We had a super week, with the weather only failing us on the last day, so were able to make full use of the wonderful pool (safely fenced off for small children) and tennis court, and fantastic garden including feeding the chickens and picking the fruit.The nearest village, Ige, is tiny with bakery and not much else, but Belleme is delightful, with some lovely shops and restaurants.

We had a very memorable week in this charming villa. We loved the facilities like the pool, pétanque area, tennis court and pool table and had great meals outside on the terrace. Check in and check out was fine. Good wi fi. Rooms comfortable but not much hanging and storage space.

Plenty to do for everyone at the house, and an interesting surrounding area nearby to explore

Whilst the outside space of this property is amazing it is let down by the quality and cleanliness of the inside. The sofa was filthy and just had a blanket thrown over. The bedding was torn and stained. The bbq outside had not been emptied or cleaned. The tables were dirty and we didn’t feel we wanted to eat off them without a scrub. Worse was to come on entering the kitchen. I know that in the country you should expect flies but possibly due to lots of unclean jars and ornaments the flies here were excessive. The owner had actually hung a few sticky fly strips above the kitchen worktop but these had not been changed for quite some time and were all solid with dead and dying flies which subsequently kept falling onto the work tops and into our food. On opening any drawer or cupboard flies would fly out and they were so bad we had to keep crockery and cutlery either inside dishwasher or inside the fridge to keep them clean. We were surprised that we received an email two weeks before we arrived stating that there would be an extra charge for cleaning the property and another charge for washing of towels and bed linen. We did think that this would have been included in the price and not hidden til the last minute. On questioning this we were told we could do it ourselves on departure if we wanted but as our departure time had been shortened to 10am it was not possible to wash, dry and put away all bedding, towels and pool towels Because of this extra charge we were even more disappointed that the house was not clean on our arrival. There were no cleaning products left for us to try to clean the kitchen and we were also expected to make up our own beds on arrival. The plus side of this property is we had fantastic weather so spent our time outside where it was very peaceful with lots to do for adults and children. The pool is not very child friendly but a lovely place to sit and chill. With a deep clean, some updating and maybe fly screens this property could be amazing.