between equestrian passion and rural serenity.More than a house, this property is an emotion, an experience, an art of living.Each stone, each beam, each light reflection tells a story of respect, beauty, and renewal, inviting those who stay here to reconnect with the essential, quietness, nature, and time, which slowly passes at the rhythm of the wind on the Chasseral.