French furniture antique, to make it a warm and cozy place where families and friends will have a good time together.
La Bellaziere is our brand new gite. We have just finished renovating it, starting with a 200 year-old farmhouse which had been uninhabited for 50 years.
The gîte is open year-round and we have installed solar panels and heat pumps to make it energy neutral.
The octagonal swimming-pool with secure access has views to the countryside and is heated from May to September to a minimum temperature of 24° (75F).
The dining/sitting-room
Layout
This is the layout of the cottage : downstairs, large dining/sitting-room, large kitchen, and, in back, den and bathroom with WC, shower and washer, dryer. Upstairs, three bedrooms, half-bath and bathroom with WC and shower.
Kitchen
The cook will be pleased to know that the kitchen has a real oven, a (2-gas, 2-induction) cooking surface, a large refrigerator and a separate freezer, plus all the usual : coffee-maker, toaster, hand and plunger mixer, pressure-cooker and others...including a dish-washer, of course.
You can share a meal on the solid farm table in the kitchen. But you might like dining on the terrace, just outside (facing South) , shaded with an awning for your comfort or enjoy parasol and lounge chairs on the other terrace (West).
Bedrooms (West) and View
The Red Bedroom
The East Bedroom
Downstairs
Back downstairs now, after you pass the kitchen, come relax
in the den, and explore the contents of the armoire for children
games, or take a look at the books.
The swimming-pool building
The swimming-pool dimensions are 6m x 3,5m x 1,33m. Its access is from a short flight of steps on the side and it is protected by a small gate at the top to prevent small children from gaining access to it.
The pool is heated from May to September, but the building which houses it, is not.
It has nice surroundings, and you can exercise with a view on a magnificent cherry-tree.
The Apartment
The apartment has a large bedroom, with access to the West terrace. It has electric heating.In the back there is a kitchenette (right) and a bathroom (left).
The kitchenette is equipped with a refrigerator, a microwave and an electrical double hot plate, an electric kettle and coffee-maker, plates, glasses, cups, cutlery, everything you need for cooking your own snacks or breakfasts.
Away from it all...
That little white dot in the center is your house!
From the path which leads to your home, you can glimpse the village of St Germain de Coulamer in the distance. It is about 3km by the road, but, less than 2 if you take a shortcut through a walking path.
A bakery and (small) grocery store/bar are both in St Germain. If you get up early enough, and feel like walking, you can get your croissants for breakfast, and, if you do that every day, you will be in pretty good shape at the end of your stay!
It does snow around here, from time to time, but not very often.
But what fun !
And after a nice walk, you can come back to a warm and com-fortable home.
50 meters from the gate you may join a local walking path "Le sentier du Bel Air" which will lead you past superb views changing according to the season.
The area is best discovered walking or cycling, on quiet country roads or walking paths where nature is well preserved. To explore St Germain's own ("Le Bel-Air"). follow the directions from the village . and bring back bunches of superb wild flowers or generous crops of juicy blackberries.
Then a car can be rented at the Le Mans station (rental cars available close-to or at the station are : Europcar, Hertz, Avis, National, Sixt). Then it is a 45' drive to the mill.
