Mortain holiday cottage rental with private pool, walking, log fire, rural retreat

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Chez Sally (cottage)

Home description

£300/week from September to end of May -includes Xmas/New Year. This spacious beautiful Cottage, recently renovated to a high standard, retains all old features of beams, rafters and fire place with wood burner. It is situated on the edge of a small hamlet overlooking fields and forests. Your vacation holiday home, rural retreat in Normandy with an Art Nouveau theme-French furniture-fabrics, art nouveau objet d'art. In the heat of summer it is cool and in the winter warm and cosy with a log fire. Outside are 2 patio/garden area with a splash pool-available from May to September. Areas on either side of the house where you can enjoy breakfast with the birds singing, evening soirées with the stars and owls.

The layout of the house- ground floor, large open plan lounge, dining room and kitchen area -50metre2. The upper part of the house has a Rennie Mackintosh influence – white and black with a bold dash of colour. All bedrooms spacious and romantic. The first floor has 2 good sized bedrooms, a shower room with toilet and sink and a bathroom with bath and shower above, toilet and sink. The third floor, under the roof with exposed oak beams is a large romantic bedroom with views over the surrounding countryside.

South facing with raised flower beds	Rural Location
Country Kitchen	Cool Turquoise Bedroom

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The Normandy / Manche region

An area of great rural charm with a coast line of miles of beaches. Generally having longer hotter summers than the UK going well into the autumn. A small sample of where to go and what happens there is: Agon Coutainville gather your own mussels, Grandville sur Mer-horse cart rides on the beach, Grandeville -golf, St. Mere Eglise-war museum, Hambye-large ruined abbey, Carouge-canooing, kayaking, horse riding, assault courses, Putanges Pont Ecrepin-large lake for boating, Conde sur Noireau-aquatic activity swimming centre, Bellefontaine Parc for the young with animated fairy scenes and miniature railway, Caumont l'Evente -old slate mines with tunnels caves and underground lakes, Clecy-one of Europes largest miniature railway museums, Champrepus-zoo specialising in breeding lemurs, Mont St Michel-monastery in the sea and reptilaruim, Villedieu les Poeles-for anything made with copper especially pans, Falaise castle home of William the Conquerour, Fougere-castle, Bagnoles de l'Orne-casino and golf, Domfront-Medieval Festival, Vire-jazz festival.

Mortain area

The cottage is ideally situated to explore beautiful Normandy-quaint geranium filled villages with street markets selling local produce. Mortain has a range of shops, large supermarket with wonderful fish counter, weekly market, waterfalls and abbey, WW11 site with chapel, heated outside swimming pool, go-carting. Locally are miles of old railway tracks to walk and cycle on, forests, day trout and carp fishing, off road 4x4, motor bikes and quad bikes for hire

Visit Medieval Castles, fabulous beaches-nearest only 45 mins away. Visit the Calvados and cider farms.. Have a day in Paris-leave your car in Flers 15 miles away and take a train. The famous Mont St Michel is 48 miles away. WW2 sites can be done on day trips. Information pamphlets for where to go and what to see in the cottage.

How to get there

The situation with ferries and flights are for ever changing and so a search on the internet will soon give you the latest information.
Ferries from the UK to
1)Caen 58miles (93kms) 1hr 40mins to drive to us.
2)Cherbourg: 87miles (139.5kms) 2hrs
3)Le Havre 115miles (183kms) 2hrs 30mins
4)St Malo 78miles (125kms) 1hrs 45mins
5)Boulogne and Calais are 5 to 6 hour drive away from us.
6)Dieppe 170miles 3hrs 30mins
Ferries from the UK to the above ports leave the UK from Dover, Portsmouth and Poole. The other shorter crossings from the UK are less expensive but further away.
Flights from the UK to Dinard near St Malo.

Activities near Mortain

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Kitchen is well equipped-a large gas cooker with 5 burners. All you prepare can be served up on a typical large French table. There is also plenty of cupboard space.
The TV has UK TV channels and also radio.
Bathrooms have electric heaters.
Bathroom- shower over the bath plus toilet and sink.
Separate shower room with toilet and sink.

Further details outdoors:
To one side of the gite is a private patio area surrounded by flower beds and on the opposite side of this house is a 2nd garden with a BBQ, table and chairs and 4.5m plunge pool (available May to September)-real sun trap area-there is a shared path here to our house.

FURTHER NOTES
Heating is low and efficient using local sustainable wood and using off peak electricity. The house is so well insulated – double glazing and loft insulation- that a wheel barrow of wood is enough to keep the whole house warm in the coldest of weather.
We practice recycling and provide bins for compost, glass, plastic and general rubbish which we will take away when the bins are full.
We have our own sewage system and provide all the eco friendly products needed to keep it running efficiently – toilet paper, washing liquids, toilet cleaners and an explanation leaflet on why this is necessary.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	13 Sep 09	26 Sep 09	350£ 350	5050	5050	4 Nights
	26 Sep 09	5 Jun 10	300£ 300	5050	5050	4 Nights
	5 Jun 10	24 Jul 10	400£ 400	0-	0-	1 Week
	24 Jul 10	28 Aug 10	450£ 450	0-	0-	1 Week
	28 Aug 10	25 Sep 10	350£ 350	5050	5050	4 Nights

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

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

Xmas/New Year - for this year - a flat winter rate of £300/week which includes Xmas and New Year.

£300/week from September to end of May 2010 - no hidden extra charges.

Booking dates-prefer Sat to Sat in peak season but flexible - please contact.

We accept payment in Euros as well as GB pounds.

We ask for a Deposit of 20%-payable at time of booking and the Balance 5 weeks before the stay.

Rent includes bed linen, towels, T towels, toilet paper, cleaning products and heating.

Winter lets: the house is very warm with a large efficient easy to work wood burner. The house has double glazing and a great deal of roof insulation.

Renovating your property-need a long winter let? Longer lets from October to the end of March considered at greatly reduced rates. Please contact to discuss.

Guestbook for Chez Sally

1st guests- July 09 Moira and Family
"Our family (which included an elderly lady, a teenager and a 12-year old) has just returned from a thoroughly enjoyable week in Barry and Sally's charming and superbly equipped house. We have been renting holiday properties all over Britain and continental Europe for years, but this house was equipped to a higher standard than any we have previously visited. All the rooms were beautifully styled, well furnished and spotlessly clean. the range of kitchen equipment and serving dishes was exceptional; even the kitchen knives were sharp, which is pretty much unheard of in our experience (our number includes an extremely fussy chef).
The owners, Barry and Sally, live next door, and were the most helpful and friendly people you could wish for, supplying all kinds of practical assistance, and entertaining local anecdotes. Barry even lent us his bike a few times.
The rural setting was lovely and peaceful, but there were also many shops and supermarkets within easy range.
All in all, an outstanding property which I cannot recommend too highly."

G Family
I would recommend the gite and hosts for any further stays. A very beautiful building in most idyllic countryside with the most hospitable hosts.

H Family
The cottage was perfect for us and the owners so friendly and helpful.

W Family
A beautiful very well appointed cottage in an ideal setting. Not your usual gite - more like home from home. Enjoyed our morning run along the country lanes and through the woods. A most enjoyable week.

P and P-17/10/09
The BEST gite we have ever stayed in and we have seen a few from Isigny to Corsica. A wonderful, peaceful
atmosphere in a beautiful setting with superb hosts. We wanted for nothing and thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful design. It was everything we expected and more. Thanks for a really memorable holiday

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Contact details for the advertiser of home 91930
Name:	Barry Everson
Tel:	+33 (0)233 695273
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