Road access to the house is good with sufficient parking on site for 2 cars with additional parking available off-road opposite the property.

The property is within a very low density housing development, very quiet with little passing traffic. The house is superb and is as described and shown on the website. It is clean, modern, extremely well equipped together with being a little quirky with kitchen/dining areas both up and downstairs, allowing the house to be occupied on two different levels. The upstairs lounge/kitchen/dining area has air conditioning which is a boon in the hotter months.

There is always somewhere to sit in the shade or to seek solitude. We liked to take breakfast on the balcony on the eastern side and watch Sarlat come alive and then again on an evening to watch the lights come on in and around Sarlat. Meals were generally taken at the big outside table on the south side. Given that the temperatures peaked in excess of 38 DegC whilst we were there, we were grateful for both the pool and the jacuzzi, which were well used!

Because of the high temperatures we only managed 1 short trip away, to la Roque Gageac where we enjoyed a boat trip on the river Dordogne. Most days we went into Sarlat la Canéda, which is a lovely, clean medieval town with lots of hidden gems to find. Very touristy but has not yet become a victim of its own success. Wednesday there was a market held within its streets followed by street music in differing locations. The (english) rock band were superb and had the “beautiful” people up on their feet dancing! Restaurants are too many to mention, allowing you to buy whatever food type you want, boulangeries too!

Access on foot from the house to the town was via a 10 minute walk, with a 15 minute walk back because of the need to climb a steepish hill, which could make difficulties for those with any walking impediment.

M. Olivier Trémouille was very helpful and attentive. We communicated our eta via text and were met by Maîtée who showed us around and explained how the essentials worked. Neither Olivier nor Maîtée are big on english, for my part, if there was a law against murdering the french language, I would have been guillotined, but we did manage to communicate OK.

If you book, you will commit to a 60%ish non refundable deposit and, on arrival, a refundable “caution” of 750€ in cash, to cover any damage.

Our only regret was that our stay was for 1 week, . . . however . . à la prochaine!