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Patricia is welcoming and helpful; she gave a gift, a map and local information. She responds quickly to communication. The farmhouse is big; set in green grounds but isolated - too far to walk into Aiguillon. A petrol station and a supermarket are a short drive. You drive to access any river, pool or beach.The shaded area under a canopy of vines with plastic table, chairs and BBQ is good for eating outside.That's the only outside facility, apart from the garden which you could walk in. The lounge and the dining room are big with an eclectic mix of furniture. The two large bedrooms have comfortable, clean beds, wooden floors and rugs. One bedroom lacks drawers; it has a wardrobe and a knitting machine which you could put things on. The other has a cupboard for wardrobe; lots of coat hangers, but musty - we left the doors open. The large dining kitchen has a range of freestanding white goods and appliances which work fine. The host uses part of the freezer - still plenty of room. The only small worktop is a cracked, tiled one which is hard to keep clean. Plenty of dishes, glasses, pots, pans, etc. Kitchen cutlery worn /needs cleaned. Wooden implements, chopping board, kitchen knives need replaced. Plenty of cleaning materials, toilet rolls, etc. Host stores own old stuff in cupboards. Drawers have lots of odds and ends in. Fire safety concerns; huge boiler - no CM detector, big house - much wood / polystyrene tiles - only one smoke detector on ground floor.