Le Pressoir - Traditional Farmhouse nr La Rochelle. beaches 20 mins and a pool.

Thank you Miriam for your review, we very much look forward to hosting you again in the future.

Thank you Roy for taking the time to review our property the Pressoir, we are so pleased you enjoyed your stay. Hope to see you all again in the future.

After 8 years experience of running Gites we have found that some people do like to keep to themselves, we do not like to keep bothering our guests. We hardly saw you as you were working in La Rochelle and were out most of the time. For a 2 week stay we offer fresh linen, most people wash their own as our Gites are equipped with a washing machine, Iron etc. I feel that I have to answer your other issues as you are being very unfair:- 1) Chàtelaillon-Plage an easy 15 mins! La Rochelle an easy 30 mins! 2) You had a gas heater and a plug in radiator, these are normally chargeable, you did not use the gas heater and we noticed no excessive use of electricity, so you were NOT charged.. 3) Tiled floors help to keep the Gites clean. We use mats as these are more practical and can be cleaned easily. 4) We have changed the shower curtain since your stay. 5) 250L hot water tank is big enough for 4 pers, you were only 3, if asked we could have made it hotter. 6) We pride ourselves on keeping our gites very clean and in top condition, you were near the beginning of the season, it had been thoroughly cleaned. 7) Mattresses need to be protected for hygenic purposes, the covers are washed frequently. 8) I do resent being called `reluctant’ as previous guests know that I have bent over backwards to help sort any problems, it is my job and I get great satisfaction from it. Your stay here did highlight a problem that we have never had before with the WIFI extender, I said ‘It should work’, because everybody’s computers are different. Previously having this problem only to find that changing a few settings on their computers made the wifi work. I did temporarily sort the problem once I realised that bizarrely having worked for many years without fault, this year the extender has decided not to feed a signal through the electrical wires to the Pressoir! The Pressoir does not need the extender as our guests pick up a signal in the outdoor seating area. The plug is shared by all our Gites which has never created a problem before. 9) We open the pool in May when the weather warms up. If you are using heating inside, the water will never be warm enough outside for swimming, We changed the water and serviced the pool this year to give all our guests a more clean and pleasant swimming experience. I’m sorry that your stay wasn’t what you expected, perhaps your more suited to a Hotel or Chambre d’hote (bed & breakfast) next time & not a gite!