The house is a beautiful, Charentaise conversion with shuttered windows, a lawned garden and fenced salt water pool. The main house has 4 bedrooms, each with its own colour and theme. The cottage has two further bedrooms, sleeping 12 in total, with room for an infant. There is a large open plan kitchen/ diner/ lounge. There’s also a large table under a canopy roof outside that is great for alfresco eating. We really enjoyed the lovely pool area with its chairs and loungers. Our : year old grand daughter enjoyed it the most I think! Melleran is a lovely little village with a bakery that you can order your bread, croissants and pain au chocolat from, just a 10 minute walk away. There are lots of things to see and do in the surrounding area but we chose to stay at the house and make the most of the pool. We particularly liked sitting out in the evenings listening to the barn owl in the barn adjoining the house, hissing and calling and waiting for the bats to appear.
The house can seem rather noisy with the wooden floors that squeak when you walk on them but you get used to it. You can hear everything going on upstairs!
Overall we’ve had a great time and would stay again.