Maison De Cognac

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House |4 bedrooms |Sleeps 12

Matha in Poitou-Charentes/Vendee

from £90 / 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.

£630–£840 / weekBookable online

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7 nights minimum stay

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Key info  Balcony/terrace, car advised, private garden, no pets allowed

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About the home

Hi and welcome to the Maison de Cognac, the newly renovated section of our old Charentaise Cognac house. as it's our first year of letting, we are offering extremely good reduced rate prices for 2013.

We are constantly adding more facilities to the property (just added a dishwasher) so please feel free to take a look at our web site www.maisondecognac.com for any further info.

We have kept the house as rustic and authentic as possible. The house boasts tons of character with oak beams (some still with some bark on from construction in the 1800's!), oeil de boeuf windows (bull's eye), stone walls, woodburning fires, terracotta floor tiles etc.

The whole property is set within walled grounds with wells, a stone built bread oven/bakery (now tool store!), attached stone-built “double long drop” WC (now with wood in it for the fires and housing the patio furniture).

We have left the garden simple but large enough for kids to have a run around in and there is a stoned patio area with an outside light for late night eating, chatting and drinking.

Bedrooms, which are all very large (approx. 35m2 each!) are as follows:
· La chambre des maitres: with en-suite bath, shower, wash-hand basin & WC. King size bed (and sofa bed chaisse longue)
· La chambre cachee: with a double and a single bed.
· Le grenier medterraneen: with a King size and a single bed
· La chambre de jardin with a King size and a single bed, en-suite shower, wash-hand basin & WC

La chambre citron vert is a large separate first floor bathroom (bath, wash-hand basin & WC) and on the ground floor is a further shower room (walk-in “wet room” shower, wash-hand basin & WC).

The kitchen has a gas (bottled) range-style cooker & electric oven, table & chairs, fridge/freezer & washing machine. (Dishwasher currently being added at time of going to press!). In the first floor bathroom you will find a tumble dryer, ironing board & iron.
The main lounge has a further table and chairs, a wood burning stove (although hopefully you won't feel the need to use it), a range of books & games and a DVD player and 36” TV screen (for DVDs only, no TV channels provided).

We have a dart board (and darts!!) and a table tennis table (with bats and balls) and there are tennis courts in the village (rackets and balls are available in the house). We've just concreted a floor in the attached barn for the table tennis and darts if you feel the inclination for a sporting challenge!

We have a Boules court in the side of the site that is still to be renovated.

This is the perfect location to get away from it all. A sleepy little hamlet full of houses that make it look like a Cotswold Village, but near enough to some beautiful Chateaux, historic towns, glorious beaches and great restaurants for you and the kids not to get bored.

Facilities

Further details outdoors:
The house is within a private enclosed walled garden. The parking and the pathways are gravelled, as is the terrace/patio area outside the kitchen door. There is an automatic security outside light by the parking area and an outside light to extend your socialising on the patio into the night, although the Church lights do a good job of that too!

Conditions

1. 25% non-returnable deposit required at time of booking
2. Balance payable 8 weeks prior to arrival
3. Returnable damage deposit of £100 required with the payment of the balance, returned immediately after post-departure checks have been completed
4. There is an additional £10 per bed charge if you want to have bedding and towels provided. If you do want bedding provided we will require the numbers in order that our “caretaker company” can make them up for your arrival

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Maison De Cognac awaits you

 

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La chambre des maitres (Master Bedroom)

 

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La chambre de jardin (The Garden bedroom)

The Poitou-Charentes / Vendee / Charente Maritime region

Here you are in the “Fins Bois” region of Cognac grape production and also surrounded by many producers of Pineau Des Charentes. Temperatures reach the late 20s and early 30s any time from February onwards and so it can get very hot in the summer months. It obviously has very hot sunny days but it also receives some rain, ocassionally in the summer, which is great for grapes but not for you! Don't despair, there's plenty to do if this happens for a day or two. Places of interest: Cognac (20 mins) – lovely “old town”, plenty of Cognac distilleries, the River Charente and quite a few shops, bars and restaurants. Angouleme (30-40 mins) – beautiful historic buildings, a few good restaurants & shopping St Jean D’Angely (20 mins) old buildings, indoor pool, variety of bars & restaurants Rochefoucauld (45-60 Mins) – glorious Chateau La Rochelle (60 mins) – Has a fantastic maritime history, “old port” towers, lighthouses & beautiful parks. Plenty of shops and restaurants Fantastic beaches (c45 – 60 mins) (Royan/St Palais or up the coast to La Rochelle) Zoo at La Palmyre (c1 hour ) Golf courses are at Cognac, Angouleme, Saintes & St Palais

The Matha area

The local town of Matha has all the amenities you need to get by. It has 3 supermarkets, petrol (24 hour for card payments), shops, takeaways, a Pizzeria, boulangerie, bar, banks a Post Office and even what they laughingly call a Chateau (it's very small!) Surrounding Matha are a range of villages and hamlets with some lovely bars and small typically French restaurants. Neuvicq le Chateau is close by with a small Chateau and also a very good Cognac producer who does tours (Balluet). Slightly further afield Rouillac has an open air pool, restaurants and a slightly bigger supermarket

How to get there

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Approx 4.5 Hours from St malo, 5.5 Hours from Roscoff, 5.5 Hours from Caen & 6 Hours from Cherbourg. I can offer a 10% discount on Brittany Ferries crossings to these ports but other carriers offer services.

Flights into Bordeaux (1.5 hours drive) and La Rochelle (1 hour drive). Easyjet fly into both as do other operators.

Activities near Matha

Rental prices

Prices for group size 12
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low	23 Mar 13	25 May 13	420£ 420	-	-	1 Week
June Mid	25 May 13	29 Jun 13	630£ 630	-	-	1 Week
High	29 Jun 13	31 Aug 13	840£ 840	-	-	1 Week
September Mid	31 Aug 13	28 Sep 13	630£ 630	-	-	1 Week

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

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

Please note that due to our "caretaker company's" requirements we have set our changeover day as a Sunday. If we can do anything to help or you have any queries please let us know as we will do our best to accommodate your needs. We trying to make special arrangements to try to accomodate Saturday changeovers if it is absolutely unavoidable.

Linen and towels can be provided at an additional cost of £10 per bed.

If booking more than one week we can offer a discount for each subsequent week of £50

Preferred payment by Cheque, cash or paypal to paypal

Availability

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