L'EspoirSituated in one of the sunniest parts of France Nouvelle-Aquitaine on the Vendee/Loire borders.
L'Espoir is south facing with a fenced and gated pool. The secure gardens offers you uninterrupted views over the French countryside.
About a kilometer away is our village of Boisme, where you will find a shop, butchers, Post Office and boulangerie for your morning croissants, freshly baked bread throughout the day, local vegetables cheese & eggs, wine and lots more. The boulangerie also serves tea,coffee and a selection of French pasteries.
Our previous guests have said they feel relaxed and stress less within hours off arrival at L'Espoir. The feeling of quiet calm in the country with it's birdsong in the mornings beautiful starry sky in the evening with the occassional shooting star makes for a truly French countryside experience.
The town of Bressuire is 10 minutes away where you will find large hypermarkets cafes restaurants speciality shops and the Chateau to visit.
The pool can be heated up to 28 degrees at a cost off £100 per week, this needs to be ordered 7 days prior to arrival. In our opinion in recent years it is not required during the months of July & August.
We offer an under occupancy rate. Please ask when you enquire.
1st bathroom is a shower room and WC downstairs with wash hand basin. Upstairs is the large family bathroom, consisting of over bath shower vanity unit wash hand basin and bidet. Both rooms have a shaver point and a hair dryer
Notes on bedrooms:There are four bedrooms, one double downstairs, two twins and a large double bedroom upstairs.
Cots and baby equipment FOC+foldaway single bed for children up to 10yrs is also available.
All bedrooms have a electric fans and reading lights.
Air-Condition units available at additional cost of £25 per unit per week upstairs only.
Notes on accommodation:L'Espoir dates back to the 1800's although thoroughly updated with modern conveniences and fittings L'Espoir still holds many of it's historic French charm inside. Large oak beams in the ceilings log fires to cosy up to, parquet flooring on some bedroom floors, cool tiles in dining and sitting rooms.
L'Espoir is ideal for mixed generation holidays, large families or two families holidaying together, plenty of space inside and out. Modern flat screen Smart TV, if you have an Amazon firestick or Netflix/Prime membership you can log into it and enjoy your favourite programmes.
We have a good choice of books to read and board games to play.
Fast Internet wifi, is available in most areas of the house and is supplied free. Although this service works very well we cannot account for any unforeseen outage.
A toy box is in the hall for our younger guests.
The kitchen is well stocked with crockery & glasses and a large American style fridge/freezer.
The garden is spacious with a large lawn area for games, a large stone table situated at the bottom of the garden offering uninterrupted views of the countryside.
At the pool side there is a hot shower, the gardens have abundant fruit trees and flowering plants.
Outside:The garden at L'Espoir is well cared for by our excellent house managers. There are many different plants which in bloom make the garden beautifully scented. There is outdoor lighting around the pool and at the terrace making it suitable to be outside all day long.
We built a large BBQ capable of cooking for 8+ at one time no need to cook in batches, it has a warming rack above and prep area at the side. Our recent addition is our large wood fired pizza oven.
The pool is 10mtrs x 6mtrs and has the sun all day, the pool is a constant depth of 1.1mtrs. The pool is accessed by ladder type steps. The pool is fenced and gated to the current French regulations. There is a hot shower next to the pool ideal for showering before and after a swim.
The terrace is just outside the kitchen door where a large table with 8 chairs, this is covered by a UV covered gazebo. At the bottom of the garden is a large round stone table and bench set next to the Boules court, we supply a set of Boules for our guests use.
UtilitiesWashing machine, iron, ironing board, vacuum, clothes airier and outside whirly & pegs.
Cleaning / Towels / Linen All bed linen is included as is hand towels for kitchen and bathrooms, bath mats in each of the bath/shower rooms, tea towels & oven mitts. Please bring your own pool, beach ,bath towels and linen for the cot if required.
The property will be prepared for your arrival.
Other:The dining room adjacent to the kitchen has a large wooden table with seating for 10. This room also has a large ceiling fan & log fire with views over the countryside. There are stair gates both top and bottom of the stairs for our younger guests.
Wheelchair users:We do not recommend Lespoir for wheelchair users.
