We fell in love with Languedoc and bought the house in 1990 when it was an agricultural barn with 60 cm thick walls and hardly any windows. Over the years a lot of love has been poured into a transformation to tastefully convert the stone farmhouse house to an extremely high standard. Having been in the hospitality industry, the owners were conscious to provide a great level of comfort, and a ‘from home to home’ feeling, making sure there are nice beds, air-conditioning, lots and lots of seating outside, a summer kitchen next to the pool, with day-beds, hammocks, fridge, and a full outside shower-room and loo.

I used to run a rental company specialising in villa rentals in the South of France, so do have first hand experience of rental properties and what constitutes a 'good property'.

We love to cook, going to markets. buying fresh local ingredients, so the kitchen is geared to do lots of communal cooking, and the kitchen shelves are stacked with recent cookery books from Nigella to Ottolenghi.

There is a nice family restaurant in the village which makes a night out very easy. With advanced notice we can arrange for a paella to be brought to our guests by the wonderful Marco and his wife. Please ask for extra cleaning.

We used to live in France, and have a wealth of recommendations for local restaurants, sports activities and just nice places to visit.

I have recently changed career and am trying to be an independent ceramicist. I have 2 children, and live in London and Hampshire.

When we were looking for a house ourselves, we wanted it to be in a Mediterranean, wine making village, not too far from the beaches, and not too far from a city where facilities like cinema or theatre weren't completely out of the questions, however we also wanted splendid views and all these factors were hard to find even 30 years ago.

Finally we came accross this house, which ticked all the boxes and was just minutes walk to the center of the village but had a huge plot of land which eventually became the garden and the pool area. We love sharing our table with lots of family and friends, so the house is fantastic for family holidays, as the interior space is enormous and one can have privacy as well as lots of communal spaces to be together.

We wanted our guests to have a 'home from home' experience and have a great library, English Satellite TV, children's toys, a digital piano, loads of board and card games.

Many houses in our area might have a pool but do not benefit from a large garden, whereas in Puimisson we have created a fenced garden big enough for a game of badminton with grassy terraces big enough to kick a football. The garden has a gate onto a road, and 2 cars can be parked inside a property gate.

The sun-sets are stunning. We have a good house book with many recommendations for local restaurants. The village benefits from floodlit tennis courts which can be booked via the mairie.

1. 5 large air-conditioned bedrooms
2. Tiled, gated pool with steps for easy walk-in and pool alarm
3. Pool summer kitchen with a Balinese style shower room/changing room and a WC
4. Pool side shady awning with 3 day beds
5. 2 terraces with table ideal for al-fresco dining
6. Terrace for BBQ with a portable BBQ
7. Large terraced garden
8. Walk to center of the village with a restaurant
9. Possible to with advanced notice to order some in-door catering or order a paella
10. A few very good wine 'caves' in the village for buying wine
11. Close to local supermarkets
12. appx 30 mins to several Mediterranean beaches
13. appx 15 minutes drive to river beaches and the river Orb
14. UK satellite TV and 2 TV's one of which is in the open plan kitchen
15. Huge very well equipped kitchen with an American fridge
16. Cosy TV/Games room with wi-fi and lots of books and board games and toys
17. Great cycling and wine tasting country straight from the door
18. Possibility of ordering some in-house catering like a large paella via us