There are lots of positives about this place. The house has three clean, nice bathrooms, quick wi-fi, microwave, oven and all the cutlery you'd want. Overall, a very nice, well-maintained flat, even some basics like salt, dishwasher tabs, etc were provided. If you spend time sitting out front, you will be photographed from the other side of the canal, it is a beautiful setting... Nicole and Michel are very nice and helpful, the verbal induction and the information folder in the house provided lots of suggestions with regard to restaurants, day trips, etc... and we even got fresh eggs in the morning.
Le Somail itself must have the highest per-capita density of restaurants with five eateries within walking distance (you could walk on your hands, really, the furthest place was about three minutes away). The village also has a little boat where you can buy fresh baguettes and croissants in the morning, fantastic.
Some things to improve on are the relative lack of comfortable chairs... the two arm-chairs were in high demand between the three of us. Also, the room cleaning fee of 50 EUR was mentioned, but rather far down the small print, as was the 200 EUR deposit against damage.