Charanteの150歳の居心地の良い石造りのコテージ。 ゲイフレンドリー歓迎。

We have been in education all our working lives. We have now moved to France to start a new adventure. John has retrained to be a professional cook. We have loved renting out our cottage and have met some lovely people. It is a real pleasure to share what we love about France and especially or region of the Charente with other people.

John and Jane bought the Barn and the Cottage 5 years ago. We have been using the Cottage as a holiday home while renovating the Barn. The Barn is now finished and we have decided to rent our lovely cottage as a gite for guests. We really loved it while we were there and had many good times with friends and family. It is a friendly, warm and comfortable space. This area of France is not very tourist driven region. It feels very authentic. The weather is lovely during the summer and the countryside is green. During July and August the sunflowers come out. There are hundreds of fields planted with millions of sunflowers and it is amazing when they all come out.

The Cottage and our Barn sit in a large garden. We have a new 12x5m in-ground pool. The Cottage has its own private terrace and guests are free to play or sit in the large garden and enjoy the hammocks. The Cottage was never equipped as a cheap rental property. We used it for years and everything is good quality. For example, John hates it when he rents somewhere and the kitchen is ill-quipped, the knives blunt and not enough saucepans. Our kitchen is not like this! The Cottage has a lovely feel to it. Thick stone walls keep in cool in summer. The wood burning fire is great on winter evenings. You can barbecue on the terrace while having a glass of rose from our local wine and cognac producer in the same village. We are nearly always there to give advice on local activities such as markets, brocantes, restaurants and places to visit. We have recently upgraded the wifi in the Cottage and we are now getting around 30 - 50Mbs