The rooms were a little beat up, the bathroom small and dingy.

The shower head was not attached to the wall (France circa 1985) and was mouldy.

In fact it would be possible to pick holes endlessly:  from the lack of toiletries apart from two sachets on the first day to mouldy curtains, no ventilation in the WC, cobwebs, broken items, wafer thin towels and lack of wifi away from the main building.

There was no effective ventilation in the bathroom so after a shower the steam only vanished once the bathroom door was opened.

The bedroom was dark and depressing and the bathroom and toilet old fashioned.

The shower is connected low down on the wall so you have to hold the shower head, the towels were small and we didn't get shower gel n the first day,

The room amenities are the very minimum: only one mirror in the bathroom, rough bath towels, no hair dryer, no cottons in the bathroom.

We are not in the first flush of youth and thought it was DEAD.

but tired with the damp stains on the ceiling and stains on the bed covers.

Disgusting floor covering and a tv that didn't work.

I turned up at 11pm having been working all day only to discover upon arrival there was no one to show me where my bedroom was and the instructions to find my room were incorrect.

A traditional house converted into a hotel with outbuildings converted into bedrooms.

however, there needs to be a bit more imagination in the kitchen and there needs to be some investment in the bedrooms to make them more up to date and appealing, which could be done without losing the traditional French ambience.

Jun, 10, 2012