La Gaitrie, 17130 Messac

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House |6 bedrooms |Sleeps 14

Jonzac in Poitou-Charentes/Vendee

from £129 / night

This is the estimated nightly price based on a weekly stay. Contact the advertiser to confirm the price - it varies depending on when you stay and how long for.

£900–£2400 / week

7 nights minimum stay

Changeover Saturday

5 out of 5

1 review | Write a review

Key info  Swimming pool, balcony/terrace, car essential, private garden, no pets allowed

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About the home

This wonderful property is in a peaceful location in the countryside, set within two hectares of informal gardens and with its own outdoor heated swimming pool. Bordeaux and Cognac are within a one-hour drive, whilst local towns and villages offer plenty of amenities as well as weekly markets selling fresh regional produce.

The views to the south and west from the house and garden are of uninterrupted countryside. Six bedrooms offer flexible accommodation for up to fourteen people, including three fully accessible ground floor bedrooms.

Ground floor: The ground floor is spacious and light with beautiful main rooms - a large sitting room with exposed stone walls, a terracotta tiled floor and Bluthner grand piano. Beside this is a superbly equipped (and attractive) main kitchen/dining room, opening onto the covered terrace and pool. A huge games room, accessible from the kitchen, opens to the rear to the garden and also onto the pool terrace.

Also on the ground floor is the master bedroom with a zip/link superking size bed (or twin) and en-suite bathroom including a separate shower and bath.

A self-contained wing (accessible via separate outside entrance or via master bedroom) contains two bedrooms, a shower room and WC and a sitting room with corner kitchen and dining table. These two bedrooms sleep 4 people (one 5-foot double, one single bed and a bunk).

Upstairs; From the main ground floor two separate staircases lead up to the large converted roof space. The older main stairs open out onto a landing with, to one side, a huge dormitory with a superking size bed and two single beds (two or more additional camp beds available); and, to the other side, a family bathroom with a bath and WC and a double bedroom (5ft double) with en-suite shower and WC.

There are low door frames in this part of the house and low beams in the dormitory.

The newer stairs lead up from the main kitchen/dining area to a bedroom with zip/link superking size bed (or twin), en-suite shower room and separate WC.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Games Room with table tennis, table football, board games and a small library of books
Kitchen/Dining Room, spacious and well equipped, including a dishwasher, American style fridge-freezer with ice-maker, gas and electric ovens, gas hob, microwave
Sitting Room with Bluthner grand piano, large Godin wood burning stove, satellite TV (channels in English and French), CD player.

Free Broadband Wi-Fi access.

Underfloor heating in the kitchen/dining room, sitting room and master bedroom/bathroom. This is available on request for cooler months of the year - please ask for more details.

Two or more additional camp beds are available.

Further details outdoors:
Outdoor heated saltwater swimming pool with an infinity edge, sun loungers and chairs.
Two terraces, one open and one covered. Large Weber-style gas barbecue.
Bikes - two adult mountain bikes (no helmets)
Outdoor games including boules.

Further details

There is no telephone at the property, although the mobile signal is good.

Broadband Wi-Fi access is now installed.

Baby-sitting may also be available on request, please ask.

Conditions

Normal changeover day is Saturday.
Out of 'high season' please discuss changes on other days (for a booking which is seven or more days).
Long term lets in the winter by arrangement, at favourable rates.

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The Poitou-Charentes / Vendee / Charente Maritime region

La Gaitrie is in the Poitou-Charentes region of south-west France, within one hour's drive of Bordeaux and Cognac. La Gaitrie is located on the edge of a quiet hamlet in the heart of beautiful countryside, a short drive from a bakery in Léoville and from the village of Montendre which has an excellent Thursday market, supermarket, tennis courts, horse riding, bike hire, a six-hole golf course and a swimming lake. Said to be the sunniest region of France, after the Med coast, this gently undulating, tranquil farming country is perfect for cyclists.

The Jonzac area

There are restaurants and a wider range of shops in the elegantly pretty town of Jonzac (20 minutes), as well as a tropical leisure pool complex (Les Antilles) with free internet access, a cafe and bar. The Gironde estuary is just 35km away. The Blaye/Lamarque ferry provides easy access to the famous Medoc vineyards and sandy Atlantic beaches. There are further excellent beaches in and around Royan (79km). The vineyards of St Emilion are one and a quarter hours drive. On the banks of the River Charente, the lovely town of Cognac with its famous distilleries is less than one hour's drive away. There are 18 hole golf courses in Saintes and Cognac.

How to get there

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Airports: Bordeaux - 1 hour; La Rochelle - 90 minutes Trains: Angoulême (for TGV Lille/Paris) - 1 hour Wine Regions: St Emilion - 75 minutes; Medoc - 90 minutes. Channel Port(Caen/Ouistreham )- La Gaitrie takes less than six hours Tours - La Gaitrie takes just over three hours Average driving times: Local towns: Montendre - 10 minutes; Jonzac - 20 minutes; Cognac - 50 minutes

Activities near Jonzac

Reviews

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30 Sep 2012

“Gorgeous house, loads of character, shed loads of space, VERY tranquil location” If you are looking to get away from it all this is it! it is set in pretty countryside and has lots of areas ro relax so you can get away from eachother if need be! A lovely big kitchen with everything in it. Big table both for inside and outside dining(located right by french doors to kitchen which was most conveniennt for dinner prep!!)...heated salt swimming pool wonderful, very well used especially as its right by the outdoor shaded dining table. My older yet active mum (who is not interested in sitting in sun or lying on a sun lounger) spent loads of time sitting and reading at the table and could still be part of everything going on by or in the pool with the younger generations. Nice big games room, lovely living room.....wifi was a tad slow and limited to certain areas but at least it was available. Very well equipped overall, great laundry room....shame we never used the bikes!

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Rental prices

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	25 May 13	1 Jun 13	1200£ 1200	-	-	1 Week
	1 Jun 13	29 Jun 13	900£ 900	-	-	1 Week
	29 Jun 13	6 Jul 13	1200£ 1200	-	-	1 Week
	6 Jul 13	13 Jul 13	1800£ 1800	-	-	1 Week
	13 Jul 13	31 Aug 13	2400£ 2400	-	-	1 Week
	31 Aug 13	7 Sep 13	1800£ 1800	-	-	1 Week
	7 Sep 13	14 Sep 13	1200£ 1200	-	-	1 Week
	14 Sep 13	21 Sep 13	900£ 900	-	-	1 Week

Prices for group size 14
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	25 May 13	1 Jun 13	1400£ 1400	-	-	1 Week
	1 Jun 13	29 Jun 13	1100£ 1100	-	-	1 Week
	29 Jun 13	6 Jul 13	1400£ 1400	-	-	1 Week
	6 Jul 13	13 Jul 13	1800£ 1800	-	-	1 Week
	13 Jul 13	31 Aug 13	2400£ 2400	-	-	1 Week
	31 Aug 13	7 Sep 13	1800£ 1800	-	-	1 Week
	7 Sep 13	14 Sep 13	1400£ 1400	-	-	1 Week
	14 Sep 13	21 Sep 13	1100£ 1100	-	-	1 Week

The property does not have weekend tariffs.

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Availability

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1 year listed You are contacting Venetia Foster Landline 44 (0)207 7462527 Mobile n/a Languages spoken The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2012. This house has received 1 review from previous guests.

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